Avo Edamame Gyoza

I grew up in the Midwest, moved out to California for a few years then back to the Midwest. One of the things I miss most about California is the diversity in food, some of the best Asian/ Mexican/ vegan food came from the west coast. In the Midwest finding these cuisines are so difficult. One of my favorite things were edamame Gyoza, which is a sort of Japanese pot stickers. My best friend and I would have movie nights where we order a bunch of Thai, Japanese, and Vietnamese food and just have girls night. I obviously had to make my own recipe to recreate here and remind me of great times. Let’s stop talking about it and just get to it!

Ingredients:

• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 Tbs pickled ginger
• 2-3 cloves garlic, grated
• 1/2 Avocado
• 1 cup edamame
  • I live somewhere where fresh edamame is not easy to find, I normally go to HMART but frozen edamame works just as good just let it defrost first.
• Crimini mushrooms
  • Dice super small
• Olive oil
• 4 basil leaves
  • Slice these into thin strips
• 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
  • Near me this can be kind of pricey if you can not get your hands on the oil I use a few toasted sesame seeds, they were cheaper and strong in flavor so use sparingly.
• Seasoning:
  • 1 tsp Smoked Paprika
  • 1/4 Cayenne Pepper
    • I am not a fan of spicy stuff so I put a little less of this.
  • Sea Salt
  • Black Pepper
• Gyoza Dipping sauce

• 15-20 wanton wrappers
  • I use Nasoya rounds because it is plant based and super easy to make the gyoza

Now Let’s Get Cookin’

1. Cook onion, garlic, ginger, and mushrooms in olive oil until soft but not browned. Once Soft add in the edamame.
2. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mash with a fork until a course filling.
   1. I like to leave edamame a little intact to add some texture.
3. Get a small cup of water and wanton wrappers. put a little filling in the middle of each wrapper and use water on your fingers to pinch the wrapper together to close.
4. Using the pan from earlier make sure there is no leftover food and add more olive oil.
5. Place your dumplings in the pan not touching and cook till bottoms are brown. Add about a cup of water (Just enough to cover the bottom of the pan) let steam for about 1-2 mins.
6. Serve with dipping sauce or soy sauce and Enjoy!

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