IN THE KITCHEN: Mary’s Potstickers. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.

Yes, that is three “Awesomes” for Mary’s Potstickers. Three! I happily munched on these potstickers more than a few times this weekend. They were filled with pork, cilantro, cabbage, carrots, swiss chard, green onions, ginger, garlic and tons of other goodies all rolled up in a dough-like pouch. The bottoms are browned from the oil in the skillet and the top is steamed. She would cook them in small patches and we would eat them hot from the skillet , dunking them in this homemade soy/chili garlic/honey sauce. Is your mouth-watering yet? It should be. I actually had my first potstickers not that long ago at a potluck. Again, I ate more than a few. In fact, they were my favorite dish at the potluck. Shortly thereafter, I deemed them the perfect food for a crowd and brought some (pre-made from City Market) to a New Year’s Eve party. I can’t wait to make these things. They are just too fun to sit around the table and enjoy. I’ll show you what we did.

Pick out the first of many that you will eat.

Admire the beautiful browned crust on the bottom of them.

Dunk in the sauce.

I like to close my eyes and savor the bite. I might let out a verbal “mmmmmm”.

Mary says to make them on the weekend because they can be time-consuming. However, she said to just use a food processor for the filling instead of chopping everything – just don’t over process. She got the pork potsticker recipe from Use Real Butter (a cool cooking/photography blog). They also have a shrimp version. And she also looked at  eyeballing it for ideas, but really, you can add just about anything to these. Right? It’s all good.