AniseA commonly used spice, also used for cooking fish, stewing meat, and making braised dishes.Anise is divided into large anise and small anise. Small anise is a very popular vegetable.Generally, the stems and leaves of small anise are eaten. The stems and leaves also have a fragrance and are often used as fillings for:Steamed bunsDumplingsetc.Anise contains anise oil, which stimulates the gastrointestinal nerves, blood vessels, promotes the secretion of digestive juices, increases gastrointestinal peristalsis, and eliminates accumulated gas, so it has the effects of promoting digestion and relieving flatulence.Now, let's take a look at the method of making anise dumplings.Anise DumplingsIngredientsPreparationMain ingredientsFlour

AnisePorkAuxiliary ingredients

Ginger

Powder, scallions, sugar,Soy sauceWhite pepper, cooking wine, sweet bean sauce,

Chicken powder

Anise Dumpling Material ProcessingMake doughFirst, mix the flour and form a dough, and set aside.Chop the meatWash the pork, cut it into pieces, and slowly chop it into meat pulp.Note:When chopping the meat, chop the meat while chopping and adding chopped scallions to the meat, which makes the meat more flavorful.Anise processing

1. Wash the anise, blanch it in hot water, and drain.

2. Squeeze out the excess water from the anise and chop it.

Anise Dumpling Filling

Mix

1. Put the chopped meat into a large bowl, add sugar, cooking wine, white pepper, salt, soy sauce, chicken powder, and ginger powder, and mix well.

2. Add the chopped anise to the meat filling, add a spoonful of sweet bean sauce and mix well.3. Add appropriate amount of anise oil and mix well. The pork and anise filling is ready.

2. Roll the dough into round skins.

Make Dumplings

Take the dried

dumpling skins

and put the meat filling in the dumpling skins, and shape the dumplings.

Anise Dumpling Cooking Dumplings

Note

When the water boils, add an appropriate amount of salt, and then put the shaped dumplings into the pot and cook until done.

Note:

When boiling dumplings, there will be foam in the pot. When the foam appears, add a little cold water and continue to cook.

Adding salt to the pot helps prevent the dumplings from sticking.Anise Dumpling Tips1. Blanch the anise before cooking. When blanching, add a little salt to the water to maintain the green color.

Water and cook the fennel dumplings.

Note:

When adding the appropriate amount of water to the pot, add salt at the time the water boils, and then place the wrapped dumplings in the pot to cook.

Note:There will be foam in the pot when cooking the dumplings. Add a little cold water when the foam appears, and continue to cook.Adding salt to the pot prevents the dumplings from sticking.

Fennel Dumpling Tips

1. Blanch the fennel before cooking. Add a little salt to the water during blanching to maintain a bright green color.