JiaoZi (Chinese dumplings)

Ingredients:

• 2 lb ground pork (or turkey/chicken/shrimp paste)
• finely chopped chives (or leeks) ~ 2 big bunch
• finely chopped ginger ~ 2 or 3 table spoons
• Soy sauce ~ 3 or more table spoons (start with 2, add as necessary)
• Several shakes of Oyster sauce ~ 3 table spoons??
• Sesame oil ~ 1 or 2 table spoons???
• Black pepper
• some spoons of corn starch spread over
• some shakes of thickened soy sauce

Wrappers:

• Buy them from Ranch 99 :-)
• Shanghai Style: flour + water
• Hong Kong Style: flour + egg + water

Sauce:

• soy sauce
• chinese red rice vinegar
• sa-Cha sauce (Chinese BBQ sauce)
• chili sauce
• chopped cilantro or green onion

Mix everything in a bowl, mix by hand. Add corn starch as necessary to make it less wet. The meat should be "darkened" and smell "nice"! Let it sit for a few hours, then wrap and boil the dumplings.