Pork & Vegetable Filling (For Steamed Buns, Potstickers, or Wontons)

Author Notes

This is a recipe for a overall but flavorful pork filling that can also even be veteran for every thing from dumplings to steamed buns. Feel free to substitute the ground pork with turkey or hen. —Cynthia Chen McTernan

Ingredients

• 
  1 pound
  
  ground pork
  
• 
  3 cups
  
  shredded Napa cabbage (or 1 cup shredded Brussels sprouts — I adore the extra crunch!)
  
• 
  1 teaspoon
  
  salt (omit if using Brussels sprouts)
  
• 
  1 tablespoon
  
  sugar
  
• 
  2-3 tablespoons
  
  soy sauce
  
• 
  1 tablespoon
  
  sesame oil
  
• 
  1 tablespoon
  
  shaoxing rice wine (in a pinch, expend sake or mirin)
  
• 
  1 teaspoon
  
  grated ginger
  
• 
  2
  

  stalks inexperienced onion, finely sliced
  

• 
  3-4
  

  garlic cloves, minced
  

• 
  2 tablespoons
  
  cornstarch (non-mandatory)