At the end of a long and strange chain of events, which I won’t go into here, I find myself in possession of a case of Dixie Cups, the small ones like your dentist might hand you with instructions to rinse and spit. While some of these are destined for seed starting next year, food is always on my mind, so I’ve been wondering what kind of party food I could serve in them. Gazpacho is obvious, but it would take years to use up my supply that way, so I’ve been contemplating what other treat would go over well as a shooter at a finger food gathering. After long hours of contemplating my navel and flipping through my vast collection of cook books, I finally had a vision of…
… pot stickers. I love pot stickers, both the concept and the taste and their versatility. Really, you can stuff them with a huge variety of things, serve them hot or at room temperature, with any number of sauces, and even in soup. And the soup part of that is what got me to thinking that, although with a normal service for finger food as a basis to go by offering up pot stickers in soup had never crossed my mind, with a huge supply of disposable cups of just the right size for holding a single pot sticker and a drink of soup, appetizers at our Christmas party this year are going to be quite interesting as, and I’m hoping that experiments will confirm this, I should be able to offer pot stickers with 3 different fillings, served in bite sized portions, and each in its own unique soup. Obviously, I haven’t tried this yet, but the concept seems sound, and I will certainly keep y’all informed of my progress in this area.
Until then, and while we’re talking about this marvelous category of food, here’s a good video that shows how to make them…
In addition, here’s a recipe for a filling that, while I haven’t made it yet, sounds really good…
Beyond that, any Internet search will point you to hundreds of potential stuffings, and lots of your leftovers are candidates as well. Once, for instance, I made pulled BBQ pork and coleslaw pot stickers, served with a side of sweet BBQ sauce, and they were quite nice. Which goes to demonstrate that this is a general cooking style, like pizza, and not a single recipe.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that the basis of the soup will be the concentrated liquid used to steam the pot stickers, with a bit of added wine or broth, and with extra spices and finely minced vegetables cooked in it.
Enjoy,
the Grit
I like this idea… keep us posted.
I used to make popsicles with dixie cups…pour koolaid, fruit juice, or pudding in a dixie cup… cover with plastic tightly with wrap… poke a popsicle stick through the plastic and put in the freezer over night… then just pull the paper cup off the frozen pop.
Oh.. and I love pot stickers! YUM!
Hi Cas,
My mother did that, except she never bothered with the plastic wrap so the popsicles were always tilted.
the Grit