过小年的蛋卷和蛋饺

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Egg Rolls with Meat and Egg Dumplings

准备好食材

Ingredients: ground pork, chinese cabbage, eggs, ginger, scallion(spring onion)

准备做两种馅。白菜细细剁碎，加少量盐杀水，挤出水份，备用。

Chop the chinese cabbage and add a little bit of salt to get rid of its juice before mixing it with the ground pork.

另一种馅里放小葱。

The scallion also should be chopped.

白菜馅用来做蛋卷，小葱馅用来做蛋饺。

So there are two kinds of stuffings. The cabbaged one is for egg rolls and the scallioned for egg dumplings.

各自加入盐、生抽。白菜馅里还加了一点胡椒粉和姜末。

An amount of the salt and light soy sauce is to be put into the stuffings. For the cabbaged one, there could be some pepper powder and smashed ginger.

鸡蛋搅拌好备用。

Stir the eggs well.

摊成蛋饼。

Make a big egg pancake which will be used to roll the stuffing.

乘着中间还有一点蛋液的时候取出，放在案板上。

Take the egg pancake out when it is still a little sticky in the center.

取白菜肉馅，铺成一条，慢慢捻拢，卷好。更好的办法是，把整张蛋皮上铺满肉馅再卷。

Place the stuffing of chopped cabbage and pork in the middle of the egg pancake and then roll it carefully.

The better way is to overspread the stuffing on the egg pancake and then roll it.

卷好装盘，接口压在下面。

Lay the rolls into a plate, ensuring that the seam is not exposed.

上锅蒸15分钟。

Steam the rolls for 15 minutes.

蒸熟取出，用刀切段（和寿司卷一样的切法）。

Take the rolls out and cut them into segments.

小油菜焯水，加入少量油和盐，颜色会更漂亮。

Boil the small rape for 2 minutes. Don't forget to add some oil and salt to make the color more beautiful.

摆盘，大功告成。😊

Place the egg rolls above the boiled small rapes and this dish is done.

蛋饺最难的地方在于如何把蛋液摊得又圆又小，如何对折做出饺子形状。具体需要自己摸索，经验和耐心很重要。

As to the egg dumplings, it's not easy to make the egg pancake small and round enough. To fold the pancakes into the shape of dumpings also requires experience and patience.

煎出来的蛋饺很香，小葱的味道刚刚好。

Fry the egg dumpling until the meat is well cooked.

好不容易做了一盘，样子还是不太好看。

It takes a lot of time but the shape is not nice.

A friend introduced another way to make beautiful egg dumplings. She said we can use a very big round spoon served as a pan to ensure the egg pancakes small and round. And it would be easier to fold pancakes into the dumpling shape simply by shaking the spoon.

剩下些肉馅，炒了一盘秋葵。

The left ground meat could be used for other dishes such as the fried gumbo.

2020第一次下厨，为记。

The first cooking in 2020

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