Keto Dumplings

These Keto Dumplings are out of this world. And they are made from Fathead dough so they only have 7g net carbs per serving.

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• Hello dumplings 👋
• Origin of the dumpling 🥟
• Dumplings aren't Keto friendly 😢
• Ingredients 💬
• Coconut Aminos or Soy Sauce? 🤔
• Chicken🐔 or Pork 🐷
• Vegetarian 🥗
• Instructions 🧾
• These dumplings take finesse. 🥟

Hello dumplings 👋

Good news.  Today I’m going to share one of the tastiest recipes on my site.  It’s a recipe for Asian Dumplings, AKA Potstickers, AKA Gyoza. I don’t care what you call them, just as long as you call me for dinner.

Origin of the dumpling 🥟

Every culture has some form of dumpling, but they originated in China at least 1,800 years ago.  Legend has it that they were invented as a somewhat cockamamy cure for frostbite.  

One cold winter during the Han Dynasty, a fellow named Zhang Zhongjian noticed that many of the people in his village were suffering from frostbite.  So he decided to try and cure them with good food.  

He mixed up a filling of mutton, chili, and healing herbs, and wrapped them in scraps of dough.  He shaped the dough like little ears, maybe because that was where people got frostbite?  Unclear.  But he handed the ear-shaped treats out to his grateful neighbors and the rest is history.

Dumplings aren't Keto friendly 😢

That is just a fact.  The dough is made of just white flour and water, and we low carb dieters can only eat one of those ingredients.  But fear not my Keto friends, we can use a mixture of almond flour, cheese, butter, and eggs to make a very good imitation of dumpling dough. 

It sounds weird, but tastes good.

Ingredients 💬

filling:

• cabbage
• garlic
• ginger
• scallions
• ground chicken or pork
• an egg
• Roasted Chicken Better Than Bouillon
• salt
• black pepper
• coconut aminos or soy sauce
• super fine almond flour
• extra virgin olive oil
• sesame oil

dough:

• super fine almond flour
• shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• butter
• an egg
• an egg yolk

dipping sauce:

• coconut aminos or soy sauce
• vinegar
• chili oil

Coconut Aminos or Soy Sauce? 🤔

The epic battle rages on.  In case you are a coconut aminos newbie: it’s a dark sauce that tastes very similar to soy sauce.  But instead of being made from wheat and soy, it’s made from the sap of the coconut plant.  The sap is fermented until it has a nice rich salty flavor.  This faux soy sauce is lower in salt, and can be eaten by people who eat gluten-free, wheat-free and soy-free.  

Soy sauce has wheat in it?

Yes, wheat is actually the main ingredient in soy sauce, which came as a bit of a shock to me.  It’s made from soybeans, wheat, salt and a fermenting agent. The sugar is eaten up in the fermentation process, but you know, it's still made from wheat. So while it is technically low in carbohydrate, if you are a Keto stickler, you may want to go with the Coconut Aminos. But if you only have soy sauce in the fridge, then just use that.

No judgement. 

Chicken🐔 or Pork 🐷

You can either use ground pork or ground chicken in these Keto Dumplings. You'll need to brown the meat before you wrap it in dumpling dough because the filling won't be cooked through if you don't.  

Vegetarian 🥗

If you want to go vegetarian, you can skip the ground meat and saute some carrots and shitaki mushrooms in with the cabbage, scallions and garlic. You can also use tofu that has been chopped small and sauted with the vegetables.

Instructions 🧾

For the filling:

• Mix all of the filling ingredients except the oils together and knead the mixture with your hands until smooth.
• Saute in olive oil until it is browned and fully cooked.

For the dough:

• Make up the Fathead dough and place it between 2 sheets of parchment paper.
• Roll out the dough until it is quite thin, then use a circular cookie cutter or a glass to cut it into circles.
• Drop spoonfuls of the filling into the middle of the dough circles and seal the edges by pressing down with your fingers.
• Fry the dumplings in a mixture of olive and sesame oil for 1-2 minutes per side.

For the dipping sauce:

• Whisk the dipping sauce ingredients together and serve.

These dumplings take finesse. 🥟

You’ll be cooking up a Fathead dough, filling it, and then frying it in a pan. That last part is tricky because you are using a dough made from cheese, so it’s always a bit precarious.  

But it’s nothing you can’t handle my dumplings. 😉 

If you liked this low carb Chinese appetizer recipe, then you might like my recipes for Egg Drop Soup, Cabbage Wrapped Dumplings or Scallion Pancakes.