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Chinese Spinach Wrapper Recipe

This is the recipe for the green spinach wrapper dough only.
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Chinese Canadian
Servings: 40 wrappers
Author: Valerie Lugonja

Ingredients

Instructions for Plain Dumpling Wrapper

  • 400 grams all purpose flour
  • 200 grams water*
  • Pinch of salt
  • 50 grams spinach chopped finely with excess liquid expelled

Instructions

Ingredients for Dumpling Wrapper

  • Thaw frozen chopped spinach; squeeze very well to eliminate all liquid
  • Save liquid; add enough water to it to equal 200 grams
  • Place prepared spinach in TM bowl; chop for 1 second on turbo, 2 times, until fine, scrapping down sides of bowl and moving all ingredients toward blade after each time
  • Weigh water, flour and into mixing bowl with spinach; mix for 20 seconds on speed 2
  • Knead for 2 minutes; lightly flour large bowl and transfer dough into prepared bowl
  • Cover with plastic wrap or damp kitchen towel; rest dough for 20 minutes
  • Prepare filling
  • Roll dough into a long log 2.5cm to 3cm in diameter (about an inch); slice log into twenty 12-14 gram portions
  • Working on one portion of dough at a time:
  • a. Lightly dust work surface with flour
  • b. Shape each portion into round flat disc
  • c. Roll each out with small rolling pin to 1 mm thickness and 7cm diameter (about 2 ½ inch diameter) with edges thinner than middle
  • d. Spoon about 25 g of filling in the middle of each wrap and proceed with instructions in Pork filling recipe