Name: Beef Pot Stickers
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 hr
Yield: Makes 24 dumplings
Ingredients: 1 3/4 to 2 cups all-purpose flour; 3/4 cup boiling-hot water; 1/4 lb ground beef chuck (1/2 cup); 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce; 1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil; 1 tablespoon peanut oil; 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger; 1 teaspoon Chinese sweet bean paste; 2 cups finely chopped yellow or green garlic chives (6 oz); 1 tablespoon peanut oil; 1/3 cup warm water; a 6-inch (3/4-inch-diameter) rolling pin or dowel

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Garlic chives smell more pungent than they taste and are wonderful when cooked. (Keep them wrapped well in your refrigerator.)

Cooks' note:

Dumplings can be formed 4 hours ahead. Chill in 1 layer, not touching, on wax-paper-lined tray, loosely but completely covered with plastic wrap.

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