Beef potstickers

Potstickers are imported from the north, but in East China, Nanjing potstickers are famous. Potstickers with ground beef first appeared in Qijiawan, where several foreign workshops gathered in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China to sell beef products. The quality of its meat was first-class in Nanjing at that time, and the local legendary shops all purchased from Qijiawan, and the production and sale of beef potstickers was one of the business of the workshop.

Nanjing's potstickers are different from those in the north, with thin skin and a crescent-like shape. Use a large-diameter pan for cooking, and use a large amount of canola oil, which is enough to achieve the soaking effect. Therefore, the bottom of the Nanjing pot stickers is cooked by the pot noodles, and the rest of the pot stickers are also fried to a golden brown and crispy. The filling is full of juice, and high-quality potstickers will inevitably have a pulp effect.

There is not much difference in the taste of a high-quality pot sticker shop, the difference is in the degree of crispiness, as well as the bursting, breakage, and leakage of juice. Be sure to dine during peak hours, when potstickers are best served freshly out of the pot.

Nanjing's best pot sticker restaurant is still located in Qijiawan, called Li Ji Halal Museum. The restaurant is unique, and the rest are counterfeit. Li Ji sells more than 100 pots of potstickers every day, and the streamlined operation is carried out during the peak period. The chef is skilled, and customers can witness the whole process of potstickers being cooked at the pick-up table, which is an interesting scene, so it is recommended to take photos as a souvenir. The potsticker pulp burst rate is about 8 percent, and the damage rate is only 10%-20%, and the restaurant also sells beef soup and wontons, which can be tasted together to balance dry and wet.

The Caoqiao Halal Beef Potsticker Flat Food Shop on the west side of Li Ji is the filming location of "A Bite of China 2", but its standard is average and is not recommended. In the case of limited time, you can also taste it in Jiang Youji, whose branch is not far from the scenic spot, but the production is not as good as Li Ji, and the pulp burst rate is sometimes only 30%.