Whatcha Need:
Ling Ling Potsickers (whatever flavor you want)
A little bit of Cooking Oil (2 TBS)
WARM water (1cup)
Pan with LID
As much as I love, LOVE cooking, sometimes you either don't know how to make something or are just straight up lazy. Since I know how to make potstickers, we all know why I picked these up at my local Freddies xD.
As with almost ALL things that come out of the frozen food isle, I am very suspicious. To be honest, I saw these when I was picking up some bagel bites and thought "what the heck, I'll try em."
It was a good spur of the moment decision! I would have pictures but A) my camera is at my parents place
and B) I ate them too fast >_>
I was staring at the pork flavor, but my hand grabbed chicken. Sauce is included and to my further surprise it wasn't just soy sauce, it had a little more complex of a flavor that I really like (in moderation) with the potstickers.
Making them was rather easy. Two tablespoons of cooking oil (or if you are like me and hate dirtying things needlessly, a splash. Just enough for each potsticker to get a little under it) and bring the pan up to heat. Place the number of potstickers you want flat side down in the oil- carefully!- and try to not move them. After about a minute add a cup of warm water. Not hot, not cold, warm. There's a reason for that, but let's just say that with hot water you get a lot more splash and sizzle and 'HOLY CRAP' then with warm water.
Safety Note--As always, when cooking with oil be REALLY careful. Really. Oil is one of the more dangerous things you cook with because it gets hot without you noticing and if you get it on your skin it doesn't exactly want to come off. Ouch. And if you catch it on fire, don't you dare put water on it. Mythbusters does a good job of showing how to NOT handle hot oil. --
Back to cooking- after adding the water, cover the pan and let the water cook off. They say 8 minutes but it varies a lot. Keep an eye on it because if you let it go much longer after the water cooks off they get a really thick crunch on one side. I like a little crisp on mine but it shouldn't be like a cracker.
I gobbled them up! The texture of the wrap reminds me of the potstickers from my favorite Chinese resturant back home, and the inside didn't have any strange flavor. Just a bit of chicken and a few herbs.
As for nutrition, I just googled Ling Ling potstickers and this website Shop Well came up. I'll probably refer to it again in the future. Very handy.