Easy potstickers and Paleo Fried "Rice"

Today's post is going to be about two separate recipes that go wonderfully together. Today we are doing Chinese take-out fake out! The potstickers are filled with a traditional pork filling (although I bet that half pork and half shrimp would be very good), gently pan fried and then steamed. The fried rice is actually not rice at all, it's cauliflower!  I haven't jumped on the paleo bandwagon completely, but I do enjoy some of the recipes that I have tried. You would never know it though because it does genuinely taste almost exactly the same. This is a very healthy take on what would normally be a calorie laden takeout meal.

The potsticker recipe is from a recipe card I dug out of my box, the origin of the recipe is unknown.

The fried "rice" recipe is from Family Fresh Recipes

Easy potstickers and Paleo fried "rice"

Potstickers

Ingredient List

1 lb ground pork

1/4 cup water chestnuts, minced

4 green onions, sliced

1 clove garlic, minced

2 TBSP minced ginger

1/2 cup napa cabbage, sliced very thinly

1 TBSP soy sauce

1 TBSP sesame oil

1 package round dumpling wrappers

1 cup water

Instructions 

1- Combine pork, chestnuts, onions, garlic, ginger, cabbage, soy sauce, and oil.

2- Place a small amount of filling the size of a nickel in the middle of each dumpling wrapper.

3- Moisten the edges of the wrappers with water, and fold them. To to this you fold the wrapper in half so it looks like a half moon, then crimp the edges.

4- Heat a TBSP of vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Place the potstickers in the skillet upright and cook until golden brown on the bottom. 

5- Add the cup of water to the skillet, turn heat down to medium, cover with a lid and cook until the water has been cooked off and the pork filling is cooked completely.

6- Serve with soy sauce or gyoza sauce.

Paleo fried "rice"

Ingredient List

2 cups of riced cauliflower (I used a cheese grater)

2 carrots, cut into coins

Half a large onion, diced

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 cup frozen peas 

1 TBSP oil

Soy sauce to taste

2 eggs, scrambled

Instructions

1- Heat oil over medium high heat. Cook onions until they have softened, add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

2- Add carrots and peas and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

3- Add scrambled egg, cauliflower and soy sauce, cook until everything is heated through.