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| * Substitutions: | | * Substitutions: |
| ** Dry Sherry instead of Shaoxing wine. | | ** Dry Sherry instead of Shaoxing wine. |
− | ** Knox gelatin with chicken bullion boiled for 30 minutes with a pork shoulder bone instead of homemade aspic, other ingredients of aspic unchanged. | + | ** Stir in 2 gelatin packets to cold water, heat to a boil once dissolved, then add 2 small cubes chicken bullion, 1 green onion, 2 Tbsp wine, a few ginger slices if you have them. |
− | *** 2 cups water, 2 tbsp chicken bullion, 1/6 cup wine, 1/6 cup cold water, 2 packets of Knox gelatin.
| + | ** 70% lean store-bought ground pork. |
− | *** Dissolve the gelatin in the cold water, and add to the rest of the ingredients once they are boiling.
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− | *** Cool completely in the fridge before cutting.
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− | ** 80% lean store-bought ground pork. | |
| * Notes: | | * Notes: |
− | ** Had about a 50% success rate at wrapping tightly. | + | ** Had about a 50% success rate at wrapping tightly the first time, second time was a total bust, third time was about 90% successful. Hand kneaded the dough for the full amount of time and carefully weighed out 30 equally sized balls of dough, maybe that's part of the reason. |
| ** Hard to tell when they are browned on the bottom. | | ** Hard to tell when they are browned on the bottom. |
| ** Ultimately, really delicious though, pretty dang close to spot on. | | ** Ultimately, really delicious though, pretty dang close to spot on. |