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Here's how to fold gyoza! Learn how to make your own gyoza dough from scratch and try out this easy folding technique with step-by-step pictures!

How To Fold Gyoza

How to fold gyoza: learn here how to make gyoza dough from scratch and the easy folding technique with step-by-step pictures!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories per serving 41 kcal

Ingredients

  • gyoza wrappers
  • filling of your choice

Instructions

  1. Put a teaspoon of whatever filling you got onto a gyoza wrapper. Brush half of the dough with a little water to make it stick.

    How to fold gyoza: learn here how to make gyoza dough from scratch and the easy folding technique with step-by-step pictures!
  2. Now carefully take the gyoza dough between your thumb and index finger. Gently press the dough together starting from the left.

    How to fold gyoza: learn here how to make gyoza dough from scratch and the easy folding technique with step-by-step pictures!
  3. Fold the dough on one side back and make a curly loop.
    How to fold gyoza: learn here how to make gyoza dough from scratch and the easy folding technique with step-by-step pictures!
  4. Press well to shut both dough sides. Make a second fold and press again. Keep folding the dough back and forth like this.

    How to fold gyoza: learn here how to make gyoza dough from scratch and the easy folding technique with step-by-step pictures!
  5. Brush the dough on the inside with extra water if necessary but don't exaggerate it or the dough will be too sticky and mushy. Make a last fold and close the gyoza and when you do that, make sure to press out any air that is still inside the dough.
    How to fold gyoza: learn here how to make gyoza dough from scratch and the easy folding technique with step-by-step pictures!
  6. Put the finished gyoza on a floured oven tray while you work your way through the other ones. After that your freshly made gyoza are now ready to be pan fried!
    How to fold gyoza: learn here how to make gyoza dough from scratch and the easy folding technique with step-by-step pictures!