One Pan Dumpling Dinner

 I've told you before, I'm all about girl dinner.  I don't just mean truffle fries and champagne.  Although I am not opposed to that dinner anytime, anywhere.  To me, girl dinner is eating all of the things I never get to enjoy that my husband doesn't like.  Typically that is any recipe that contains either sesame oil or cilantro or both.  Two ingredients he cannot stand, which happen to be two ingredients I love.  It's baseball season, so he's at a lot of games in the evenings which is fine by me.  Elli the dog and I snuggle on the couch and I usually have some kind of needlework project going on.  Several actually.  I almost always make my Asian Chicken Chopped Salad when he's away from home, because it has sesame oil and cilantro in it.  Another favorite of mine is my Asian Dumpling Salad.  It is a tasty salad tossed with cooked dumplings.  This simple one pan meal is kind of a take on that dumpling salad.  It features frozen pot stickers in a delicious thick and sticky sauce.  The hot and heartier version of the salad.  And, I used sesame oil of course.  I was out of cilantro or I would have added some of that for garnish at the end too. 

One Pan, zero mess to clean up.
The perfect girl dinner.

Don't worry about the amount of ingredients.
Almost everything gets stirred together
into one bowl.

Arrange the frozen dumplings into an oven-safe
dish that has been greased with sesame oil.

Pour the sauce mixture over and bake.

Add the cornstarch slurry.

Return to the oven and cook until the sauce
has thickened.

Garnish with sliced green onion,
chopped cilantro and/or sesame seeds.

Enjoy!

ONE PAN DUMPLING DINNER

1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 bag frozen potstickers (your favorite flavor, I used chicken)
1/2 cup soy sauce
3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon fresh ginger
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
green onions, cilantro, and/or sesame seeds for garnish

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Grease an oven-safe skillet or baking dish with the sesame oil.  Arrange the frozen dumplings in a single layer in the pan or baking dish.  (I bought a very small bag that had only 9 dumplings in it.  Look for a slightly larger serving bag.) In a bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, ginger and the 1/2 cup water.  Pour this mixture over the dumplings.  Cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes.  Whisk together the cornstarch with the remaining 2 tablespoons of water.  When the dumplings have baked for 20 minutes, remove from oven and pour the cornstarch mixture into the pan and stir in to the sauce.  Return the pan to the oven, uncovered and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes or until the sauce is thickened.  Garnish with sliced green onion, chopped cilantro and sesame seeds before serving.