CRAB POT STICKERS WITH SESAME-GINGER DIPPING SAUCE

Crab Pot Stickers with Sesame-Ginger Dipping Sauce image

Yield Serves 2

Number Of Ingredients 15

For dipping sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
1/4 teaspoon grated peeled fresh gingerroot
2 1/2 teaspoons water
1 scallion
6 ounces jumbo lump crab meat
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1 large egg white
1 teaspoon grated peeled fresh gingerroot
12 won ton or gyoza wrappers, thawed if frozen
cornstarch for dusting plate
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Steps:

Make dipping sauce:
In a small bowl whisk together all dipping sauce ingredients.
Chop scallion and pick over crab meat to remove any bits of shell and cartilage. Break up larger pieces of crab.
In a dry small heavy skillet toast sesame seeds with salt to taste over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until golden, about 2 minutes. Transfer seeds to a medium bowl and cool slightly. Add egg white and gingerroot to seeds and lightly beat. Gently stir in crab and scallion and season with salt and pepper. Put 6 won ton wrappers on a dry surface, keeping remaining wrappers in package, and lightly brush edges with water. Mound about 1 tablespoon filling in center of each wrapper. Gather edge of each wrapper up and around filling and form a waist with wrapper (filling should be exposed and level with top of wrapper). Lightly dust a plate with cornstarch and arrange pot stickers in one layer. Make 6 more pot stickers in same manner.
In a large nonstick skillet heat vegetable oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and fry pot stickers, flat sides down, until undersides are golden, about 1 minute. Add 1/4 cup water down side of skillet. Cover skillet and steam pot stickers over moderately low heat until cooked through, about 2 minutes. Remove lid and cook pot stickers until any water is evaporated.
Serve pot stickers with dipping sauce.