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ASIAN DUMPLING SMASH TACOS An Easy Twist on Pork Dumplings
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Let's make Asian inspired dumpling smash
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tacos. You guys, this one rocks. I saw
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this all over social media and I am
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like, I need to make this version. I've
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made regular smash tacos before, but not
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the Asian version, and I love a good
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dumpling. So, the first thing we're
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going to do is make that sauce that you
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can either drizzle on your taco or you
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can dunk your taco into it. It's that
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delicious. And we want to make that
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sauce first so that we're not pouring it
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onto a cold taco afterwards. All right,
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you guys. Let's get started. I got some
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delicious ingredients right here. We're
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going to put them into a bowl and whisk
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it all up.
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First thing, three tablespoons of soy
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sauce. I'm using the low sodium. We'll
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control the salt.
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I love soy sauce and Asian food,
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especially with my dumplings.
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We're going to be putting in two
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teaspoons of rice vinegar.
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I think that was it. I might have to put
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that back in.
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That was a little fast, you guys.
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Now, we're going to be using a chili
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oil. This is very optional. You do not
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have to do this step. Instead of this,
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you can actually put some red pepper
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flakes in here and control the heat that
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way or just leave it out all together.
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But my husband picked this up right here
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and wanted to try it. It's chili crisp
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oil.
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And we're just going to put very little
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in there.
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A look at that. Oh, it smells good.
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Little spicy though, but it smells like
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something you would definitely dunk a
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dumpling in. That's for sure. So, let's
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see what that amount right there.
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>> We'll start with that.
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>> We'll start with that.
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>> I need that.
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>> He can add more on his, you know, sauce
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there if he needs it.
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>> That's for sure. All right. Now, if you
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take half a lime and you squeeze it, and
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that's what we're going to add to the
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bowl here. And I got some right here.
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Looks like about a teaspoon.
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And then we're going to add in one
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teaspoon of sugar. That'll help with
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that vinegar
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and the lime juice that we're putting in
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there. And then we're going to add in
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two teaspoons of some sesame oil. Now,
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this is extra virgin.
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And we're just going to go in one and
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two. Get you a whisk. Blend it together.
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Now, you can double up on this recipe if
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you want. We're making four tacos today,
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and this sauce will be enough for those.
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Now we can set this aside. Let's start
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making the tacos.
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All right, we got to give an Asian flare
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to the dumpling mixture also. That
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helps. I'm going to be using one pound
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of fresh ground pork. Now, it comes like
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that and it looks like ground beef, but
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it's pork. You don't want to get the
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pork sausage, okay? Don't do that. No
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mild pork sausage, no Jimmy Dean, just
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regular ground pork.
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And you need one pound. That will give
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us the four tacos that we're going to
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make. We're going to mince in some fresh
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ginger. Actually, we're going to grate
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it in. You want about two teaspoons.
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Oh, it smells good. Oh, man.
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That looks good right there. So, we're
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going to get rid of that right into
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our ground pork. We're going to mince up
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two teaspoon of garlic.
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I'm wanting that fresh garlic.
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So, we're going to take off that outer
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layer and then we'll mince it up.
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Oh, yeah. Garlic and ginger. M. We're
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going to add in some green onions. Now,
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I've just chopped these up. Got about a
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couple tablespoons.
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We're going to put in a/4 teaspoon of
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salt, which I'm just going to estimate
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here. There we go. 1/4 teaspoon black
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pepper.
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We're going to add in 1 and 1/2
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tablespoons of soy sauce.
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All those flavors. I can smell them all.
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Smells delicious. And then one
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tablespoon of our toasted sesame oil.
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Let me get it on there. There we go. I
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have one of those adjustable spoons.
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All right, I'm going to put my glove on.
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I'm going to mix this all together. All
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right, mix well to combine.
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Now, we just want to mix to make sure
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everything is incorporated. Don't over
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mix. We don't want to break it too much.
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Lock in those beautiful flavors in
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there, which I can definitely smell.
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Smells delicious. Reminds me of the
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dumplings. That's what it's supposed to
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be. Press it down into your bowl. Nice
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and even.
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Get a nice form down there. Cuz what
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we're going to do is split this into
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four equal portions.
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That looks good right there. Did y'all
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go for a spinning ride there?
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All right. So, just take your hand.
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We're going to divide it in half
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as equal as you can. And then divide
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that again. So, you should have four
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portions that we're going to work with.
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There we are. Look at that. See those
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green onions in there? Here's the trick,
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you guys. We're not going to be rolling
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these with wonton wrappers.
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We're going to be using tortillas. These
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are the 6 in regular standard size flour
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tortillas. And what's great about this
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is they're only 100 calories each. We're
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keeping this low calorie today. Did I
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tell you that? All right. You need four
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of them for this recipe.
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All right. Just lay your tortillas out
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on a clean work surface.
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And then we are going to take that
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mixture, take one portion of it, which
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is one quarter of it, and take it out.
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We're going to place it right in the
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middle. Now, what you want to do is
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flatten it out. Go all the way to the
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edges.
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This will shrink a little bit. You want
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to make sure you have enough filling on
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the whole thing. Squeeze it out there.
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Make sure it's nice and even.
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Making smashed tacos is not new to me.
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I've made them before for you guys. Just
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the standard like hamburger ones. So, I
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knew this was going to be a good one and
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I had to try it. All right. Just like
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that. We're going to do the other three.
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Y'all know who's here.
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That's Thomas, my husband. He's behind
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the camera.
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When he knew I was going to make this,
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he's like, "Oh, yeah. You better make
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it."
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He's excited for this one.
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Y'all ready? Let's cook these up because
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we've got the sauce and I've also got
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something really good going on to it
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also. Come back. All right. For this
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part of the recipe, you're going to need
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a skillet,
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a long skillet, or you can use two
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skillets, and that way you can cook more
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of them at the same time. I'm going to
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be using my griddle cuz I can get four
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of those on here, I'm pretty sure. We're
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going to heat this up to about 350°,
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which is a mediumigh heat. We're going
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to add a little cooking oil. I'm using
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avocado oil, or you can use an olive
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oil. I'm just going to spray some on
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top. Just a little bit.
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That's it. We're going to get that nice
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and hot. We're going to get a spatula
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here. Go underneath one of our
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dumplings here.
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Now, once it's nice and hot, we're going
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to wait because we want it to start
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cooking right away. You want to flip it
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over so that meat side is down cooking
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first. Okay. And these won't take very
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long.
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All right. Let's lay them down.
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Ah, hear that sizzle.
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Now, if you want a griddle, I have one
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on my recipe blog, kathernplates.com.
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Just go to my store items, and you can
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find all the items that I use in my
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channel here.
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You can find the cookbooks there, too.
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But this one's not in a cookbook yet, as
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this is a new recipe for us.
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All
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right, let them sit there until that
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pork is cooked all the way through and
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it's nice and golden brown on the
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bottom. And then we're going to finish
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these up. All right, this one's ready to
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go. I've already checked it.
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One minute on the back side on the
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tortilla side of it. We'll cook it one
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more minute to kind of crisp up the
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tortilla. Look at that. Doesn't that
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look good? You want to make sure that
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your pork is cooked all the way through.
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Just like that. Looks like a little
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hamburger patty, huh? Yep.
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Oh, those smell delicious.
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Now, as long as your pork is cooked for
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145 to 160°,
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you're good to go. And these all reach
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that temperature.
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Here's our dumpling smash taco. Let's
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jazz it up. I've got some co-law here.
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I'm going to put right in the center.
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Give it a nice crunch. You could put
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some shredded cabbage and carrot if you
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want to do that. I've got some fresh
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cilantro. You know that's going on.
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I never knew what cilantro was till I
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met my husband.
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>> You're welcome.
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>> All right, we're going to put some green
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onion across it.
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Y'all look at that sauce.
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Right, we're drizzling it on.
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Mhm.
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Fold it like a taco.
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And let's go in for a bite.
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You guys, this is 100%
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delicious. It tastes just like a
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dumpling.
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And that sauce is not spicy at all. We
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should have put some more chili oil in
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there cuz
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>> Don't worry, I will.
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>> He will. All right, you guys. Make sure
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you jazz it up with your cilantro, your
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co-law mix, and green onions. And make
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that sauce. Make lots of that sauce.
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Going forward. I'm going to make it
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double.
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Right, we got three more to make. All
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We'll see you on the next one. Bye.