Food Exploration - Ashitaba, an herb similar to Parsley | Farm To Table
Aired (June 24, 2024): To show off the flexibility of the Ashitaba herb, Chef JR Royol puts it to use in his Ashitaba and Kutchay Dumplings!
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00:00This is our Asitaba, one of the plants they grow here on the farm.
00:08We often see this plant being consumed as a way of tea,
00:15infused with various drinks,
00:18but in fact, we can also apply it to our recipes
00:23and it can also be added to a lot of dishes.
00:27It's very flexible in terms of,
00:29it's like you're using parsley,
00:31the only difference compared to parsley is that its leaves are harder.
00:37It's a bit harder, but its taste is practically the same.
00:41Asitaba, let's combine it with pochay and dumplings.
00:45So we're just going to finely chop our Asitaba leaves.
00:51You can also include its stem if it's still soft.
00:56This would actually give our dumplings this fresh burst of flavor.
01:09So after we finely chop our pochay,
01:12I'll also add finely chopped ginger.
01:19And then our fresh shiitake mushrooms.
01:23So for this, I'll just use the stem.
01:26I will save the stem for a different dish.
01:30Maybe I'll save that and when I braise meat, I'll add it.
01:47So our Asitaba, our chives,
01:50our mushrooms, and our ginger.
01:52We're ready for the meat.
01:54So we have here lean ground pork.
01:56I'll just mix it with our finely chopped back fat.
02:03When you're making dumplings, shumai, even for burgers,
02:06it's better to get the right ratio of lean meat and fat.
02:13What will happen is that if it's all meat,
02:15your end product will be too dry.
02:18So we're just going to season this with some salt,
02:22pepper,
02:25a little bit of sugar,
02:28and maybe 1 teaspoon of sesame oil.
02:35Let's just mix this.
02:37So once we've mixed it well,
02:40we can now relax while we prepare our dumpling wrappers.
02:46We're just going to fill this with some filling,
02:51making sure that we have enough space to close the gap.
02:57And then using your fork,
02:58we're going to seal this so that it won't open while we steam it.
03:27We're almost ready with our first batch of dumplings.
03:30While we wait for it to cook,
03:32let's prepare our sauce.
03:34So I have here leeks.
03:36I'll just chop this.
03:37This is also one of the parts where you can make your dumpling game more exciting.
03:42So for the sauce, you can use any kind of vegetables.
03:46I'm just going to chop this.
03:47I'm just going to chop this.
03:48This is also one of the parts where you can make your dumpling game more exciting.
03:53So for the sauce,
03:54you can use chili sauce,
03:58or you can mix it with oyster sauce.
04:01And of course, if your bet is sweet and sour,
04:04you can also do this.
04:14Then, let's also add our garlic bits.
04:18Soy sauce, of course.
04:22A little bit of vinegar.
04:24And sugar.
04:30The sauce is ready.
04:32Our dumplings are also ready.
04:33Let's go and serve it.
04:54Thank you for watching!