I love the little Chinese Gyoza dumplings. Both sweet and savoury versions are a regular feature in my kitchen. You can make them yourself, but I buy packets of them in Chinatown and keep in the freezer for a quick supper.
Inspired by my homemade tortilla chips I gave the gyoza wrappers the same treatment. Snappy, crunchy and spicy. Perfect as they are, or for dipping, they barely need a recipe.
My latest obsession is chocolate tea make from cocoa bean shavings from Hotel Chocolat, paired with cheese or spices it also makes an excellent gyoza topping. I am loking forward to further experiments with the shavings.
Recipe: Spicy Chocolate Gyoza Crisps
Place a piece of baking parchment on a tray and lay your gyoza skins out. Brush with a little olive oil and then sprinkle with your choice of cocoa bean flakes, spices, salt or finely grated Parmesan.
Lightly run your rolling pin over them so the spices stick.
Bake as GM5/ 190C for 5 to 6 minutes until bubbly and crispy.
I made one batch of chocolate, cumin and chilli flakes and another of chocolate and parmesan.
Sending these to this month’s We Should Cocoa where the theme is savoury vegetarian (I know Parmesan is not strictly vegetarian, but substitute with your choice of rennet free Italian hard cheese or just make spicy ones!)
Thanks to Hotel Chocolat for the Cocoa Bean shavings sample.
Great idea! These look really tasty. I’m glad I’m not the only one trying out a cheese and chocolate combination!
Not a copt out at all – A great idea and “fuss free”!. Where do you get cocoa bean flakes from?
I’m an idiot – I’ve just seen that they were from Hotel Chocolat. Duh! I love their raw cacao beans. I simmer them in milk to make cacao tea. It’s really good.
These are flakes that just dissolve in boiling water. Delicious!
Agree with Gill, these are not a cop out, they are a brilliant idea. Love all this talk of cheese and chocolate – it works in cheesecake so why not in something savoury. Don’t know these wrappers – what are they made of – rice? Thanks for participating – really looking forward to doing this round-up.
These really look scrumptious, we have a new Chinese supermarket in Kingston and a hotel Chocolate, si I can see what I’ll be attempting next week. Thanks for such a great recipe .
They look brilliant and your photography is excellent. I would love to snack on these, a very original idea.
A lovely idea, I love Gyoza so the idea of Gyoza crisps sounds delicious especially with the seasonings. A great entry.
These look incredible – I adore gyoza anyway and this adds a whole new twist
Great idea – especially as I have sometimes had leftover gyoza wrappers hanging around in the fridge and not had time to make little dumplings with them – next time they will become crisps!