Vegetarian Mandu

We have some guests coming for Christmas Eve and both are vegetarians and I wanted to prepare something special, so of course I chose Mandu! I adapted Maangchi’s recipe and the Mandu turned out very, very good so I thought I’d share the recipe:

Ingredients:

1 – 8 oz pkg Seitan

2 cups of chopped Asian chives (tossed with oil)

2 pkgs Shiitake mushrooms, soaked, drained & finely diced

1/2 onion, finely minced

1 pkg firm tofu, drained & squeezed to remove water & shredded with fork

3 cloves of garlic, minced

1 T ginger minced

1/4 c vegetarian kimchi (I couldn’t find vegetarian so I made some to use in this recipe & to serve!)

3 T (or more according to taste) Go Chu Jang (vegetarian)

4 T soy sauce (I used organic, unpasteurized-better flavor IMO)

Salt

2 T sugar

Sesame oil

Vegetable oil

Mandu skins

I followed Maangchi’s directions for the filling & assembly.