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Healthier Sichuan-Style Guo Kui
5 from 18 votes

Healthier Sichuan-Style Guo Kui

This Healthier Sichuan-Style Guo Kui features a tender dough made with hot water and yeast, filled with a spicy mixture of lean ground pork, garlic, ginger, onions, and Sichuan peppercorns. The dough is rolled and coiled into a snailshell shape, then flattened into a pancake before cooking. The combination of ground pork and aromatic spices creates a complex, flavorful filling balanced by the chewy, layered dough.

Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 8
Calories: 160 kcal
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese

Ingredients

Dough:
  • 300 g all-purpose flour
  • 5 g instant yeast
  • 230 g water hot, boiling
  • 25 g white sesame seeds
Meat Filling:
  • 215 g ground pork lean
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 garlic finely minced, cloves
  • ½ inch ginger finely minced
  • ½ small white onion finely chopped
  • 1 green onion chopped
  • 2 tablespoon Sichuan peppercorn can decrease to taste if you don't like it too spicy, ground
  • 1 tablespoon Chili oil Sichuan-style
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil toasted
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce light

Instructions

Prepare the dough:
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  1. Place the flour into a large mixing bowl. Add in the hot boiling water and stir with a pair of chopsticks until it forms a shaggy dough. Sprinkle in the instant yeast.
  2. Use your hands and knead until the dough becomes smooth.
  3. Transfer to a lightly oiled bowl and cover. Let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Prepare the meat filling:
  1. In a medium bowl, add the ground pork, salt, garlic, ginger, onion, green onion and stir until combined.
  2. Add in the ground Sichuan peppercorn, chili oil, sesame oil, soy sauce and mix until everything is incorporated.
Assemble:
  1. Divide the dough into 8 equal portions.
  2. Roll out the dough into a long rectangle. Smear approximately 1 tablespoon of meat filling over the surface of the dough.
  3. Roll up the dough into a cigar. Turn the dough 90 degrees.
  4. Roll the dough again so it coils into a snail-like shape. Flatten the coil with the palm of your hand so it now looks like a pancake with swirls. Scatter some sesame seeds on top of the dough.
  5. Use a rolling pin to even out the dough. Flip and add a little more sesame seeds to the other side. You should obtain a disc about 4" in diameter.
  6. Repeat with the remaining dough.
Cook:
  1. Preheat oven to 300°F/149°C.
  2. Heat up a frying pan over medium high heat with about 2 tablespoon of oil.
  3. Place the dough discs into the frying pan (depending on the size of your pan, you may be able to fit 2-3 pieces).
  4. Fry for about 5-6 minutes per side, until crisp and golden brown. Remove and drain on a paper towel.  Repeat with the rest of the dough.
  5. Place the pan-fried guo kui onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and keep in the oven to warm until ready to eat.
  6. Serve warm with additional chili oil, and garnish with cilantro and green onion.

Nutrition Information

Calories 160kcal (8%) Carbohydrates 30g (10%) Protein 5g (10%) Fat 2g (3%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Sodium 274mg (11%) Potassium 74mg (2%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 1g (2%) Vitamin A 15IU (0%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 40mg (4%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8 Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 160

% Daily Value*

Calories 160kcal 8%
Carbohydrates 30g 10%
Protein 5g 10%
Fat 2g 3%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Sodium 274mg 11%
Potassium 74mg 2%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 1g 2%
Vitamin A 15IU 0%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 40mg 4%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.