pot sticker

noun

variants or potsticker

ˈpät-ˌsti-kər 

plural pot stickers or potstickers

: a crescent-shaped dumpling filled usually with pork, pan-fried, and then steamed

A toothsome marriage of crispy (on the outside) and tender (on the inside), pot stickers can be filled with just about anything.

—Gretchen McKay

The ideal potsticker is both crispy and chewy thanks to a unique cooking method. The filled dumplings are sautéed so that the part of the wrapper in contact with the hot pan becomes crisp. Next, water is added and the pan is covered to steam the rest of the wrapper to tenderness.

—America's Test Kitchen

compare gyoza, wonton

Examples of pot sticker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her pot stickers — a dozen to an order (because that’s the number traditionally served in China), their paper-thin skin blistered from pan searing — are a comfort food with universal appeal. —Jason Rezaian, Washington Post, 17 July 2024

Plates include a combination of meat, noodles, rice, egg rolls and pot stickers. —Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 23 Mar. 2024

This recipe from the Plant Powered II newsletter and cookbook author Hetty Lui McKinnon is an unexpected combination of pot stickers and a stir-fry. —Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024

It’s followed by a plate of pot stickers, whose filling is composed of 47 percent chicken cells. —Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023

Word History

Etymology

translation of Chinese (Beijing) guōtiē, guōtiēr, from guō "pot, wok" + tiē "stick to" + -r, noun suffix

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above