Frozen fried dumplings in a frying pan

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to fry frozen dumplings in a frying pan? Prepare the ingredients according to the list. Dumplings can be pre-glued yourself or use a ready-made semi-finished product, now there is a huge assortment of such products on store shelves.

2. Step 2:

   

   Remove the dumplings from the freezer and immediately proceed to frying them. It is not necessary to defrost the dumplings, otherwise they will stick to the pan, the dough will break, and the meat juice will flow out of the filling. Pour vegetable oil into a thick-walled frying pan, heat it well. Put the dumplings in the pan. It is important that the dumplings lie in one layer, do not touch each other with "ears" and do not stick together.

3. Step 3:

   

   Fry the dumplings on one side over high heat for 5-7 minutes so that they are covered with a ruddy and dense crust, which will keep the meat juice inside the dumplings, will not allow it to leak into the pan. Then carefully turn the dumplings over with a spatula and also fry them on the second side on high heat until golden brown.

5. Step 4:

   

   Then reduce the heat to medium or even slightly less than average, pour half a glass of water into the pan with the dumplings, add a pinch of salt and ground black pepper (if the dumplings are served with sauce, then you don't need to add a lot of spices). Cover the pan with a lid and simmer the dumplings in water until cooked and the moisture evaporates, about 10 minutes.

6. Step 5:

   

   Then remove the lid from the pan, pour in some more vegetable oil. Stir the dumplings and fry them a little more so that the crust on the dumplings becomes crispy.

7. Step 6:

   

   Remove the dumplings from the pan and place them in a serving dish. Sprinkle them with finely chopped fresh herbs and serve them with some sauce or mayonnaise. Bon appetit!