Vegetarian Pot Stickers Recipe from China with Black Mushrooms and Spinach

Ingredients

• 4 Chinese dried black (shiitake) mushrooms , soaked in hot water
• 1 cup chopped spinach leaves
• 0.5 cup chopped napa cabbage
• 0.5 cup bamboo shoots
• Chopped daikon or fresh or canned water chestnuts
• 0.5 cup chopped pressed bean curd or tofu (optional or can be reduced)
• 1 tbsp minced green onion
• 1 tbsp minced fresh ginger
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 0.5 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 pinch of white or black pepper
• 1 lb (454 g) pot sticker wrappers or homemade sheet pasta
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 cups vegetable stock