Healthy Venison Rice Paper Dumplings

If you are looking for more tasty and healthy ways to enjoy your venison and other wild game meats this year, these Venison Rice Paper Dumplings are a fun recipe to try! They are made with wholesome ingredients, are easy to make and loaded with flavor.

We all love the classic venison recipes like pasta, tacos and burgers, but it is also fun to switch it up. These Venison Rice Paper Dumplings are a healthier dumpling option you can make at home with any ground wild game meat you have! They can be made gluten free and are a great way to get in some extra veggies.

To make these dumplings, you start with a meat a vegetable mixture full of bold flavours like fresh garlic, ginger and soy sauce. You then take that mixture, and wrap it up with sheets of rice paper, creating a nice little dumpling. After that, all you have to do after that is sear them in a pan until crispy, and the meat is cooked through. Serve them with the chili sauce and they are absolutely delicious.

You can enjoy these dumplings as is, along side a fresh salad, or serve them over rice. If you don’t want to turn them into dumplings, you can even cook the meat mixture and serve it over rice with the chili sauce on top. This makes for a super easy, fresh and healthy dinner bowl!

Tips for Making Venison Rice Paper DumplinGs

1. To help keep the meat filling tender and juicy, I recommend using ground venison that has 10-20% pork or pork fat in it. We use pork shoulder to keep it slightly less greasy.
2. When making the filling, I recommend tasting it before you fill all the dumplings. To do this, take your filling mixture and cook up a spoonful in a frying pan. You can then taste it and adjust any spices if you need.
3. While you can make these dumplings with just one sheet of rice paper, I recommend using two. Layering the two sheets of rice paper, allows you to out a good amount of filling in each one and helps to get a nice crispy outside.
4. When serving these dumplings, you want to eat them right away so that they stay crispy. You can dip them in the sauce or pout it over.

Venison Rice Paper Dumpling Ingredients

Ground Venison– As mentioned above, you can use ground venison or any other ground wild game meat.

Rice Paper– Any brand you like is fine. They come in round sheets.

Carrots– I like to grate my carrots for this recipe to get them nice and fine.

Cabbage– You can use green or purple cabbage. This can be grated as well or really finely chopped.

Green Onion– There is a ton of green onion in this recipe. It keeps them super fresh tasting.

Cilantro– Fresh cilantro gives the dumpling filling a nice fresh a and earthy flavor.

Soy Sauce– You can use regular soy sauce or a gluten free soy sauce if you need.

Chili Crisp- This is an oil based condiment full of chili. If you can’t find it, you can use a chili paste.

Rice Vinegar– Do not sub this with a different vinegar as it has a distinct flavor.

Sesame Oil– A little goes a long way with this stuff so measure carefully.

Ginger & Garlic– These are the aromatics in these dumpling. Use fresh of both for the most ideal flavor.

Maple Syrup– Just a touch goes into the chili sauce to balance out the saltiness.

The Steps

1. Start by adding the cabbage and carrots to a pan over medium heat with a drizzle of sesame oil. Cook for 1 minute.
2. Next add in the garlic, ginger, soy sauce, cilantro and green onions. Continue to stir and cook for another 2 minutes.
3. Remove the vegetable mixture from the heat and add it to a large bowl along with the ground meat. Stir until well combined.
4. Then, you are going to fill a shallow dish with water. Something big enough to fill the sheets of rice paper.
5. Take one piece of rice paper and dip it into the water until softened. Remove it from the water and lay it on a flat surface. Take the top 1/4 and fold it into the middle to make a straight edge, then repeat that with the bottom 1/4 to form a rough rectangle.
6. Place a couple tbsp of the meat mixture in the center of the folded rice paper. Fold each side over top of the meat, then the top and bottom over to wrap the meat into a nice dumpling.
7. Take one more piece of rice paper, wet it and then wrap the dumpling with it. Adding this extra rice paper layer ensure you get a nice crispy dumpling.
8. Repeat these steps until you have used all the meat mixture.
9. Finally, heat a skillet with a couple tbsp of oil over medium high heat. Place the dumplings in the pan and cook for about 5 minutes per side or until nice and crispy and the internal temp reaches 165F.
10. While those cook, simply whisk together all of the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
11. Remove the cooked dumplings from the pan and serve immediately with a side of the sauce for dipping or with a drizzle of the sauce on top. Enjoy!

If you give this recipe a try, leave a comment or recipe review below!

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