It's our Chinese New Year Eve tradition to make these dumplings from scratch. When the kids were little, we would hide a (cleaned) penny in one of them.  The kids would eat so many dumplings to find the penny! This was my dad's recipe, modified by me!

Dough:

* 3 cups all-purpose flour, more for dusting

* 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt or 1 T (Ocem) consomme boullion

* 1 1/4 cups cold water

Filling:

* 1 pound ground pork, or ground beef

* 2 tablespoon soy sauce (or 2 T dark +2 t light)

* 1-2 tablespoon Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry

* 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper

* 2 tablespoons sesame oil

* 1/2 medium scallion, finely minced

* 1 1/2 cups finely shredded napa cabbage

* 1/3 onion, minced

* 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger

* 1 clove garlic, minced

Sauce:

* 1 medium scallion, thinly sliced

* 2 small cloves garlic, minced

* 3 tablespoons light soy sauce

* 2 tablespoons Chinese rice vinegar

* 2 teaspoons sesame oil

* 1 teaspoon chile oil, or more to taste