Making Gyoza two ways with Tsubaki and Ototo chef Charles Namba | The Kitchen at the Los Angeles Times

Aug. 31, 2023 6 AM PT

This week Charles Namba, chef and co-owner of the Echo Park side-by-side establishments Tsubaki and Ototo, joins us in the kitchen to make two versions of his mother’s gyoza. He boils the pork dumplings for sui-gyoza and tops them with a handmade chile oil, black sesame seeds and fresh cilantro. And his pan-sauteed yaki-gyoza gets a crispy bottom to vary texture and is accompanied by three dipping sauces. Namba will be at this year’s L.A. Times Food Bowl. Get tickets at lafoodbowl.com

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