pot sticker

noun

variants or potsticker

ˈpät-ˌsti-kər 

plural pot stickers or potstickers

: a crescent-shaped dumpling filled usually with pork, pan-fried, and then steamed

A toothsome marriage of crispy (on the outside) and tender (on the inside), pot stickers can be filled with just about anything.

—Gretchen McKay

The ideal potsticker is both crispy and chewy thanks to a unique cooking method. The filled dumplings are sautéed so that the part of the wrapper in contact with the hot pan becomes crisp. Next, water is added and the pan is covered to steam the rest of the wrapper to tenderness.

—America's Test Kitchen

compare gyoza, wonton

Examples of pot sticker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Blanchette also teased that pot stickers are returning to its Thai Chicken Salad. —Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 13 May 2025

The menu includes a wide-ranging selection of sushi and sashimi plus traditional appetizers such as dumplings and pot stickers, with omakase sushi,. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2025

Plates include a combination of meat, noodles, rice, egg rolls and pot stickers. —Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025

In addition to poke, the menu includes teriyaki bowls, Chinese beef stew, ramen noodles, hot and sour soup, won ton soup, pot stickers and more. —Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

translation of Chinese (Beijing) guōtiē, guōtiēr, from guō "pot, wok" + tiē "stick to" + -r, noun suffix

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pot sticker

• bicker
• dicker
• flicker
• kicker
• liquor
• picker
• quicker
• ricker
• sicker
• slicker
• snicker
• thicker