This is a dish which originated in Northern China. Chinese dill, known as hui2 xiang1 in Chinese Hanyu Pinyin, has a very strong taste, and its liberal use in this dish gives the dumplings a very distinctive flavor. This herb can be found in many Asian grocery stores. English dill can be substituted, because it […]
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This is another classic Chinese dumpling recipe. Traditionally, Chinese string beans are used for this dish. Chinese string beans may be available at Asian grocery stores, and differ in several ways from the typical string bean one finds at conventional grocers. Chinese string beans are much longer than typical string beans, and have a stronger […]
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Winter melon, also known as white gourd or ash gourd, is a melon with a light and delicate taste. In Chinese cuisine, it is often prepared in soups, typically with beef or pork bones for soup base. Because its taste is very delicate, winter melon tends to take on the flavors of other ingredients, and […]
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This recipe is a classic dish in China. It makes heavy use of Napa cabbage, also known as celery cabbage or Chinese cabbage. Napa cabbage originates from an area near Beijing, China, and is often used in Chinese and East Asian cuisines. The Koreans, for example, use Napa cabbage heavily in their kimchis. Napa cabbage […]
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This is one of the most basic dumpling recipes for meat lovers. It is uncomplicated and straightforward to prepare, with only a single major ingredient, namely, pork. As such, this is an excellent learning recipe if you are trying to learn the basics of preparing boiled dumplings. This dish is best prepared with pork belly […]
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For the more adventurous cook, this is a complicated and challenging recipe, but the results are definitely well worth it. Soup dumplings are a classic dish from China, and when made well, each dumpling contains a pork meatball infused with a delicious broth. The trick to getting soup inside a dumpling is to first make […]
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As you probably know, Chinese dumplings are very versatile food. Virtually any edible ingredient can be used to stuff a dumpling. Despite this, there are certain classic combinations of ingredients that are well-known to every native Chinese. The pork and chives dumpling is one such classic recipe that hails from Northern China. Every native Chinese […]
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