If you have already tried some of the recipes on my site, you may be ready to try out some ideas of your own for a dumpling filling. In this article, I offer some tips and suggestions on the basic considerations in making a Chinese dumpling filling, and the range of ingredients that can be […]
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Enoki mushrooms are the thin white mushrooms which you can find at many stores, and is virtually always sold at Asian grocery stores. It is also known as golden needle mushroom. If you cannot find fresh Enoki mushrooms, you can also use dried ones, which must be soaked in water to hydrate before use. Traditionally […]
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Your typical dumpling has a meaty interior and a starchy flour-based exterior. The black rice and chicken dumpling inverts the usual formula. It uses chicken meat as the wrapper around a starchy rice-based filling. This exotic recipe hails from the province of Yunnan in southern China, a province known for its especially adventurous cooking techniques. […]
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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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Bamboo shoots are a classic ingredient used in many Chinese dishes. And of course, we found a way to include this ingredient in Chinese dumplings as well! If you are looking for a dumpling with a distinctly Chinese take, try out this recipe. Ingredients: Chicken breast, 2 cups Bamboo shoots, 2 cups Vegetable oil, 2 […]
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Making the dumpling dough and wrapper is an important part of making Chinese dumplings. Bad wrappers can cause the dumplings to come apart during cooking and ruin the entire dish. Many beginners get put off from making Chinese dumplings because they bought an inferior batch of wrappers at the grocery store which were difficult to […]
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When making Chinese dumplings at home, you need dumpling fillings and wrappers. Usually there are two ways to get dumpling wrappers: you can either buy them from Asian supermarket or make them at home by yourself. Between these two types of wrappers, I prefer to use homemade dumpling wrappers because they taste better. Here I […]
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To make Chinese dumplings, you need to prepare both the fillings and the wrappers. To save time, you can buy the wrappers from an Asian grocery store. However, the quality of store-bought wrappers may vary. It is not difficult to make wrappers at home, and homemade wrappers both taste better and are easier to wrap […]
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Chinese dumplings are a popular dish in China, especially over holidays like the Chinese New Year, where it is traditional for entire families to come together to make Chinese dumplings for dinner. More and more people all over the world have also come to like and enjoy this healthy and tasty dish in all its various […]
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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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