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chinese dumpling recipe - boiled dumpling with chicken soup

Chinese dumpling (Jiao Zi 東北餃子)

Jiao Zi is one of the irreplaceable daily foods in Chinese culture. With the carbohydrates come from the dumpling skin, proteins and fibers come from the meat and vegetable infills, it’s not hard to see the nutrient value inside this small dumpling. Let's follow this recipe and make Chinese dumpling from scratch!
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Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

Dumpling Skin (Can be replaced by ready-made dumpling skin)

  • 300 g Plain Flour
  • 160 ml Cold Water
  • 1 tsp Salt

Infills Ingredients

  • 500 g Minced Pork
  • 200 g Chinese Chives/ Siu Bok Choy
  • 2 gloves Garlic
  • 1-2 piece(s) Egg

Marinades

  • 2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • ¼ tsp Potato Starch

Instructions
 

  • Prepare all ingredients. 
    Prepare all ingredients for chinese dumpling, plain flour, cold water, chive, eggs, garlic, minced pork and seasonings

Prepare Dumpling Skins (Step can be skipped if using ready-made skin)

  • Place flour and 1 tsp of salt into a large bowl.  Add water into the bowl bit by bit. 
    Chinese dumpling recipe - Add water to plain flour to make the dumpling skins
  • Mix them well using spoon at the beginning, then knead the dough for 10 minutes until it turns into a smooth ball.
    chinese dumpling recipe - knead the dough for 10 minutes until it turns into a smooth ball
  • Cover the dough using a piece of wet towel for an hour.
    Tips: This step can ensure the dough rise and loose enough to form firm dumpling skins.
    chinese dumpling recipe - 3. Cover the dough using a piece of wet towel for an hour

Prepare Infills

  • Chop the Chinese chives (Or if you don’t like the taste of Chinese chives, you can use siu bok choy instead) and garlic, then place them into the minced pork. Marinate the mixture using all marinade stated above.  Beat the egg and add to the marinated mixture.
    chinese dumpling recipe - 4. Chop the Chinese chives (Or if you don’t like the taste of Chinese chives, you can use siu bok choy instead) and garlic, then place them into the minced pork

Wrap Dumplings

  • Make the dough into a donut-shape then into a circular shape.  Cut it at one point to form a long dough.  Cut it into small pieces (About 10g per piece).
    chinese dumpling recipe - 6. Make the dough into a donut-shape then into a circular shape. Cut it at one point to form a long dough
  • Use rolling pin to roll the small dough into flat circular dumpling skin.
    Tips: Sprinkle plain flour onto each dumpling skin so to avoid stick together when the skins overlay each other.
    chinese dumpling recipe - 7. Use rolling pin to roll the small dough into flat circular dumpling skin
  • Wrap the infill we prepared in step 4 using dumpling skins we prepared. 
    Tips: Use little bit of water to spread at the edge of dumpling skins and make it easier to seal. 
    chinese dumpling recipe - wrapping infills into dumpling skin
  • Boil the dumpling with chicken soup/ water.  Then you can serve your DIY dumpling!
    Tips: Traditionally, we serve the dumplingwith Chinese black vinegar.  Or you canserve it with chili oil if you like spicy stuff!
    chinese dumpling recipe - boiled dumpling with chicken soup
Keyword chinese, dumpling, pork, vegetable