https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/dumplings/ a culinary genealogy Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:06:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/dumplings/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/wonton-egg-drop-soup/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/wonton-egg-drop-soup/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:34:08 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=85466 This Wonton Egg Drop Soup brings back memories of our family’s restaurant days. Why you may have only had it in a Chinese restaurant, it’s so simple to make at home. Just boil your favorite frozen wontons and ladle over this quick, perfectly golden egg drop soup for a delicious and fast meal any time ... 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View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-dumplings/feed/ 15 https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:28:36 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=13948 These Chinese chicken dumplings have ground chicken and fresh & dried shiitake mushrooms for a deep, meaty flavor that will become a new favorite! Note: This recipe was originally published on April 2, 2016. We have since updated it with higher resolution images, clearer instructions, metric measurements, and nutrition information. The recipe itself is the ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/feed/ 131 https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-wontons/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-wontons/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2024 07:28:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75916 Today we’re talking about how to make pan-fried wontons. Because while wontons are primarily meant to be used in soups, you can also pan-fry them—if you would rather have some crispy potsticker-y vibes!  The method is the same as pan-frying a dumpling, so if you already have experience with that, just take this post as ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-wontons/feed/ 26 https://thewoksoflife.com/dumpling-filling-recipes/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/dumpling-filling-recipes/#comments Sun, 14 Jan 2024 08:15:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76185 We’ve posted many Chinese dumpling filling recipes over the years, each with their own unique flavor and character, including fillings made with ground pork, chicken, beef, fish, and vegetables. Dumplings are both a celebration food (especially around Chinese New Year), as well as an everyday emergency meal. With a big batch in the freezer, you’re ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/dumpling-filling-recipes/feed/ 10 https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/#comments Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:11:16 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=7514 This pork and chive dumpling recipe is truly restaurant-worthy. While we posted a recipe from our cousin (who grew up in Beijing) back in 2014, we have since come up with a new version that we think is the ultimate pork and chive dumpling recipe!  Don’t worry, if you want the old version of the ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/feed/ 195 https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-dumplings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-dumplings/#comments Mon, 06 Nov 2023 05:08:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76795 We finally have a wrapper recipe to make gluten-free dumplings! The dough can be thrown together with a few ingredients from your gluten-free baking arsenal. Rolling them out is easy, and you can pleat the dumplings just as you would with regular dumpling wrappers!   Previously, the closest thing we had to a gluten-free dumpling was ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-dumplings/feed/ 72 https://thewoksoflife.com/siu-mai/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/siu-mai/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2023 04:53:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=74661 This siu mai recipe, made with pork and shrimp, can stand up to any siu mai from a Chinese dim sum restaurant! They’ll transport you to those big dim sum halls of old, filled with push carts, the smell of warm aromatic steam, and the din of dozens of families enjoying a weekend brunch together.  ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/siu-mai/feed/ 52 https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-wontons/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-wontons/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:56:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=27982 Today, we’re sharing my grandma’s recipe for chicken wonton soup, with a chicken wonton filling. I’ve had countless bowls of delicious wonton soup served up to me by both my grandma and my mom. It’s Chinese comfort food—or really comfort food, period. Growing up, there was always a batch of wontons in the freezer, making ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-wontons/feed/ 89 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-beef-dumplings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-beef-dumplings/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2023 05:27:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=70148 These Northern Chinese style beef dumplings with scallions are super flavorful. They’re particularly good when you make your own wrappers and boil the dumplings, which allows you to really appreciate how juicy they are!  Dumplings are a classic Chinese New Year food, representing prosperity due to their resemblance to gold/silver ingots or money pouches. Looking ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-beef-dumplings/feed/ 47