Homemade Soup Dumplings "Xiao Long Bao"

7m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Add soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, sugar, salt, and water to the pork mince.
  2. 2Mix the pork mince filling well.
  3. 3Add grated ginger and chopped spring onions to the pork mince mixture.
  4. 4Mix the aromatics into the pork mince filling.
  5. 5To make the soup, add chicken stock, spring onions, and ginger to a pot of water.
  6. 6Add gelatine powder or gelatine leaves to a small bowl of water and dissolve.
  7. 7Pour the dissolved gelatine into the chicken stock mixture and put it in the fridge until it sets into chicken soup jelly.
  8. 8Cut the chicken soup jelly into squares.
  9. 9Fold the jelly squares into the pork mince filling, ensuring the mixture stays cool.
  10. 10For the wrapper, mix hot water, flour, oil, and salt to create a dough.
  11. 11Let the dough nap for 30 minutes, wrapped in cling film.
  12. 12Cut the dough into cherry tomato-sized pieces and flatten them into coins.
  13. 13Use a one-to-one ratio of cornstarch and flour as dusting flour.
  14. 14Roll the dough pieces from the outside in, keeping the center a bit fat to create thin edges and a slightly fatter middle for the dumpling wrapper.
  15. 15Place the filling in the center of the wrapper.
  16. 16Crimp around your index finger and use your other hand to twist the dumpling, sealing the top super tightly.
  17. 17Alternatively, make big fat wontons or tortellinis if folding is too complicated.
  18. 18Once the water is boiling, steam the dumplings for seven minutes.

Ingredients

  • Pork mince
  • Soy sauce
  • Oyster sauce
  • Rice wine vinegar
  • Sesame oil
  • Sugar
  • Salt
  • Water
  • Spring onions
  • Garlic
  • Ginger
  • Chicken stock
  • Gelatine powder
  • Gelatine leaves
  • Flour
  • Oil
  • Cornstarch

Equipment

Bamboo steamerBowlSpoonKnifePotSmall bowlRolling pin

Tips

  • Keep the jelly cool so it doesn't melt.
  • To roll the wrapper, roll from the outside in, keeping the center a bit fat.
  • If rolling is complicated, roll it into a circle, you'll still get thin edges and a slightly fatter middle.