Soup Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao)

15 mins
Serves 6
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Directions

  1. 1Make the soup jelly by combining chicken soup, green onion, cooking wine, and bloomed gelatin. Stir until dissolved. Keep in the fridge overnight.
  2. 2Cut the solidified chicken soup jelly into small pieces.
  3. 3In a bowl, mix all the filling ingredients: ground meat, egg yolk, ginger, salt, chopped green onion, and chopped soup jelly.
  4. 4Use store-bought dumpling wrappers to avoid kneading dough.
  5. 5Place a spoonful of filling onto each wrapper, seal the dumpling, and pleat the edges.
  6. 6Steam the dumplings for 15 minutes until the soup filling is bubbling.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chicken soup
  • 1 stalk green onion
  • 1 tbsp cooking wine
  • 1 tbsp bloomed gelatin
  • 1 cup ground meat
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp ginger
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tbsp chopped green onion
  • 1 cup chopped soup jelly
  • 6 dumpling wrappers

Equipment

potstrainerknifebowldumpling wrappers