Pork Soup Dumplings Recipe - Jett's Kitchen (2024)

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This recipe for homemade pork soup dumplings is like having a steamed dumpling with a little bit of flavorful soup inside.

Pork Soup Dumplings Recipe

I am going to be honest with you. This recipe is EXCELLENT! But it does take a little time. My plan was to make these as an appetizer but they were so good we had them as our meal. LOL! True Story!

Ingredients:

Ginger Scallion Broth

  • 3/4 cup chicken stock
  • 4 scallions chopped
  • 1 inch fresh ginger peeled and sliced

Soup

  • 1 3/4 cup chicken stock (if you have a homemade gelatinous chicken broth skip the next ingredient)
  • 1 1/4 ounce envelope of gelatin powder

Filling

  • 1 pound ground pork
  • 1 Tablespoon soy sauce (I use low sodium soy sauce)
  • 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
  • 1/2 Tablespoon sesame oil
  • 1/2 Tablespoon rice vinegar
  • dumpling wrappers
  • dumpling sauce for serving (optional)

Instructions

Prepare Ginger Scallion Broth

Place chicken broth, scallions and ginger in a shaker bottle or a jar with a lid and allow to rest for about 10 minutes shaking often. Strain liquid and discard scallions and ginger and set ginger scallion broth aside.

Prepare Soup

Place chicken broth in a small saucepan and warm over medium heat. Add package of gelatin and whisk until dissolved. Pour broth into a shallow dish and place in refrigerator for about 30 minutes or until the broth has set up.

Prepare Pork Soup Dumplings Filling

Place ground pork in a medium bowl. Add soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar and half of the ginger scallion broth and mix until combined. Then add remaining ginger scallion broth and mix to combine. Dice up the chilled gelatinous chicken stock and add to the pork mixture and stir to combine and set aside.

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Prepare Pork Soup Dumplings

This recipe uses these premade dumpling wrappers. I purchased my wrappers at an Asian market and I have even seen dumpling wrappers in the produce section at the grocery store. Will I every make my own wrappers? Probably not any time soon.

  • Lay dumpling out on flat surface and run a rolling pin over the wrapper a few times. It just helps to make the dumpling wrapper a tad bit bigger.
  • Drop a teaspoon size of the meat mixture onto the center of the wrapper.
  • Lift the left side of the wrapper. Grab and pinch a piece of the dough between your thumb and index finger.
  • Then make another fold and lift up the wrapper and shimmy the filling to the left side .
  • Continue folding dough over about a total of 10 times.
  • Then pinch all the folds together in the center and gently shape the dough and set aside on parchment paper.

Note: This recipe will make quite a few dumplings. You can make them all in one setting if you prefer but I like to make some then steam some and freeze the others. If there’s still meat left over I will freeze that for another day of dumpling making.

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Steam Dumplings

To steam the dumplings you can use a bamboo steamer or a steamer basket. Fill a medium sized pot with about 1 cup of water. Put the steamer in the pot. Place a piece of parchment paper on top of the steamer then place dumplings in steamer making sure they are not touching. Bring pot to boil then place cover over dumplings and steam in batches until cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes. After steaming remove lid and allow dumplings to slightly cool before removing from steamer. Serve warm with dumpling sauce and enjoy!

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Homemade Pork Soup Dumplings Recipe

This recipe for homemade pork soup dumplings is like having a steamed dumpling with a little bit of flavorful soup inside.

CourseAppetizer, Main Course

CuisineAsian, Chinese

Keyworddumplings, pork

Prep Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes

Servings 6 people

Author jettskitchen.com

Ingredients

Ginger Scallion Broth

  • 3/4cupchicken stock
  • 4scallions chopped
  • 1-inchfresh ginger root peeled and sliced

Soup

  • 1 3/4cupchicken stock(if you have a homemade gelatinous broth skip the next ingredient)
  • 11/4 ounce envelope of gelatin powder

Filling

  • 1poundground pork
  • 1Tablespoonsoy sauce(I use low sodium soy sauce)
  • 1/4teasoonwhite pepper
  • 1Tablespoonsesame oil
  • 1/2Tablespoonrice vinegar(I used seasoned rice vinegar)
  • dumpling wrappers
  • dumpling sauce for serving(optional)

Instructions

  1. Prepare Ginger Scallion Broth

    Place chicken broth, scallions and ginger in a shaker bottle or a jar with a lid and allow to rest for about 10 minutes shaking often. Strain liquid and discard scallions and ginger and set ginger scallion broth aside.

  2. Prepare Soup

    Place chicken broth in a small saucepan and warm over medium heat. Add package of gelatin and whisk until dissolved. Pour broth into a shallow dish and place in refrigerator for about 30 minutes or until the broth has set up.

  3. Prepare Pork Soup Dumpling Filling

    Place ground pork in a medium bowl. Add soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar and half of the ginger scallion broth and mix until combined. Then add remaining ginger scallion broth and mix to combine. Dice up the chilled gelatinous chicken stock and add to the pork mixture and stir to combine and set aside.

  4. Prepare Pork Soup Dumplings

    Lay dumpling out on flat surface and run a rolling pin over the wrapper a few times. It just helps to make the dumpling wrapper a tad bit bigger. Drop a teaspoon size of the meat mixture onto the center of the wrapper. Lift the left side of the wrapper. Grab and pinch a piece of the dough between your thumb and index finger. Then make another fold and lift up the wrapper and shimmy the filling to the left side .Continue folding dough over about a total of 10 times. Then pinch all the folds together in the center and gently shape the dough and set aside on parchment paper.

    This recipe usesthese premade dumpling wrappers. I purchased my wrappers at an Asian market and I have even seen dumpling wrappers in the produce section at the grocery store. Will I every make my own wrappers? Probably not any time soon.

    Note: This recipe will make quite a few dumplings. You can make them all in one setting if you prefer but I like to make some then steam some and freeze the others. If there’s still meat left over I will freeze that for another day of dumpling making.

  5. Steam Dumplings

    To steam the dumplings you can use abamboo steameror asteamer basket. Fill a medium sized pot with about 1 cup of water. Put the steamer in the pot. Place a piece of parchment paper on top of the steamer then place dumplings in steamer making sure they are not touching. Bring pot to boil then place cover over dumplings and steam in batches until cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes. After steaming remove lid and allow dumplings to slightly cool before removing from steamer. Serve warm withdumpling sauceand enjoy!

Pork Soup Dumplings Recipe - Jett's Kitchen (2024)

FAQs

How do they get soup inside dumplings? ›

Watch Yan and a dumpling chef mix the dough for the wrappers, blend the filling so that it's "very, very smooth, and very light," fill the dumplings, pinch them closed, and finally stack them high in steamer baskets. The secret to getting that liquid center? Jellied soup.

What are these Chinese soup dumplings that hold pork broth called? ›

Xiaolongbao are traditionally filled with pork. More modern innovations include other meats, seafood, shrimp, crab meat, and vegetarian fillings. Soup dumplings are created by wrapping solid meat aspic inside the skin alongside the meat filling. Heat from steaming then melts the gelatin-gelled aspic into soup.

How do you keep dumplings from falling apart in soup? ›

Here are some additional tips for preventing dumplings from falling apart:
  1. Use cold water. Cold water will help to keep the gluten from developing too much.
  2. Add a little bit of oil to the dough. ...
  3. Dust the dumplings with flour or cornstarch before cooking. ...
  4. Cook the dumplings in a well-seasoned pot or pan.
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Are Trader Joe's pork soup dumplings precooked? ›

6. Restaurant quality soup dumplings at home! Did you know that Trader Joe's dumplings are actually just cooked and then frozen?

What are the 3 components of dumplings? ›

What are dumplings made of? The dumpling dough is made of three main ingredients: flour, water and salt. But which flour you use depends on which dumpling you want to make.

What is the soup in soup dumplings made of? ›

One of the major components of soup dumplings is the broth, of course. The most traditional recipes make the broth with water and pork bones. Scallions, Chinese rice wine, ginger, garlic, white pepper, and other herbs or traditional seasonings could be used.

What is the difference between soup dumplings and potstickers? ›

Potstickers are always dumplings, but not all dumplings are potstickers. The biggest difference between these two are how they are cooked, but the cooking method has also changed the kinds of ingredients and preparation of both potstickers and dumplings over time. Potstickers are dumplings that are also pan-fried.

What is the difference between soup dumplings and dumplings? ›

Sometimes called "soup dumplings," xiao long bao are a round, purse-shaped dumpling made of a relatively thick (thicker and doughier than jiaozi, for instance) wheat wrapper, which is crimped on the top. Although it's called a soup dumpling, xiao long bao are not actually filled with soup.

What kind of vinegar do you use for soup dumplings? ›

Black Vinegar for Soup Dumplings

They're also the most traditional way of enjoying soup dumplings, alongside thin slices of fresh ginger.

What is the secret to perfect dumplings? ›

Overworking the mixture, thus having heavy dumplings is a common mistake people make. Dumplings need very gentle handling, so mix only until the ingredients are just combined, and if your recipe involves rolling them out with extra flour, avoid using too much.

Do you cook dumplings with lid on or lid off? ›

Once your water is boiling, let your dumplings cook in the steam for about ten minutes. Don't remove the lid as letting the steam escape will disrupt the cooking process and result in undercooked dumplings, so keep that lid on!

Why are my dumplings rubbery? ›

Overcooking: If you leave the dumplings in the water or broth for too long, they can become overcooked and tough.

Should pork soup dumplings be pink? ›

Cook all raw ground pork to an internal temperature of 160°F (71.1 °C) as measured with a food thermometer. If fresh pork has reached 145°F (62.8 °C) throughout, even though it may still be pink in the center, it should be safe. The pink color can be due to the cooking method or added ingredients.

Why is Trader Joe's out of soup dumplings? ›

The supermarket has announced that it's recalling Trader Joe's Steamed Chicken Soup Dumplings because they may contain “foreign material (plastic).”

Who makes Trader Joe's soup dumplings? ›

The dumplings were produced by CJ Foods Manufacturing Beaumont Corporation in California on December 7 and shipped to Trader Joe's locations nationwide, according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

What is hidden in dumplings? ›

Some families hide a coin inside one or more of the jiaozi, so someone may bite into something hard and discover a gold or silver coin inside their dumpling. Whoever finds the dumpling with the coin has good luck and will be lucky in the upcoming year.

Are soup dumplings healthy? ›

"Steamed or boiled dumplings are a reasonably healthy option, but you need to think of things like the filling, serving size and condiments you are using," she tells Coach. "The veggie and seafood ones have the lowest energy [kilojoules]."

Are soup dumplings steamed or boiled? ›

For home-made dumplings (or store-bought frozen) steaming is the preferred method. The dumplings are immovable sitting on the paper-lined bamboo basket to prevent the bottom from sticking.

How many folds are in soup dumplings? ›

The modest dumpling that started a legacy. Each of our Xiao Long Bao is carefully weighed and folded by hand to achieve our signature Golden Ratio of 18 folds and stuffed with top-quality Kurobuta pork marinated in a blend of carefully-selected seasonings.

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