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homemade soup dumplings

Easy homemade soup dumplings (Xiao Long Bao)

These beginner friendly homemade Xiao Long Bao, also known as soup dumplings, are so juicy and delicious, bursting with flavorful hot soup. This faster recipe skips the commonly used traditional method which includes hours worth of boiling bones and feet and instead mimics the concealed soup broth by using a gelatin-based soup jelly.
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 4
Calories 490 kcal

Ingredients
  

Soup jelly to be made the day before

  • 2 cups chicken stock 500ml
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • ½ tablespoon dark soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon shaoxing cooking wine
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon white pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese 5 spice
  • ½ cup cold water 120ml
  • 12 g gelatine

Dumpling filling

  • 250 g pork mince
  • 5 spring onions chopped
  • 30 g chives chopped
  • 1 inch ginger grated
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon chilli oil
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 250 g dumpling wrappers

Toppings

  • Chili oil
  • Spring onions chopped

Instructions
 

Prepare the soup jelly (Make at least 8 hours before the rest of the recipe including the dumpling filling)

  • Bloom the gelatin by sprinkling the gelatin on to the top of ½ cup of cold water, each time a layer is sprinkled, wait until it goes clear on the water before sprinkling the rest then leave for 5 minutes
    ½ cup cold water, 12 g gelatine
  • In the meantime, in a saucepan combine all of the soup ingredients except the bloomed gelatin, bring to the boil then immediately reduce to a simmer and add the bloomed gelatin, stirring until dissolved
    1 tablespoon light soy sauce
  • Pour the soup mixture in to a container and store in the fridge for at least 8 hours but ideally overnight

Make the dumpling filling

  • In a large mixing bowl combine all of the ingredients for the dumpling filling including the pork mince, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, spring onions, chives, sesame oil, garlic and ginger and mix together. Once the soup jelly has set, remove from the container and chop into lots of small cubes then mix in with the rest of the dumpling filling

Assemble the dumplings

  • Place a dumpling wrapper in the palm of your hand then place 1-2 teaspoon of filling in the centre
  • Brush cold water around the edges with your finger pinch the dumpling wrapper inwards, moving around as you do so then twist in to a pleated dumpling

Cook the dumplings

  • Fill a pan halfway with water and bring to the boil. Add a steamer basket and a steamer paper or some parchment paper with 4-6 small holes on top
  • Place 6-8 dumplings at a time on top of the paper and steam with the lid on for 8 minutes
  • Once done, remove the dumplings and serve hot topped with spring onions and chili oil

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Nutrition

Calories: 490kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 22.5gFat: 25g
Keyword comfort food, dumpling soup, dumplings, easy, pork dumplings, soup dumplings, spicy dumplings
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