How to Make Chinese Dumplings From Scratch

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Hi everyone, today I will show you how to make dumplings from scratch. I know it is time-consuming but there is nothing that could taste better than homemade dumplings. This recipe will make you the most delicious and juicy dumpling.
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Ingredients for the Wrapper (Enough to Make 50-60 Dumplings)
- 400 grams of dumpling flour (you can use bread flour or use high protein content flour.)
- 210 grams of room temperature water
- 1/2 tsp of salt
Ingredients For The Filling
- 350 grams of ground pork
- 200 grams of Chinese celery (You can also use regular celery)
- 1/2 cup of diced scallion
- 1.5 tbsp soy sauce [Pearl River Bridge Natural Brewed Light Soy Sauce: geni.us/wABlLXf]
- 1.5 tsp of oyster sauce [Lee Kum Kee Panda Brand oyster sauce: geni.us/P0u6]
- garlic ginger puree (3 slices of ginger + 2 cloves of garlic + 2 tbsp of water)
- 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 1 egg
INSTRUCTION
- For making dumplings, you want to used dumpling flour, we call it 高筋面粉. If you can not find dumpling flour, you can use bread flour. Just check the protein content before picking a brand (10% is good). If you can’t even find bread flour, I have a trick. You can use all-purpose flour and add 2 eggs and water to the flour to make it higher in protein. I like to measure it together because each egg is different. Here is my suggestion - for every 400 grams of all-purpose flour you will need 205 - 210 grams of the egg/water mixture. Now you know the secret behind the perfect dumpling wrapper. We can get started.
- Measure out 400 grams of dumpling flour and add 1/2 tsp of salt. Give it a mix then slowly pour in 200 to 210 grams of room temperature water. Use chopsticks to stir it while you are adding the water. Gathering all the flour together and make it into a dough. Knead the dough for about 5-6 minutes or until smooth. Cover it and let it sit for 20 minutes.
- 20 minutes later, knead it again for another 5 minutes. Cover it with a slightly damp towel and let it sit for 1hour. The reason we knead it twice is to help develop the protein. That will make sure your dumpling wrapper has great texture.
- While waiting, you can make the filling. Today I am making my pork celery filling. It is very easy.
- You will need 350 grams of ground pork, 200 grams of celery, 1/2 cup of diced scallion, 1.5 tbsp soy sauce, 1.5 tsp of oyster sauce, 1 tbsp of vegetable oil, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1 egg, some garlic ginger puree.
- Stir it within one direction for 6-8minutes and beat the filling. Set the filling in the fridge and we will take a look of the dough.
- It should be more soft and playable. Now it is the time to divide the dough into many small and even pieces. Put your dough on the cutting board and sprinkle some flour to prevent stickiness. Roll the dough into a thick piece. Then cut it into thick strips. Make sure you measure it so the strips turn out with the same thickness. Once you finished that, line them up together. Cut it into small pieces. Use something to measure it as well. It doesn’t matter the length and the width as long as all the dough pieces are the same size. I normally don’t use a scale, but if you ask, I will say each dough should be about 11-12 grams.
- Cover it with a slightly damp towel and we can start making the dumpling wrappers. Take one piece and flatten it by your hand. Roll it into a round wrapper with a thick middle and thin edge. The size can be big or small, depends on how big dumplings do you want to make.
- Take some filling. Put it on the wrapper. Fold the wrapper in half and pinch it a little bit. Push both sides toward to the middle and sew the edge. Reinforce it just to make sure they won’t open when cooking. This recipe is enough to make about 50 -60 dumplings.
- Add some oil to a frying pan. Place the dumplings in and wait for a minute or 2. Pour in 1/4 cup of water. Cover it. Let it cook until all the water is gone. If your lid can be completely sealed, do leave a small gap to let the steam come out. Once all the liquid is evaporated, check the bottom to see the color. If it is nice and golden brown. You can plate them up and serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

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Dear Mandy, thank you for the dumpling videos! We celebrated our 2023 year's 1st day with pork and cabbage filled dumplings, thanks to you! I got the recipe for the filling, wrapper and dipping sauce from 3 different videos of yours. Last year we tried steamed dumplings with premade gyoza wrappers, but we found it not so good, so this year we gave another chance to our dumpling frenzy, only I searched for trustworthy recipe for filling, wrapper and dipping sauce to make. And it meant so much difference to make it at home by hand! We choose the panfried and steamed version as you showed in this video, used bread flour for the wrapper, it was a dream to have so crusty and moist dumplings! We have another batch at the freezer. So we will have another chance to eat it soon! Thank you for your informative, helpful and super friendly recipe videos, it is a pleasure to watch any of it because of your kind and caring personality! ❤️😘

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The mixing technique you use is called emulsification. It's used allot in making sausages like mortadela or hotdogs and mayonnaise. I've always wondered how to do that by hand. Now I know 😁 Thanks Mandy!

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I used to make a lot of dumplings on the day I was serving it, but I found I wasn't enjoying the meal with my family. So I would make AND cook up a big batch one day, then freeze them (individually, then when frozen, bag them in sackfuls). Your way makes more sense! *Thanks!*

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Thank you for showing this dumpling wrapping technique! Tried it out this weekend - my dumplings were consistent looking and had more filling than I can usually squeeze in with my normal way of wrapping. The dumplings were so beautiful and tasty, my wife thought I had bought them from a restaurant! Keep up the great work.

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I made them. Followed your directions to the letter. Kneading the dough and making the filling took me all afternoon. This was not an easy dish. This was a huge amount of work. They came out so good. I made a dipping sauce with aged soyu, aged black vinegar, and sriracha. Happy to have the extra ones in the freezer. They will be a great snack or lunch. For those of you thinking of doing this, spend your time with the dough exactly as she says. The texture is phenomenal.

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I tried this recipe today. I used chicken and sort of decreased the ingredients since I didn't have too much space in my cramped freezer to store it. HOWEVER, it came out crispy, juice inside, full of flavor. This is the second recipe I'm trying from your page and I got so many compliments! Thank you!

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I suggest that you try making dumplings from tofu skins which is gluten free. Made some this weekend and they came out yummy. The skins are very easy to handle. The leftovers kept very nicely in the fridge and are great for finger food snacks. Recipes under Tofu Skin Rolls will show you how to handle the skins. I bought the Tofu dried sheets, soaked them a few hours, and gently rinsed again before using. . I like the texture of the Tofu skins and you can fill them with the many variations that was mentioned. You can find the dried Tofu Skins in the Asian stores. Easy to make but taste so good!

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Hands down the BEST pork dumplings i have EVER eaten. So easy to make with these instructions. My family ate every single one in one night 🙌🏻 will be making this often.

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For those who can't do a lot of kneading by hand, I use my Kitchenaid stand mixer with the dough hook to make the wrappers and it works great! The machine is much more efficient than hand kneading though, so I suggest cutting the kneading time in half so you don't end up with a tough dough. This is my go to recipe for dumplings. I switch between this and the pork and cabbage recipe in the other video for fillings. But I always use the recipe for the wrappers, the texture is so good and I always make at least a double batch!

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Superb video and instructions. I'm used to making Polish pierogi, which I learned from my grandmother. She used AP flour but the water was boiling when added. Apparently there is no need for boiling water with this flour. I have seen dumpling videos that recommend warm water. Obviously, room temp water works here.

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