https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/dumplings/ a culinary genealogy Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:34:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/dumplings/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-frozen-dumplings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-frozen-dumplings/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:02:52 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=93542 Frozen dumplings are the perfect anytime emergency meal. Dumplings for breakfast? Yes. For a midnight snack? Definitely. They’re always there when you need them! But for all their popularity, we still get so many questions on how to cook frozen dumplings. In this post, we’ll show you how to boil, steam, and pan-fry frozen dumplings, […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-cook-frozen-dumplings/feed/ 6 https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-dill-dumplings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-dill-dumplings/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2025 05:49:40 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=87310 These pork and dill dumplings have a very unique herbal and aromatic flavor. We first tried dill dumplings at a Chinese restaurant in Toronto, and we were so surprised to see this familiar herb that’s rarely seen in Chinese cooking in a dumpling filling! If you love dill and have a lot of it (like […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-dill-dumplings/feed/ 10 https://thewoksoflife.com/wontons-with-peanut-sauce/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/wontons-with-peanut-sauce/#comments Tue, 13 May 2025 07:36:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=86404 Dress up frozen wontons with this recipe for wontons with peanut sauce! This savory dish makes for an excellent appetizer or meal all on its own, and it’s such a delicious way to enjoy wontons.  I daresay it rivals one of my favorite dishes, chili oil wontons, a recipe from our cookbook (we also have […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/wontons-with-peanut-sauce/feed/ 21 https://thewoksoflife.com/wonton-egg-drop-soup/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/wonton-egg-drop-soup/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:34:08 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=85466 This Wonton Egg Drop Soup brings back memories of our family’s restaurant days. Why you may have only had it in a Chinese restaurant, it’s so simple to make at home. Just boil your favorite frozen wontons and ladle over this quick, perfectly golden egg drop soup for a delicious and fast meal any time […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/wonton-egg-drop-soup/feed/ 9 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-dumplings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-dumplings/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2025 21:44:20 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=85111 These Chinese chicken dumplings are simple to make, juicy, and flavorful. While pork is the most common dumpling filling you’ll find in China, chicken dumplings are also delicious—as long as you keep a few important tips in mind. We have everything you need to know—and a video—in this post! Amping Up the Flavor in a […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-dumplings/feed/ 17 https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:28:36 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=13948 These Chinese chicken dumplings have ground chicken and fresh & dried shiitake mushrooms for a deep, meaty flavor that will become a new favorite! Note: This recipe was originally published on April 2, 2016. We have since updated it with higher resolution images, clearer instructions, metric measurements, and nutrition information. The recipe itself is the […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/feed/ 135 https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-wontons/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-wontons/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2024 07:28:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75916 Today we’re talking about how to make pan-fried wontons. Because while wontons are primarily meant to be used in soups, you can also pan-fry them—if you would rather have some crispy potsticker-y vibes!  The method is the same as pan-frying a dumpling, so if you already have experience with that, just take this post as […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pan-fried-wontons/feed/ 26 https://thewoksoflife.com/dumpling-filling-recipes/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/dumpling-filling-recipes/#comments Sun, 14 Jan 2024 08:15:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76185 We’ve posted many Chinese dumpling filling recipes over the years, each with their own unique flavor and character, including fillings made with ground pork, chicken, beef, fish, and vegetables. Dumplings are both a celebration food (especially around Chinese New Year), as well as an everyday emergency meal. With a big batch in the freezer, you’re […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/dumpling-filling-recipes/feed/ 10 https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/#comments Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:11:16 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=7514 This pork and chive dumpling recipe is truly restaurant-worthy. While we posted a recipe from our cousin (who grew up in Beijing) back in 2014, we have since come up with a new version that we think is the ultimate pork and chive dumpling recipe!  Don’t worry, if you want the old version of the […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/feed/ 199 https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-dumplings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-dumplings/#comments Mon, 06 Nov 2023 05:08:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76795 We finally have a wrapper recipe to make gluten-free dumplings! The dough can be thrown together with a few ingredients from your gluten-free baking arsenal. Rolling them out is easy, and you can pleat the dumplings just as you would with regular dumpling wrappers!   Previously, the closest thing we had to a gluten-free dumpling was […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-dumplings/feed/ 86