Authentic home cooking from Italy, with US measurements.

Originally published on Cookpad Italy as Ravioli cinesi🥟🥕con salsa agrodolce 🍜

Chinese Dumplings 🥟🥕 with Sweet and Sour Sauce 🍜

Name: Chinese Dumplings 🥟🥕 with Sweet and Sour Sauce 🍜
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 1/3 cups flour (about 400 grams); 3/4 cup water (200 ml); 2 teaspoons salt; 7 ounces ground meat (about 200 grams); 2 medium/small carrots; 1/2 onion; 1/2 leek; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; Olive oil as needed, salt and pepper; 1/2 cup water (100 ml); 1/4 cup white vinegar (50 ml); 3 tablespoons sugar (about 40 grams); 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 1 teaspoon cornstarch; 2 pinches salt

agrodolce.nara🍷🍯👩‍🍳 @naraincucina

Today my little one 👩‍🍳 is trying out a somewhat complicated recipe... Chinese dumplings 🥟...
After tasting them, I can say she did a great job 👏👏... even though we ate at 3:00 PM! 😄

agrodolce.nara🍷🍯👩‍🍳 @naraincucina

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Ingredients

4 servings

3 1/3 cupsflour (about 400 grams)
3/4 cupwater (200 ml)
2 teaspoonssalt
For the filling
7 ouncesground meat (about 200 grams)
2medium/small carrots
1/2onion
1/2leek
1 tablespoonsoy sauce
Olive oil as needed, salt and pepper
Sweet and Sour Sauce
1/2 cupwater (100 ml)
1/4 cupwhite vinegar (50 ml)
3 tablespoonssugar (about 40 grams)
2 tablespoonstomato paste
1 teaspooncornstarch
2 pinchessalt

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Steps

1

Start by preparing the filling. Clean and peel the vegetables, chop everything very finely with a knife, and sauté in a pan with the meat and a drizzle of oil. After 5 minutes, add a little water and the soy sauce, cover, and cook for about 15 minutes. Adjust the salt and let it cool.
2

For the sauce, first mix cold water and cornstarch, pour into a small pot, and add vinegar, sugar, tomato paste, and salt. Heat and stir continuously until it thickens. When it reaches a boil, it's ready. It should become fluid and slightly gelatinous. Taste to see if more sugar or salt is needed, according to your preference.
3

Now for the dumplings, put the flour in a bowl, add the water and salt, mix first with a fork to incorporate the flour into the water, then continue with your hands to form a smooth and homogeneous dough.
4

Roll out the dough with a rolling pin on a floured surface; it should be very thin. Cut out circles with a cookie cutter, then roll each circle again, especially the edges, leaving the center a bit thicker.
5

Place a circle in the palm of your hand, put a spoonful of filling in the center, and seal the edges well to form half-moons.
6

Now cook the dumplings in a steamer lined with cabbage leaves (I used leek leaves). Steam for about 15 minutes, then brown them for a few minutes in a pan with a drizzle of oil. Note: the cooking time depends on the thickness of the dumpling.
7

Serve hot with the sweet and sour sauce.

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Published in the US on April 01, 2025 09:52

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