Juicy Homemade Xiaolongbao (Chinese Dumplings)
Juicy Homemade Xiaolongbao (Chinese Dumplings)

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, juicy homemade xiaolongbao (chinese dumplings). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Inspired by Bon Appetit's May issue featuring Xiao Long Bao and deliciously elegant Kuidaore, I decided to try making XLB for the first time. If you've never had XLB before, its one of those foods that you absolutely must try in your lifetime. Xiao Long Bao (Chinese steamed soup dumplings) is a famous Chinese dessert. Xiao Long Bao recipe might differ from one cuisine to another.

Juicy Homemade Xiaolongbao (Chinese Dumplings) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Juicy Homemade Xiaolongbao (Chinese Dumplings) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have juicy homemade xiaolongbao (chinese dumplings) using 15 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Juicy Homemade Xiaolongbao (Chinese Dumplings):
  1. Take For the dough:
  2. Take 200 grams All-purpose flour
  3. Get 2 grams Dry yeast
  4. Get 100 ml Lukewarm water
  5. Prepare For the meat filling:
  6. Take 100 grams Ground pork
  7. Make ready 2 tsp Soy sauce
  8. Make ready 1 tsp Sake
  9. Make ready 2 pinch Powdered ginger
  10. Prepare 120 grams Daikon radish
  11. Get 2 tsp Vegetable oil
  12. Make ready For the chicken soup jelly (aspic):
  13. Get 100 ml Water
  14. Get 1 tsp Gelatin
  15. Prepare 1/2 tsp Chinese soup stock powder

My detailed instructions and tutorial video will guide you to make it to a restaurant standard. One of the finest Chinese dishes, Xiao Long Bao is famous for its delicate skin and scrumptious soupy filling. Letting dumplings sit there too long is not good. If you can't find a Chinese dark vinegar, regular rice vinegar will do.

Instructions to make Juicy Homemade Xiaolongbao (Chinese Dumplings):
  1. To prepare the chicken soup jelly: Soak the gelatin in water, add Chinese soup stock powder and microwave. Once the gelatin has dissolved, leave to cool, and chill in the refrigerator to set.
  2. To prepare the dough: Add dry yeast to the lukewarm water, and set aside for 10 minutes. Put the all-purpose flour in a bowl and pour in the yeast mixture.
  3. Knead the dough with your hands and bring it together, then let it rise in a double boiler until it rises 1.5 times the original size.
  4. To prepare the meat filling: Julienne the daikon radish as you would for sashimi garnish, blanch briefly in boiling water, refresh in cold water, then squeeze out the excess water.
  5. Once the chicken soup jelly has set, break it up into small pieces using a fork.
  6. Combine all the ingredients except for the daikon radish in a bowl and mix well. Add the daikon radish and chicken soup jelly.
  7. Punch down the dough, then divide it into 20 equal portions. Lightly dust your working surface and roll out the dough.
  8. Place the meat filling in the center of the dough, wrap, and seal tightly. Lay the dumplings on parchment paper, leaving a little space in between each.
  9. Put the dumplings in the steamer, and steam for about 15 minutes.
  10. I also made a pork belly version of xiaolongbao.
  11. I filled them with shredded pork belly.

Letting dumplings sit there too long is not good. If you can't find a Chinese dark vinegar, regular rice vinegar will do. I apologize if this OK so my gf grew up in Shanghai, Xiao long bao is her favourite, we have the steamer and proper dumpling flour from. Chinese Soup Dumplings, or xiaolongbao (小笼包), are perhaps the most perfect single bite of food ever conceived by man. This tantalizing, dreamy snack is probably the most famous dish to come out of the Jiangnan region of China.

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