Chinese Vegetarian Dumplings

Love dumplings? These are worth the extra effort. And when it comes to folding dumplings, practice makes perfect! Packed full of authentic flavours and ingredients – you’ll be eating them by the dozen.

Makes 30
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes

Dumpling Filling:
75g tofu, chopped into small pieces
½ cup grated carrot
1 cup finely chopped cabbage
¼ cup finely chopped water chestnuts
1 spring onion, chopped
Handful fresh coriander leaves, chopped
½ tsp minced garlic
¼ tsp minced ginger
1 Tbsp hoisin sauce
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp cornflour
¼ tsp salt
30 dumpling wrappers
Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce:
½ cup Wattie's Bit on the Side Sweet Chilli Sauce
1-2 tbsp lime juice
1 tsp fish sauce
Handful fresh coriander leaves, chopped

To make the dumpling filling mix all the ingredients together.
Wet the edge of a dumpling wrapper. Place a teaspoonful of the filling in the middle of the wrapper. Fold wrapper in half to form a semi circle. Pinch the sides of the wrapper to seal the mixture. Crimp the seal to form pleats, or use the tynes of a fork. Stand dumpling, seam side up on a tray lined with baking paper. Repeat with remaining filling and wrappers, keeping them separate on the tray to avoid the dumplings sticking together.
Steam over boiling water in a bamboo steamer or metal steamer, lined with baking paper for 10-12 minutes, until dumplings are tender and filling cooked. Remove from the steamer and stand for 1-2 minutes, before serving them with the dipping sauce.
To make the dumplings crispy. Heat a little oil in a non stick frying pan. Place the steamed dumplings seam side up into the pan and cook over a medium heat until the bases are golden and crispy.
To Make the Dipping Sauce: Whisk ingredients together.

Handy Tips

Dumplings can be frozen. Place on a tray lined with baking paper – seam side uppermost. Once frozen pack into sealable plastic bags. Cook dumplings from frozen. Cooking time will be 13-15 minutes. Dumplings can be frozen for upto 1 month.

Dumpling wrappers can be found at most Asian food stores.

You might like to try our Chinese Chicken Dumplings

Dumplings are a popular street food in China and our Chinese Chicken Dumplings are packed with authentic flavours. Perfect with our sweet chilli dipping sauce made easy with Wattie’s Bit on the Side Sweet Chilli Sauce.

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