I am so thrilled that I am featured on The Kitchn, a site for people who like to get their hands dirty while they cook. Since Lunar New Year is around the corner, I thought I’d share one of my favorite recipes from my cookbook.
A traditional Chinese New Year meal is incomplete without dumplings and a dish of nourishing and soothing Chinese soup, hence I’ve combined the best of both worlds into this pork dumpling soup. This dish is a Cantonese delicacy and the dumplings are called Siu Kow in Cantonese, or literally “water dumplings.”
This recipe is also one of the 80+ recipes featured in my cookbook Easy Chinese Recipes: Family Favorites From Dim Sum to Kung Pao (Tuttle, September 2011).
This pork dumpling soup is a perfect dish for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebration, which falls on January 23rd. The dumplings are filled with the perfect ratio of ground pork, shrimp, water chestnuts, and wood ear mushroom so every bite is savory, luscious, and crunchy.
When shopping for the wrapper, try to find Siu Kow (Water Dumplings) wrappers in your local Asian store. They are usually square in shape and are pale yellow in color. The texture of the wrapper is thinner and more pliable compared to regular wonton wrappers. If you can’t find them, wonton wrappers would work just fine.
Have a wonderful Golden Dragon year for those celebrating Lunar New Year!
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Chong Lam via Facebook
I ordered your cookbook a few days ago and should be expecting it tomorrow in the mail, one word comes to mind, excitement. The reviews for the book look wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing another recipe for the the Lunar New Year! Keep up the beautiful photography and your take on cuisine from the east!
Renee Hale via Facebook
This sounds and looks mouth watering! I can not wait to try this! Thank you!!!
Nami | Just One Cookbook
Wow this is beautiful and delicious dumpling soup ever!
Eating and Living - a Korean-American mom's home cooking via Facebook
Congrats, Bee! Looks delicious and comforting.
Ashish Chopra
I tried your recipe and slightly innovated it.I mixed smoked pork instead.It came out wonderful.Keep motivating obsessed foodies like me to cook.
Reem I Simply Reem
Wow this looks so delicious and comforting…
Wishing you and your family a beautiful New Year…
Philip Khoo via Facebook
sounds delicious. the pics look tempting.
Philip Khoo via Facebook
sounds delicious. the pics look tempting.
sue low
The picture looks so scrumptious……can’t wait to try. I love soupy recipes. Thanks.
Terri @ Terri's Table
This looks delicious. I can’t wait to try it.
Chameleon - Thai Restaurant Brighton
Happy new year :) delicious dish!
tafino
I love dumplings! Looks stunning! happy new year for all chinese!! Great post!
cooking.eating.carousing.
Hi Bee,
This looks amazing, I’m going to try this next week, I’m missing this dish we usually get in one particulkar chinese restaurant in indonesia, and it’s called shui jiao, which is probably the same thing.
Your dish however, is it called “Siu Kow” or “Sui Kow”? I presume it’s the latter and “Siu Kow” is just a typo?
Nicole
Thank you for wonderful dishes. You inspire me & help me when I need confirmation in preparing my food. Love the look of these dumplings!
Dean Waterfield
I would certainly add a little five spice powder to the filling or at least a little grown star anise and a few choice shredded fresh veggies to the finished broth.
Rasa Malaysia
Dean, sure you can do that to your liking. For authentic Cantonese style pork dumplings, there is no five spice powder/star anise in the filling.
monica
Hi, I was wondering if there were any dumpling wrappers that are gluten free or that are made out of rice flour? Thank you!
Rasa Malaysia
Sorry no idea about gluten free.
Kerry
Could I substitute shitake mushrooms for the wood ear or would the flavor change drastically?
Rasa Malaysia
You can but wood ear will be the best.
Sue.
Rasa could you please tell me which oil you use in this recipe.
I love your recipes.
Rasa Malaysia
Vegetable oil.
Richard
Never made dumplings but just followed this recipe and they turned out perfect. My (Chinese) mother in law approved so I’m happy! Very clear and easy to follow thanks!
Ronnie
Do you have a recipe for Wonton soup?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, https://rasamalaysia.com/wonton-soup-recipe/. You can search all my recipes on the top of my site, SEARCH RECIPES box.