Steamed Dumplings with The Best Dumpling Sauce

• servings: 2 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

12 pieces homemade or store-bought dumplings/wontons

2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp water or broth from dumplings (if boiling dumplings)

1 tbsp doubanjiang (see notes)

1/2 tbsp chili oil or chili garlic sauce

2-3 tsp sugar (, adjust to desired sweetness)

2 tbsp Chinese black vinegar (or rice vinegar)

2 tsp sesame oil

1/2 tsp sesame seeds

1 tsp minced garlic

Chopped fresh scallions and coriander

Directions

Mix the sauce ingredients together. Feel free to adjust to your taste and desired spice level.

Boil or steam the dumplings from fresh or frozen. If you’re using frozen dumplings, no need to thaw. I simply line my bamboo steamer with parchment paper and steam my dumplings for 12-15 mins.

If boiling, do the same and cook from frozen. Leave your pot of water to boil. Once it boils, carefully dumpling directly from frozen and leave them to cook for around 3-4 minutes or until these float up. Remove from the water.

Save some of the dumpling water if needed.

Use the sauce as a dip or pour it over your bowl of dumplings or wontons. Garnish with more coriander and scallions, if desired. You can finish it with more chili oil or sauce if desired. Enjoy!

Nutrition

• Calories: 189 kcal
• Total Fat: 9 g
• Saturated Fat: 1 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
• Sodium: 1076 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 16 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 9 g
• Protein: 3 g