soup dumplings
Steamed, soupy parcels
Soup dumplings are Chinese dumplings with broth sealed inside the wrapper alongside the meat filling.
The liquid comes from gelatin that melts during steaming.
Eating them requires care—you bite a small hole and sip the hot soup before consuming the rest.
The Shanghainese version, xiaolongbao, is most famous: We ordered two baskets of soup dumplings.
- deliciousHighly pleasing to taste
- steamedHeated by vapor
- bamboo steamerWoven cooking vessel for moist heat
- baoziChinese filled steamed bread
- pork fillingGround swine for wrapping
thin skin · burn your mouth · savory · pleating · Chinatown · meat · gelatin · aspic · dough · vinegar · black vinegar · sesame oil · street food · dim sum · five-spice powder · moist heat · slurping · regional cuisines
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