Dumpling Soup
This easy Dumpling Soup has a savory broth infused with garlic, ginger, and sesame oil, plus frozen wontons and bok choy for an easy 20-minute dinner. Skip the takeout and make this flavorful wonton dumpling soup at home with simple pantry ingredients and your favorite store-bought dumplings.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 451kcal
Cost: $10
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Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons sesame oil
- 6 cloves garlic , minced
- 2 Tablespoons fresh minced ginger
- 6-8 green onions chopped , white and green separated
- ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoons rice vinegar
- Pinch sugar
- 8 cups low sodium chicken broth , or vegetable broth
- White or black pepper , to taste
- 1 lb frozen small dumplings or wontons
- 4 baby bok choy , or 1 large bok choy, chopped
- Chili Crisp , for garnish
- Cilantro , for garnish
Instructions
- Make Broth: Heat oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Once hot, add whites of the green onion, garlic and ginger and cook for 2 minutes. Add soy sauce, rice vinegar, a pinch of sugar, and broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for a few minutes. Season with a little white or black pepper, to taste. Taste and add, salt, only if needed.2 Tablespoons sesame oil, 6 cloves garlic, 2 Tablespoons fresh minced ginger, 6-8 green onions chopped, ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce, 2 Tablespoons rice vinegar, Pinch sugar, 8 cups low sodium chicken broth, White or black pepper
- Cook dumplings in a separate pot of hot boiling water until they float. Drain.1 lb frozen small dumplings or wontons
- Add bok choy and half of the chopped green onion to hot broth and cook for 2 minutes, until wilted.4 baby bok choy
- Serve: Place about 8 mini dumplings in each serving bowl. Ladle 2 cups soup into each bowl, over the dumplings. Garnish with cilantro, green onion and a small scoop of chili crisp on top.
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Notes
Serving Size: 2 1/2 cups soup + about 8 mini dumplings/wontons
Dumplings: Mini wontons or mini dumplings work great. Potstickers also work, but I like to find “minis” if I can, so they are easier to eat in the soup. We cook the dumplings separate so they don’t add unnecessary starch to the soup broth and so they don’t over-cook while resting in the soup. I love Trader Joes mini chicken wontons or pork and ginger dumplings with this recipe.
*Traditional dumpling or wonton soup has Shaoxing wine, but I use rice vinegar and a pinch of sugar as a substitute since I always have those on hand.
Storing Instructions: Store leftover cooked dumplings and broth separately in the fridge, so the dumplings don’t absorb the broth.
Make Ahead Instructions: Make the soup broth ahead of time (without the dumplings) and store in the fridge for up to several days ahead. Rewarm broth on the stove. Cook dumplings in boiling water just before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 451kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 1320mg | Potassium: 544mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 5208IU | Vitamin C: 68mg | Calcium: 211mg | Iron: 4mg
