Dish-Type Recipe Index

Dumplings, buns, wontons, and dim sum

These recipes are grouped as dumplings, buns, wontons, and dim sum because their ingredients, cooking method, or restaurant-menu role fit this dish family.

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Recipes in this section: 25.

Dumplings, buns, wontons, and dim sum

Cantonese Turnip Cake

Cantonese dim sum · Makes 1 loaf · 1.5 hours plus cooling

A Cantonese turnip cake recipe with daikon, rice flour, Chinese sausage or mushrooms, steaming, pan-frying, and dim sum notes.

Char Siu Bao

Dim sum · Makes 10 buns · 2 hours

Char Siu Bao recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Chile Oil for Wontons and Noodles

Condiment · Makes about 1 cup · 20 minutes

Chile Oil for Wontons and Noodles recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Dumpling Dipping Sauce

Condiment · Makes about 1/2 cup · 5 minutes

Dumpling Dipping Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Dumpling Soup

Soup · Serves 3–4 · 30 minutes if using prepared dumplings

Dumpling Soup recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Egg Rolls and Spring Rolls

Fried appetizer · Makes 12 · 1 hour

Egg Rolls and Spring Rolls recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Egg Tarts

Dim sum · Makes 12 · 1 hour

Egg Tarts recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Foo Chow / Fuzhou Wonton Soup

Soup · Serves 3–4 · 1 hour

Foo Chow / Fuzhou Wonton Soup recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Fried Wontons

Fried appetizer · Makes 24 · 40 minutes

Fried Wontons recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Guo Bao Rou

Dongbei · Serves 3–4 · 45 minutes

Guo Bao Rou recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Har Gow

Dim sum · Makes 24 · 1 hour 15 minutes

Har Gow recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Malaysian Wonton Mee

Malaysian Chinese · Serves 3–4 · 45 minutes

Malaysian Wonton Mee recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Pork and Chive Dumplings

Dumplings · Makes 40 · 1 hour 15 minutes

Pork and Chive Dumplings recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Red Oil Wontons

Dumpling dish · Makes 24 · 45 minutes

Red Oil Wontons recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Sesame Balls

Dim sum · Makes 12 · 50 minutes

Sesame Balls recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Sheng Jian Bao

Shanghai · Makes 16 buns · 2 hours

Sheng Jian Bao recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Shrimp Cheung Fun

Cantonese dim sum · Serves 2–3 · 1 hour

A simplified shrimp cheung fun recipe with rice flour batter, shrimp, soy sauce, and Cantonese dim sum notes.

Siu Mai

Dim sum · Makes 24 · 50 minutes

Siu Mai recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Steamed Spareribs with Black Bean Sauce

Cantonese dim sum · Serves 3–4 · 45 minutes plus marinating

A Cantonese dim sum steamed spareribs recipe with fermented black beans, garlic, ginger, and menu-literacy notes.

Taiwanese Gua Bao

Taiwanese · Makes 8 · 2 hours

Taiwanese Gua Bao recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Vegetable Dumplings

Vegetarian · Makes 30 · 1 hour

A Chinese vegetable dumplings recipe with cabbage, mushrooms, tofu, scallions, wrappers, and dietary adaptation notes.

Vietnamese Chinese Wonton Egg Noodles

Vietnamese Chinese · Serves 3–4 · 45 minutes

Vietnamese Chinese Wonton Egg Noodles recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Wonton Noodle Soup

Cantonese · Serves 4 · 1 hour

A Cantonese wonton noodle soup recipe with shrimp-pork wontons, egg noodles, broth, and menu-literacy notes.

Wonton Soup

Soup · Serves 3–4 · 45 minutes

Wonton Soup recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Xiao Long Bao

Jiangnan · Makes 24 · Longer project

A practical xiao long bao soup dumpling recipe with pork filling, gelatinized broth, wrappers, and Jiangnan menu-literacy notes.