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dumpling dough wrappers freshly rolled out and a pair of chopsticks in the background

Easy 2-Ingredient Chinese Dumpling Wrappers


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  • Author: Kelly
  • Total Time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 20 Wrappers 1x
  • Diet: Vegan

Description

Authentic and reliable dumpling wrapper recipe I learned while living in China. Use it to make pork dumplings, soup dumplings, or your favorite Chinese chicken dumplings!


Ingredients

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  • 1 cup bread flour, all-purpose flour, or 00 flour (130g)
  • 5 to 6 tablespoons warm water (75-90g)


Instructions

  1. Make the dumpling dough. Add the flour to a large mixing bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment), add the warm water 1 tablespoon at a time, and stir or mix just until the mixture comes together and you can form a stiff ball out of it. *Depending on the flour you’re using, you may only need 5 tablespoons of water or the full 6 tablespoons depending on the flour absorption potential and humidity.  
  2. Knead the dough. Knead the stiff dough for 12 minutes in the mixer (speed 2), or by hand for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the dough is much softer and becomes smooth.  If you feel the dough is just too hard to knead, cover it with plastic wrap and let it rest for 15 minutes before continuing to knead it. Once the dough is fully kneaded, cover it with plastic wrap and allow it to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes or up to 3 hours or overnight.
  3. Roll out the dumpling wrappers. After the dough has rested, roll the dough into a log about 6-8 inches long. Cut the dough into equal pieces (about 12 grams each) which will give you just about 20 total wrappers. Cover the dough pieces with plastic wrap to keep them from drying out. Lightly dust a work surface or non-stick dough mat with a little flour and roll each dough piece out to about 3 inches in diameter. Dust the wrappers and stack them on top of one another and cover them with a damp towel to keep them from drying out. Fill the dumplings with your choice of delicious fillings and cook or freeze, Enjoy!

Notes

Make sure the dumpling dough isn’t too dry or too wet. Add the water to the flour slowly and mix just until no more flour remains on the sides of the bowl. It should be somewhat stiff but hold together and easily be able to form into a dough ball. The dough should not be wet or sticky at this point. If it is, simply dust it with a teaspoon of flour at a time incorporating it until it’s no longer wet. When using 00 flour to make dumpling dough, you’ll most likely need the full 6 tablespoons of water because 00 flour has a higher hydration absorption rate. If you use all-purpose flour, you’ll most likely need around 5 tablespoons of water. For bread flour I use, I typically add 6 tablespoons of water, but I never dump the water into the flour because everything from what time of year it is to what brand of bread flour I’m using makes a difference in how much water I’ll need to add.

If you feel the dough is too difficult to knead just after you’ve formed the dough ball, cover it with plastic wrap and let it rest for 15 minutes before continuing to knead it.

Homemade dumpling dough needs to rest for at least 15 minutes and up to 3 hours covered at room temperature before rolling and filling. But you can also wrap dumpling dough in sustainable cling film and place it in the refrigerator overnight, or up to 2 days before rolling and filling.

Making Bulk Dumplings: For standard dumplings and potstickers, I like to make them in bulk over 2 days. I make the dumpling fillings and the dough on Day 1 and refrigerate them overnight. Then I roll and fill them on Day 2. Breaking up the tasks over 2 days makes it feel like less work especially if you don’t have a helper.

  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Rest Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Category: Dim Sum
  • Method: Mix & Knead
  • Cuisine: Chinese

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 5 dumplings
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