Chinese Egg and Chive Dumplings
ChineseChinese RecipesOmega-3 eggsMedium
Soft dumplings filled with scrambled egg, garlic chives and vermicelli, steamed or pan-fried.
Prep time30 min
Cook time10 min
Total time40 min
Servings4
Ingredients
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup garlic chives, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup soaked vermicelli, chopped
- 20 dumpling wrappers
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- salt to taste
Method
- Scramble the eggs until just set, cool, and chop into small pieces.
- Mix eggs with chives, vermicelli, soy sauce, sesame oil, pepper and salt.
- Place 1 tsp filling in each wrapper, fold and pinch the edges to seal.
- To steam: steam for 8 minutes. To pan-fry: fry in oiled pan for 2 minutes, add 1/4 cup water, cover and cook 6 minutes.
- Serve hot with soy-vinegar dipping sauce.
Nutrition — estimated per serving
Calories (estimate)320 kcal
Protein (estimate)14 g
Fat (estimate)12 g
Carbs (estimate)38 g
Nutrition values are estimates based on standard per-egg values (about 72 kcal, 6.3 g protein, 4.8 g fat, 0.4 g carbs per large egg).
Tips, food safety & substitutions
Food safety: cook dumplings until the filling is steaming hot throughout; refrigerate uncooked dumplings and use within a day. Allergens: egg, wheat (gluten), soy, sesame. Pakistani alternative: use spring onion greens (hari pyaz) if garlic chives are unavailable; ready dumpling wrappers are sold in supermarkets.