How to Make Pork Dumplings and Zha Jiang Mian (Beijing-Style Meat Sauce and Noodles)


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Test cook Dan Souza makes Bridget our recipe for Chinese Pork Dumplings. Gadget critic Lisa McManus reviews ginger graters. Finally, test cook Keith Dresser …

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  1. Apocalyps
    Apocalyps says:

    Honestly, my favourite dumpling recipe from back home is
    from Souped Up Recipes. Oddly, she is even more detailed than ATK (who is flipping brilliant, might I add).

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  2. Bill Hung
    Bill Hung says:

    Looks so good and easy to make. I am going to make it with my kids this weekend. Comment: I wish more Asian staff have more representation on the show, especially for Chinese recipes.

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  3. Damian Rhea
    Damian Rhea says:

    WARNING: 2:15 Indeed. It is the same concept for “ tangzhong (Chinese word: 燙種 or 湯種) “ as Brigit demonstrated in the sticky buns recipe (https://youtu.be/aZT4S-MFZa0) ; however, this “hot water dough” for dumplings is ONLY good for steaming and frying, NOT applicable AT ALL for straightforward boiling, because the dough would easily disintegrate in boiling water because of its reduced gluten-bonding structure, so for straightforward boiling, use regular room temperature or cold water to form the dough.

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  4. Michael Liang
    Michael Liang says:

    As much as I appreciate them featuring zhajiangmian, a Chinese comfort food classic, their sauce formulation is pretty far away from authentic. It's weird since these days you can get all of the authentic ingredients online. It would be cooler if they showed us how to source some of more rare ingredients. Here's one of the best recipes I've made: https://youtu.be/w3MtvP0DZ5s

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  5. Chris Hansen
    Chris Hansen says:

    great episode that food looks extremely delish 2nd dish looks simple but dumpling/pot-stickers now that is really time intensive well one of these days will get motivation to try my hand at it.

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  6. johnrpan
    johnrpan says:

    I make these pretty often with my family in batches of 150-200. My only recommendation is to use the store bought wrappers. Yes, they aren't as chewy as a perfectly made dumpling, but guess what, alot of restaurants use pre-made wonton wrappers, too and it will cut the process in making them in half.

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  7. ShanghaiBebop
    ShanghaiBebop says:

    Hey Dan, and the ATK crew, great explanation on the hot water for the dumpling wrappers.
    One note though, you'll notice almost all Chinese chefs roll their dumpling skins from the OUTSIDE IN while gradually rotating the dumpling wrapper. There is a technique where you roll starting from outside the dough, then rolling towards the center, then roll back out. Then rotate the wrapper by 45 degrees, and repeat the process.
    The goal of that is to make the edge thinner than the middle. This is because your edge is essentially doubled (if not more when you do complex pleating), so in order to get an even thickness across the final dumpling skin, you will need the edges to be thinner than the center.

    Evenness across the dumpling skin is very critical to get the texture right so that you don't get a thick bite of dough at the edge of the dumplings. This is pretty critical in taking your dumpling to the next level.

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  8. patrick
    patrick says:

    the asian ceramic grater gives you juice and no fibers at all – they all stay behind connected to the root in your hand. Something to be said for ancient, culturally relevant tools, which you skipped right over. That's a bummer and not the norm for ATK

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  9. P
    P says:

    Fettucine as replacement for lo mein noodles? Might be the craziest idea I've ever heard about. What? Why would anyone do such a thing? Literally other type of noodles is better, heck even like soba style noodles work better and should be recommended way before you think of any form of pasta.

    At least tell them to put some baking soda in the water if you for some reason are sponsored by Barilla or whatever just happened here..

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  10. Thomas Hughes
    Thomas Hughes says:

    1:13 – FYI: he is correct about measuring boiling water …

    You will "gain" 1.75 tsp of water (8.8g) per cup of water (220g) from 39 F to 212 F because water expands; however, it is extremely dangerous to "handle" water at that temperature, so if you can measure your water into a tea kettle ahead of time (i.e., subtract the 1.75 tsp per cup while "cold"), then you can pour the water directly from the kettle into the processor with less danger of burning yourself.

    Up to you … just a messenger here. 😀

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  11. Gail Stone
    Gail Stone says:

    Julia: 🎶"Oh, I'm getting the smells of the sauce" 🎶😆😆😂
    Hey!! A decent replacement for those noodles is Japanese soba noodles. (Lo Mein)
    Bean paste can be found in the Hispanic isle, or can be easily made.
    Thanks for the video ❣️❣️

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  12. Bethany Wang
    Bethany Wang says:

    I just don't understand, for the Zha Jiang Mian part, u guys went all the way to learn and trying to teach ur audience the "real and authentic" Chinese food and u don't even bother to get the ingredients right??????!!!!! Go to the Chinese/Asian grocery store, and get the real stuff. Otherwise, what is the difference between ur food compare to the American-Chinese food out there like Panda Express???? I'm sure no one wants his/her food tastes like fake after all the effects he/she had put in. SO DISAPPOINTED.

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