Din Tai Fung Dumplings
The famous Chinese restaurant chain Din Tai Fung originally started in Taiwan. They specialize in Asian cuisine, especially salads, noodles, and soup dumplings.
Ingredients
Soup
- 10 cups Water
- 1 Shiitake mushroom (dried)
- 1 tbsp Gelatin (unflavoured)
- 2 Fresh ginger (peeled slices)
- 2 tsp Shaoxing wine
- ¾ cup Green onion (only white portion, chopped)
- 2.5 oz Smoked ham (Chinese style)
- 3 lbs Chicken wings, necks, and backs
- 1 tbsp Soy sauce
- 1 Garlic large clove (flattened)
Dumplings
- 1 Napa cabbage
- 75 Round or squared dumpling wrappers
Filling
- 1 lb Pork (ground)
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- ½ tsp Shaoxing wine
- ⅓ cup Green onion (only white portion, minced)
- ½ tsp Finely grated fresh ginger
- 1 Garlic large clove (minced)
- ¼ tsp Sesame oil
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce
- ¾ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Black pepper (ground)
- ¼ lb Finely chopped shrimp (uncooked)
Sauce
- 2 tbsp Freshly peeled ginger strips
- 6 tbsp Soy sauce
- 8 oz Black vinegar (1 cup)
Instructions
Soup
- Count the days on which you wish to serve the dish. Three days before that, mix all the ingredients of the soup in water. Do not add gelatin for now.
- Boil everything in the water. Remove the foam from time to time.
- Simmer at low flame.
- Boil for about 2-½ hours until the chicken is soft enough to fall apart. Keep adding more water if needed.
- Strain the soup to remove any solid parts.
- Again boil the soup to concentrate it to 2 cups. It will take about half an hour.
- Then add salt and pepper.
- For processing gelatin, sprinkle it on 3 tbsp of water in a small pot.
- When gelatin is softened, pour it into the soup and mix well to dissolve.
- Transfer the final mixture into a dish and refrigerate by covering it. (Refrigerate overnight)
Filling
- Now two days before, take a large pot.
- Add all the filling ingredients to the bowl.
- Mix well to blend.
- Take out the refrigerated broth. It will be hardened due to gelatin.
- Cut some of it into small pieces.
- Add the cubes to the pork filling mixture.
- Mix mildly so that the soup is well-mixed.
- Cover this mixture also and refrigerate it.
- Do not forget to refrigerate the remaining broth.
Sauce
- Take a small pot.
- Mix all the ingredients.
- Cover and refrigerate.
- Before use, do not forget to let the sauce warm down to room temperature.
Nutrition
Calories: 383kcal