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Jiaozi 饺子

These are the most popular type of dumpling and are probably what you’re used to seeing and eating back home. They’re fairly simple dumplings, with ground meat or vegetables in a fairly opaque skin.

Most commonly, jiaozi contain a mix of cabbage, ground pork and scallions, and come with a dipping sauce made from vinegar, sesame oil and soy sauce.

These dumplings can be cooked in different ways, including:

• Boiled (shui jiao or 水饺)
• Steamed (zheng jiao or 蒸饺)
• Steam fried (jian jiao or 煎饺)
• Deep fried (zha jiao or 炸饺).

How to eat dumplings

This might sound simple, after all you’ve been eating since you were a baby. But if you’re used to Western food, then you might find dumplings in China more difficult to manage than you might think.

Here are some tips for eating dumplings like a pro without making a mess:

• Eat each dumpling in one bite, which means letting them cool a bit first
• Use chopsticks to eat them but don’t stab at them
• Dumplings in soup should be eaten with a spoon
• For a soft dumpling, pick it up with chopsticks near the knot and place it on a spoon
• For dumplings with broth, take a small bite out of it while it’s still on the spoon and be careful not to scald your mouth
• Enjoy your dumplings with sauce, e.g. two parts vinegar and one part soy sauce
• For a little spice, enjoy your dumplings with chili oil.

Dumplings in China are the best!

While you’re visiting China, you need to make sure that you try as many dumplings as possible. I set myself the goal to try them in as many cities and shops as possible, and I never regretted that choice!

I hope you have an amazing culinary adventure in China.

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