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25 Dumpling Recipes to Make at Home

Time to get wrapping—and boiling, steaming, or frying.
Photo showing how to make colored dumplings with skins colored with beet carrot and spinach.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Lillian Chou

You might be looking for dumpling recipes to make for Lunar New Year, or perhaps you're hoping to stock your freezer with something good for the weeks to come. Below you'll find lots of options, including crispy-bottomed pork and chive dumplings, silky wontons, and juicy gyoza. But dumplings are beloved around the world, and according to Merriam-Webster, any small mass of dough that's boiled or steamed counts. So this collection of dumpling recipes also includes gondi, gnudi, cornmeal dumplings, and more. It's definitely an incomplete list—but at least this will get you started.

  • Photo of pork tofu dumplings on a serving plate with tea and soy sauce on the side.
    Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Lillian Chou
    1/25

    Pork and Chive Dumplings

    Chef Sohui Kim calls this dumpling recipe a hybrid of Japanese gyoza, Korean mandoo, and Chinese dumplings. The filling is a mix of ground pork and crumbled soft tofu, seasoned with minced ginger, garlic chives, and hoisin.

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  • Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Yekaterina Boystova
    2/25

    Gyoza

    Gyoza are very versatile—you can pan-fry, steam, boil or deep-fry them, or simply add a couple to your noodle soup. These dumplings also freeze well, so you can make a bunch in advance and have them on hand for busy weeknights.

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  • Photo by Kris Kirkham
    3/25

    Pak Choi and Kale Dumpling

    This dumpling filling will be delicious even if you start with ready-made wrappers. The combination of pak choi, cilantro, kale, and ginger with pork or crumbled extra-firm tofu is always a hit.

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  • Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Lillian Chou
    4/25

    Pan-Fried Chicken and Cabbage Dumplings

    These pan-fried dumplings, filled with savory chicken and sweet cabbage, are among the best selling items at Nom Wah Tea Parlor in New York City—but now you can make them at home. (Nom Wah's Wilson Tang stopped by to guide you through the setup here.)

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  • Photo by Jenny Huang
    5/25

    Spinach Dumplings With Tofu and Rice Noodles

    Want showstopping presentation? Make homemade dumpling wrappers to stuff with a filling of spinach, hearty tofu, vermicelli, and fruity Sichuan peppercorns.

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  • Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Lillian Chou
    6/25

    Colorful Dumplings

    One benefit to making your own dumpling wrappers is that you can tint the dough in a rainbow of colors. This moves comes in especially handy if you're making a variety of fillings and want to tell your lamb dumplings from your spinach ones.

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  • Photo by Alex Lau, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Lillian Chou
    7/25

    Pork Wontons With Sesame Sauce

    Whipping an egg into the filling of these simple, folded dumplings makes them extra fluffy and moist. Chinese toasted sesame paste gives the sauce excellent deeply-roasted flavor.

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  • Photo by Ed Anderson
    8/25

    Lamb and Green Squash Dumplings

    This dumpling combines lamb with delicate green summer squash, which brings freshness to the filling. Giving the dumplings a paper-thin sheet of crackly starch at the base is a fun trick in the preparation.

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  • Photo by Sam Horine.
    9/25

    Butter Mandu (Butter Dumplings)

    The star in this dumpling recipe from chef Deuki Hong is the very generous quantity of butter, which is mixed in with the pork, garlic and ginger and adds a ton of richness to every bite.

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  • 10/25

    Spinach and Egg Dumplings

    These vegetarian dumplings from chef Helen You's Dumpling Galaxy get their richness from custardy scrambled eggs.

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  • Photo by Ditte Isager
    11/25

    Chicken and Dumplings With Mushrooms

    Switching gears a bit, here's a warming Dutch oven recipe that we turn to again and again. Savory chicken and mushroom stew underneath, plus fluffy, nutmeg-laced dumplings on top: It's just the kind of thing we want to cook during a snowstorm.

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  • Photo by Ed Anderson
    12/25

    Boiled or Panfried Dumpling Dough

    You can make great dumplings with storebought wrappers, but this dough recipe from chef Helen You will help you make a superlative handmade version.

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  • 15/25

    Sweet Potato Turnovers with Sweet Kraut

    In the Czech Republic, dessert dumplings are filled with plums and dusted with powdered sugar. This variation is filled with whipped sweet potato instead, and garnished with cabbage that's cooked in riesling.

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    16/25

    Pork and Chive Dumplings with Dried Shrimp

    You can serve these pleated Chinese dumplings either steamed or fried. The filling gets its deep savory character from a mix of pork, dried shrimp, Shaoxing wine, and garlic chives.

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  • Photo by Sara Remington
    19/25

    Gondi

    These light, cardamom-scented dumplings look like matzo balls, but instead of matzo meal, they're made from ground chicken or turkey and chickpea flour.

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  • Susie Cushner
    20/25

    Pot Stickers

    These dumplings are a great candidate for freezing. Dusting will flour will prevent sticking.

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  • Rita Maas
    25/25

    Apricot and Walnut Varenikis

    These stuffed dessert dumplings with a chewy noodle-dough wrapping are a Ukrainian specialty. The fruit fillings vary widely—these are stuffed with dried apricots and walnuts, then sprinkled with a cinnamon-crumb topping. Add it to your list of must-make dumpling recipes.

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