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Crispy Deep Fried Dumplings

Published: Jul 15, 2020 · Modified: May 4, 2021 · by Khin · This post may contain affiliate links.

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Crispy deep fried dumplings recipe - Crunch on the outside and juicy chicken and vegetable fillings inside. Perfect as an appetizer or party snack.

You can prepare the dumpling and freeze it for later use. Perfect for deep fried, boiling, steaming, or cook it in the noodle soup.

Fried Dumplings Chinese

Crispy Chinese dumplings are one of the most popular Asian appetizers that all kids and adults love. Basically, it is made with chicken or prawn mince, cabbage, spring onions, and simple soy sauce and sesame oil seasonings. Very similar to the Chinese crispy wonton recipe, the only major difference is the wrapper. Wonton skin is thicker in texture and dumpling wrappers are thinner and smaller in size.

Can you make Steamed or Pan Fried Dumplings?

Yes, definitely! With this recipe, you can also create, steamed and pan-fried dumplings.

Steamed dumplings: Place the cabbage leaves over the steamer rack, then place the dumplings and steam 8-10 minutes until fully cooked. ( Do not over-crowd in the steamer as the dumplings can stick to each other. Place at least 1 cm apart. Steam in batches if needed. )

Chinese pan fried dumplings: To pan-fry the dumplings, heat the flat non-stick pan into medium heat, drizzle a tablespoon of oil and place the dumplings pleat upward in the pan. Fry for 1-2 minutes and pour 4-5 tablespoon of water, close the lid, and cook with low-medium heat for another 5-6 minutes or until the water evaporates and the dumpling bottom part becomes crispy golden. That's it!

Ingredients you can swap and add extra:

Protein: You can add any of your favourite minced (ground) meat or seafood like prawn, crab meat, etc. For vegetarian options, mashed firm tofu, mushroom, or Quorn mince goes well in the fillings.

Vegetables: Green cabbage, napa cabbage ( Chinese Cabbage ), or sweetheart cabbage, and spring (green) onions are ideal cabbage to use in dumplings. Tips: Sprinkle some salt over the chopped cabbage and squeeze the excess water out. Excess moisture in the fillings can tear the wrapper apart when you deep fry or steam it.

If you wish to add more vegetables in the fillings, finely shredded carrot, finely chopped dried or fresh shiitake mushroom, and Chinese chives perfectly go well.

Simple steps to make crispy chicken dumplings:

Finely chop the cabbage, sprinkle some salt, mix well, and set aside for 15-20 mins.

Finely chop the spring onions.

Now squeeze all the liquid out from the cabbage and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, place the minced chicken, cabbage, spring onions. Season the fillings with soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger paste, garlic paste, cornstarch, salt, and black pepper to taste. Mix well to combine all the ingredients evenly.

I use gyoza wrappers ( Imperial Dragon brand ), which I can easily buy at Chinese grocery stores in the UK. You can either use dumpling wrappers, gyoza wrappers, or wonton wrappers for this recipe.

Crispy Deep Fried Dumplings

To fold the dumpling, place one wrapper in the palm, wet the wrapper edges with water. Add a teaspoon full of fillings to the center of the wrapper. Fold the wrapper in half over the filling, pinch on the left edge, make a pleat on the top part of the wrapper from left to right.

Use a non-dominant thumb and finger to press the pleat and bottom wrapper together to seal the dumpling.  Pinch at the end of the right edge and seal the dumpling. Repeat to all wrappers till all the filling runs out. ( You can get 25-30 dumplings with this amount of filling. )

Crispy Deep Fried Dumplings

Pre-heat the oil to 330-340 F, deep fry the dumplings for 2-3 mins till crispy golden brown.

Crispy Deep Fried Dumplings
Crispy Deep Fried Dumplings

Transfer to a cooling rack or paper towel first. Serve immediately with your favourite dipping sauce.

Dumplings Dipping Sauce

These chicken dumplings perfectly go well with most Asian dipping sauces. I usually love to serve to sweet chilli sauce, hot chilli sauce, or Thai Sriracha sauce.

To make a quick homemade soy sauce dipping sauce, add the same ratio of soy sauce, vinegar and sugar in a bowl. Add a bit of chilli oil if you like it spicy. Check out details recipe at my Crispy Wonton Recipe.

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crispy deep fried dumplings

Crispy Deep Fried Dumpling

This crispy deep fried dumpling made with juicy chicken and vegetable fillings inside. Perfect as an appetizer or party snack.
4.47 from 15 votes
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Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: japanese cuisine
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 245kcal
Author: Khin

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 25-30 sheets Dumpling / gyoza wrappers 25-30 sheets
  • Vegetable oil for frying
  • 4 tbsp Water 4 tbsp

Fillings

  • 220 g Chicken mince
  • 150 g Chinese/Sweetheart cabbage
  • 100 g Spring onions

Seasonings

  • ½ tsp Garlic paste
  • ½ tsp Ginger paste
  • 1 tsp Sesame oil
  • 1 tsp Soy sauce
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ¼ tsp Black pepper
  • 1 tsp Corn/potato flour

Instructions

  • Finely chop the cabbage, put in a bowl, sprinkle  some salt, mix well and set aside for 15 mins. Squeeze all the liquid out from the cabbage set aside.
  • Finely chop the spring onions.
  • In a large mixing bowl add the minced chicken, cabbage, spring onions and all the ingredients from the seasonings list.
  • Mix all the ingredients well.
  • To make the dipping sauce, mix all ingredients from the dipping sauce list in a small mixing bowl. Mix well and set aside.
  • To fold the dumpling, place one wrapper in the palm, wet the wrapper edges with water. Add a teaspoon full of fillings in the centre of the wrapper. Fold the wrapper in half over the filling, pinch on the left edge, make a pleat on top part of the wrapper from left to right. Use a non-dominant thumb and finger to press the pleat and bottom wrapper together to seal the dumpling.  Pinch at the end of the right edge and seal the dumpling. Repeat to all wrappers till all the filling runs out. ( You can get 25-30 dumplings with this amount of filling. )
  • Pre-heat the oil into 330°-340° F, deep fry the dumplings for 2-3 mins till crispy golden brown.
  • Transfer to a cooling rack or paper towel first.
  • Serve immediately with your favourite sweet/spicy chilli dipping sauce.
  • Crispy dumplings are ready! Enjoy!

Notes

To defrost the dumpling/gyoza wrapper leave it in a fridge overnight Or you can leave it in room temperature for 1 hour prior to use. You can buy dumpling/gyoza wrapper at most Oriental grocery stores. 

Nutrition

Calories: 245kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 687mg | Potassium: 464mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 293IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 3mg
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You can pair with these dishes and make a wholesome banquet dinner:

  • Tom Yum Soup & Noodles or Chicken Corn Soup
  • Beef Chow Fun or Chicken and Rice Noodle Stir Fry ( Vermicelli )
  • Salt and Pepper Prawns or Crispy Chilli Beef (with Sweet Chilli)
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Comments

  1. Mick farang says

    September 26, 2021 at 2:12 am

    Sawadee Khin.
    I keep the ingredients for this recipe ALWAYS on hand, and make them very regularly, perfect appetizer or snack, for a meal, while i'm deep frying, i also do deep fried chicken wings thai style. Just a fantastic complimentary meal .

    Thanks so much for your recipe

    Reply
    • Khin says

      September 26, 2021 at 11:19 pm

      Happy that you enjoyed it Mick!

      Reply
  2. Marisalva Abad says

    August 19, 2021 at 5:43 pm

    Thank you for sharing in a very simple Way How to cook these yummy meals Following you 🙏

    Reply
    • Khin says

      August 24, 2021 at 5:27 pm

      My pleasure, Marisalva. Very glad that you like our recipes.

      Reply
  3. Mi Mi says

    May 03, 2021 at 9:59 pm

    5 stars
    Love this recipe.

    Reply
    • Khin says

      May 04, 2021 at 1:27 pm

      Thank you Mi Mi! Happy that you like this crispy dumpling recipe.

      Reply
  4. May says

    May 03, 2021 at 9:56 pm

    5 stars
    Yum yum. The best recipe!!!

    Reply
    • Khin says

      May 04, 2021 at 1:26 pm

      Thank you May! Happy that you enjoy this recipe.

      Reply
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