Chinese Chicken Dumplings - Full of Flavor

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Chinese chicken dumplings

Name: Chinese Chicken Dumplings - Full of Flavor
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 24 dumpling wrappers; 250 grams chicken breast; 0.5 carrot; 2 spring onions; 2 garlic cloves; 3 cm fresh ginger; 1 teaspoon Sichuan pepper (Szechuan); 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; Pinch of salt; 50 ml chicken broth

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These Chinese chicken dumplings have a moist filling packed with flavor, delicious with carrot, spring onion, garlic, and more. These dumplings are usually boiled or steamed.

Nutrition balance score

Good

7.3/10

Glycemic Index

Glycemic Load

47.47 (Low)

17.68 (Medium)

Nutrition per serving

Kcal

267.06 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

37.24 g
1.58 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

5.45 g
1.45 g

Proteins

24.36 g

Fiber

1.33 g

Sodium

459.62 mg

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Chinese chicken dumplings have a flavorful filling, including garlic, carrot, spring onions, and Sichuan pepper. This pepper adds a complex flavor to the chicken filling, making it perfectly balanced.

Sichuan pepper is also called Szechuan pepper, and you can buy it ground or dried. If it is dried, grind it yourself using a mortar and pestle or a coffee grinder. Sichuan pepper is a spice mainly used in Chinese cuisine. It's actually not a real pepper, as it comes from dried berries, which belong to the citrus family. This explains the flavor, which gives a tingling sensation on the tongue, a mix of mild heat and a citrus-like taste.

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Made by Véronique

Published at 2025-02-10, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 45 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2025-11-12

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Preparation time

15 minutes

Time cooking

30 minutes

Total time

45 minutes

Making the Chicken Filling - 15 minutes

Peel the garlic cloves and ginger and chop them roughly.

Peel the carrot and cut it into pieces. Cut the spring onions into pieces.

Remove any excess fat and sinew from the chicken breasts and place them in a food processor along with garlic, ginger, carrot, and spring onions.

Puree the mixture and then add ground Sichuan pepper, sesame oil, soy sauce, a pinch of salt and 50 ml of chicken broth.

Puree until you get a fairly smooth mixture and set it aside.

Making the Chinese Chicken Dumplings - 30 minutes

Take a dumpling wrapper in your hand and place a generous teaspoon of the filling in the center.

If necessary, wet the edges of half of the dumpling wrapper with water.

Chinese Chicken Dumplings preparation - step 1

Chinese Chicken Dumplings preparation - step 2

Chinese Chicken Dumplings preparation - step 3

Chinese Chicken Dumplings preparation - step 4

Fold the dumpling and pleat the dough from the right and then from the left. Press firmly so the dumpling stays closed during cooking or steaming.

Dust a large plate with a little cornstarch or flour to prevent sticking. Place the folded dumpling on the plate and repeat with the remaining dumpling wrappers and filling.

You can also fold the dumplings into a pouch. For this, you just need to pinch the dumpling wrappers at the top to close them.

Now, you can cook the dumplings in plenty of boiling water, or steam them in a steaming basket or steam oven. They are cooked once they float to the surface, when using boiling water.

Serve immediately with extra spring onion, sesame seeds, and a simple dipping sauce made from soy sauce, ginger syrup, sambal, and spring onion rings. Enjoy your meal!

Tips!

Where can I buy Sichuan pepper?

You can buy Sichuan pepper at an Asian grocery store or from (online) shops that specialize in herbs and spices.

Can I replace Sichuan pepper?

Sichuan pepper has a unique flavor that's hard to fully replicate. If you still want to substitute it, try using a combination of pink and black pepper.

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Nutritional values

Per 1 serving / piece:

Pay attention! These indicated nutritional values are based on standard tables and are therefore an estimated total. No rights can be derived from the data in the nutritional value table.

General

Kcal

267.06 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

37.24 g
1.58 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

5.45 g
1.45 g

Proteins

24.36 g

Fiber

1.33 g

Sodium

459.62 mg

Show vitamines & minerals

Minerals

Iron

1.33 mg

Calcium

32.18 mg

Magnesium

30.46 mg

Potassium

30.46 mg

Phosphorus

242.82 mg

Copper

0.10 mg

Zinc

0.66 mg

Iodine

0.02 µg

Selenium

0.72 µg

Vitamins

Vitamine C

3.09 mg

Vitamine D

0.06 mg

Vitamine A

88.22 mg

Vitamine B1

0.12 mg

Vitamine B2

0.11 mg

Vitamine B6

0.53 mg

Vitamine B12

0.19 µg

Folic acid

22.26 µg

Vitamine E

0.19 mg

Vitamine K

31.28 µg

Vitamine K1

0.00 µg

Handy! Scroll this table horizontally to see all nutritional values per ingredient

Amount		Ingredient	Allergens	Kcal	Carbs	Carbs of which sugars	Fat	Fat of which saturated	Protein	Fibers	Sodium	Iron	Calcium	Magnesium	Potassium	Phosphorus	Copper	Zinc	Iodine	Selenium	Vitamin C	Vitamin D	Vitamin A	Vitamin B1	Vitamin B2	Vitamin B6	Vitamin B12	Vitamin B11	Vitamin E	Vitamin K	Vitamin K1
6		dumpling wrappers	gluten, soy	156.00	34.20 g	-	0.30 g	0.06 g	4.50 g	0.60 g	3.00 mg	0.30 mg	6.00 mg	3.00 mg	30.00 mg	18.00 mg	0.06 mg	0.12 mg	-	0.60 µg	-	-	-	0.06 mg	0.06 mg	0.06 mg	-	10.20 µg	0.06 mg	0.06 µg	-
62.5	gram	chicken breast		71.25	-	-	2.50 g	0.94 g	18.75 g	-	31.25 mg	0.44 mg	6.25 mg	21.88 mg	250.00 mg	212.50 mg	0.02 mg	0.44 mg	-	-	-	0.06 mg	0.01 mg	0.04 mg	0.04 mg	0.44 mg	0.19 µg	1.25 µg	-	-	-
0.13		carrot		1.35	0.24 g	0.22 g	-	-	0.04 g	0.15 g	1.50 mg	0.02 mg	1.50 mg	0.30 mg	9.00 mg	2.00 mg	-	0.01 mg	-	-	0.10 mg	-	0.06 mg	-	-	-	-	0.75 µg	-	-	-
0.5		spring onions		4.80	0.95 g	0.35 g	0.03 g	-	0.27 g	0.39 g	2.40 mg	0.21 mg	10.80 mg	3.00 mg	41.40 mg	4.35 mg	0.02 mg	0.05 mg	-	0.11 µg	2.70 mg	-	87.75 mg	0.01 mg	-	0.02 mg	-	9.60 µg	0.09 mg	31.05 µg	-
0.5	clove	garlic		2.10	0.42 g	0.01 g	-	-	0.09 g	0.03 g	0.06 mg	0.02 mg	2.55 mg	0.30 mg	9.00 mg	1.95 mg	-	0.02 mg	0.02 µg	-	0.21 mg	-	-	-	-	0.01 mg	-	0.06 µg	-	-	-
0.75	cm	fresh ginger		0.93	0.17 g	-	0.02 g	-	0.02 g	0.02 g	0.08 mg	0.03 mg	0.30 mg	0.60 mg	3.90 mg	0.45 mg	-	0.03 mg	-	-	0.08 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0.25	teaspoon	sichuan pepper		1.40	0.25 g	-	0.04 g	0.01 g	0.05 g	0.15 g	0.04 mg	0.04 mg	1.00 mg	0.60 mg	1.55 mg	0.70 mg	-	0.01 mg	-	0.02 µg	0.01 mg	-	0.40 mg	-	-	-	-	-	0.04 mg	0.17 µg	-
0.25	teaspoon	sesame oil	sesame seeds	22.08	-	-	2.50 g	0.40 g	-	-	0.05 mg	-	0.25 mg	-	0.50 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0.25	tablespoon	soy sauce	soy, gluten	6.40	1.00 g	1.00 g	0.01 g	-	0.58 g	-	275.00 mg	0.25 mg	3.00 mg	-	25.00 mg	2.50 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.40 µg	-	-	-
0.25	pinch	of salt		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.00 mg	-	0.03 mg	0.73 mg	0.01 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12.5	ml	chicken broth	celery	0.75	0.01 g	-	0.06 g	0.04 g	0.06 g	-	46.25 mg	0.03 mg	0.50 mg	0.06 mg	0.50 mg	0.38 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				267.06	37.24 g	1.58 g	5.45 g	1.45 g	24.36 g	1.33 g	459.62 mg	1.33 mg	32.18 mg	30.46 mg	370.86 mg	242.82 mg	0.10 mg	0.66 mg	0.02 µg	0.72 µg	3.09 mg	0.06 mg	88.22 mg	0.12 mg	0.11 mg	0.53 mg	0.19 µg	22.26 µg	0.19 mg	31.28 µg	-