Easy Authentic Soup Dumplings (Xiaolongbao)

Making soup dumplings at home is the greatest thing you'll ever do in your home kitchen.

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Ingredients Needed:

Pork Version: 
- 3/4 lb (454g) pork skin
- 1.5 lbs (680g) pork neck bones 
- 1/2 lb (226g) pork Boston Butt (browned)
- 2-3 green onion, sliced into 1 inch pieces
- 1 inch knob Ginger sliced
- 5 cups (1.1kg) water
- salt to taste

Chicken Version:
- 3 lbs (1.36kg) chicken back and necks
- 1 inch Knob Ginger sliced
- 2 green onions, cut into pieces 
- 1/2 cup (236g) water

Dumpling Dough: 
- 1 1/4 cup or 170g all purpose flour 
- 3 1/2 tablespoons 50g hot water
- 3 tablespoons 40g room temperature water 

Pork Filling: 
- 1 lb (450g) high fat ground pork
- 1.5 tablespoons (22g) shaoxing wine
- 2 tablespoon (30g) soy sauce
- pinch ground white pepper 
- 1/2 teaspoon (2g) sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon (2g) salt
- 3 green onion, very finely minced
- 1/2 teaspoon (3g) sesame oil 
- 1 cup (235g) broth gel, diced into 1/2 inch pieces 

Dipping Sauce: 
- 2 tablespoons (17g) spicy chili crisp
- 1/3 cup (88g) black vinegar 
- 2 inch knob Ginger, julienned

[sheepgoesmoo]

Just a tip, if you want to make a chicken version. When it comes to the broth, dump in chicken feet as a replacement to pork skin. Chicken feet provides a whole lot of gelatin content into the soup which helps make it even firmer when chilled.

[GsFoodSecrets]

I’d be interested in seeing some videos in a “But Faster” series. Show us how to make quick meals at home faster than you could by driving out to a restaurant, ordering, and returning.

[demazin]

I’ll probably never make these so I’m just gonna imagine how good they taste.

[mrCetus]

As a Chinese and I really wanna You are the most amazing chef I have ever seen Whenever you make some Asian dishes (not just Chinese dishes) you've always got them the right way! I am so glad you always respect the different cultures and are not like the other chef just randomly cook the other culture's food in the wrong way. This is totally the best xiaolongbao!!! It looks god damn great!!!!
你真的是我见过的最棒的厨师了！爱你！！！

[thomawatt]

In place of parchment paper, you can line the bottom of the steaming basket with napa cabbage to prevent the dumplings from sticking while having extra food to eat with your dumplings

[maggieng]

Bro I’m so pleasantly happy every time Josh does non-western dishes because he’s so respectful and you can tell he put in tons of time and effort to make it as authentic as possible. Thank you Josh!

[Rebuswind]

Not without mistakes but Joshua is still one of the best western cook I know that can come close to cook Chinese food somewhat Authentically.
I especially appreciated that Josh mentioned hot water for the bun, this is really important for this recipe.Also the 70% fat ratio.
Soup dumpling is called guan tang bao/tang bao (灌汤包/汤包 'bun with soup inside) which technicality is a type of xiao long bao（小笼包 'small steamer cooked bun), but not the same. in the end of the day, those are just names...it's common to get them wrong even among Chinese people.
the soup meat do not need to be browned but it can be, they will give a bit stronger taste and the soup won't be clean, if you ant to add those, that would be personal preference thing, which is no wrong or right way to do it. However, the original one do not need browning.
When making the soup, the first boil is for taking blood out, need shaoxing wine in it. boil until all blood come out then the meat need to be fished out then put in to clean water for second boil with ginger, green onion and other spice you like.
If use chicken, you need chicken with the skin, or you will never get the jelly thing.
Green onion should not mixed in with the meat until the last moment before making the bun, prevent them from oxidized by the meat too much and start to turn bitter.
other than those small things and maybe more practice on how to put the bun together ( Josh's technique is already better than most people who don't cook this type of bun including some Chinese), this recipe is totally legit.

[adamj]

Pro tip: before making your dumplings, fry up some of your ground meat mixture and taste it. This way you make sure your salt / seasoning levels are correct before you make a whole batch of dumplings.

[Gunmonkey]

Literally just made this. Doubled the recipe and made 32 of them. So freaking good. For those who don’t have an Asian market by you, we got our stuff from our local food lion. We used pork fat back (basically skin but covered in salt) and soaked it in hot water for 30-45 mins before use, and pig feet instead of neck bones. And obviously Boston butt is Boston butt. Since it was doubled I cooked it for 5 hours since I was making it the next day. Saved the Boston butt pieces after making the broth jellies and just pulled it apart with a fork and added bbq sauce and some apple cider vinegar to make a quick pulled pork.

[uhwbbte]

I've been literally thinking EVERYDAY about those dumplings with soup inside for the past 2 months and now I see that Joshua made them, ahhh im so happy!!

[Guke-Nukem]

My wife and I have been waiting for a good recipe to follow for xioalongbao for a while now. Definitely excited to try this out.
To the folks who criticize the differing perspective of difficulty, most of my American friends find the prospect of making any dumplings by scratch intimidating; when at it's core all it really needs is mixing a bunch of ingredients into a paste & rolling/pinching dough. The process of dumpling making is always time consuming, but it's traditionally a dish that you get the entire family involved in, and spend some time together before breaking bread.
The only layer of complexity this adds on top of it is the gelatinous cubes, which essentially boils down to...well boiling. Yes it is a time consuming dish, but the key takeaway is the recipe won't ask anyone to do something beyond their ability. Plus at the end of the day, the point is to have fun with your circle and enjoy some food after some toil to bond over.

[hualan]

As a Chinese who grew up in a city where Xiaolongbao is its specialty, I guarantee that these are the best dumplings, no discussion😎

[agnescarter]

It was one of my culinary projects for 2022. I can’t believe I made it. I takes a while and the dough folding process is challenging but the flavor is amazing. I always trust your recipes 100% and work with a kitchen scale to keep it accurate. I’m not trying to improvise when I’m making a new recipe for the first time and so far everything I cooked from your channel was freaking delicious! cheers!

[williamfrascona]

Made these last night and I have to say, super freaking good! The only thing I'll say about the recipe is that it was hard to incorporate the aspic mixture into the pork, the cubes would not mix properly unless they were crushed. For anyone who plans on making this, I would recommend that you mince the cubes finely so that they incorporate into the filling more easily and more evenly. Additionally, add some white pepper to the filling. Other than that, amazing recipe overall!

[Fuzzi]

That's it guys, that was the last video on the channel. We're never going to need another recipe since this is the last and only thing we will ever want to put in our mouth for the rest of our lives.

Let's thank Josh for trying to build an audience before releasing this video, in order to make sure as many people as possible would see it.

Thank you Josh, really. It's been a great channel!

[dibs]

He's the coolest of all time because he made these dumplings. He's COAT, if you will. Congrats Josh on making a new acronym.

[TateStevens]

i was literally looking for a soup dumpling recipe last night. thanks papa.

[buddy]

I was immediately thinking about making this for my boyfriend’s family, but they’re SDA and don’t eat pork. And you immediately gave a chicken alternative 👏 thank you uncle Joshua!

[jamesmetcalf]

I made them, and they turned out great! Thank you. They were the best ones that I've ever had. Never thought making them would be so easy lol

[tmrogers]

Took my 8-months pregnant wife to Joes Shanghai in Chinatown, she ate 48 xiaolongbao on her own. Soup dumplings are legit