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Zha Cai Pork Soup with Boiled Dumplings

ザーサイの旨味スープに水餃子がダイブ!あっさり派に捧ぐ黄金の一杯

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For Women Staple Food Crunchy Soup Dumplings

Description

A soup dumpling dish gentle on the stomach with fun textures, loading freshly boiled dumplings into a clear, rich broth infused with julienned Zha Cai and pork umami.

Restaurants serving Zha Cai Pork Soup with Boiled Dumplings

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • Boiled dumplings
  • Zha Cai
  • Lean pork
  • Chicken broth
  • Sesame oil

Instructions

  1. [Authentic Recipe]
  2. [Soup Ingredients] Finely julienne (Si) desalted Zha Cai and lean pork seasoned with soy sauce, wine, and potato starch.
  3. Heat oil in a pot, sauté scallions and ginger, then fragrantly stir-fry the pork and Zha Cai together.
  4. Pour plenty of chicken (or pork) broth, season with soy sauce, salt, and white pepper, and bring to a boil (always taste as Zha Cai releases salt).
  5. [Boiled Dumplings] Boil Taiwanese boiled dumplings packed with pork and cabbage in another pot.
  6. Place boiled dumplings in a large bowl, generously pour the hot Zha Cai Pork Soup, ingredients and all.
  7. Drizzle sesame oil and scatter chopped scallions to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips

Key spices

Unique fermented flavor of Zha Cai and White pepper

Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets

Store-bought seasoned Zha Cai, Frozen boiled dumplings

Pairing

Cold dishes like Century Egg Tofu

Trivia

[For Women] One of Taiwan's 'Big Three Soup Dumplings' alongside Beef Broth and Suanla Tang. The lightest of them; Zha Cai's saltiness and acidity highlight the pork umami, making it a healing menu you can gulp down, soup and all, even with no appetite.

Eating tips & etiquette

[Unique Eating] Simultaneously chew the contrast between the chewy dumpling skin and the 'crunchy, crisp' hard texture of the Zha Cai!

Allergen

Wheat, Pork, Soy, Sesame

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