
Yuanbao Dumplings
Gold-ingot shaped dumplings with pumpkin-tinted wrappers enclosing a napa cabbage and scallion filling, boiled or steamed for a lucky New Year bite.
Instructions
- 1

Wash and chop the baby cabbage, and wash the green onions and chop them into small pieces.
- 2

Add a spoonful of salt to the chopped cabbage and marinate for 10 minutes.
- 3

Add a small spoon of salt to the flour.
- 4

Spoon of pumpkin powder.
- 5

Add an appropriate amount of water and stir until it becomes a flaky texture.
- 6

Knead into a smooth dough.
- 7

Sprinkle dry flour on the cutting board.
- 8

Roll the dough into a large flatbread, sprinkling dry flour as you roll.
- 9

Roll the dough into sheets 0.1mm thick.
- 10

Use a round mold (about 7–8 cm) to press into a circle.
- 11

Sprinkle a thin layer of dry powder on the surface.
- 12

The dumpling wrappers are ready.
- 13

Squeeze the water out of the pickled cabbage slightly, and chop the pork belly into minced meat.
- 14

Then chop the cabbage and minced meat together, mixing as you chop, until it becomes cabbage and meat filling.
- 15

Add an egg, light soy sauce, salt, and a little water to the minced meat and mix evenly.
- 16

Add the chopped green onions and continue stirring.
- 17

Stir until it becomes elastic.
- 18

Take a dumpling wrapper and place the filling in the center of the wrapper.
- 19

Fold in half, pressing the two edges of the dough together.
- 20

The semicircle faces inward.
- 21

Cross and overlap the two corners.
- 22

Wrap it into the shape of an ingot.
- 23

The wrapped gold ingot can sit steadily.
- 24

Boil water in the pot.
- 25

Put the dumplings into boiling water and gently push them with a spatula to prevent the dumpling wrappers from sticking to the pot.
- 26

After boiling for a few minutes, wait until the dumplings float, then add a little cold water and bring it to a boil again.
- 27

The golden cabbage yuanbao dumplings are ready to be enjoyed.
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Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- Chinese cabbage (baby cabbage)1 piece
- pork belly500g
- Egg1 piece
- Flour250g
- Pumpkin powder5g
- Waterto taste
Seasonings
- table saltto taste
- light soy sauce1 tsp
- chicken essencea pinch
- table salt1 tsp
- Edible oila pinch
- Black vinegar1 tsp
- light soy sauce1 tsp
Auxiliary Ingredients
- Scallion2 stick