Xin'an Steamed Soup Dumplings

Xin'an Steamed Soup Dumplings

　　　Xin'an steamed soup dumplings have a history of over 70 years and are well known along the thousand-mile Longhai Railway line. These dumplings are made with premium wheat flour for the wrappers, and a filling primarily of pork from the shoulder and hindquarters, mixed with an appropriate amount of green onions, yellow chives, Chinese cabbage heart, ginger, along with sugar, cooking wine, sesame oil, salt, monosodium glutamate, and more. The dough is blanched, rolled into thin wrappers, and shaped into crescent-shaped dumplings, which are then steamed in a basket for just ten minutes. Characteristics: wrappers as thin as paper, color like jade, a perfect blend of five flavors, delicious yet not greasy.