The Year of the Dumpling (TYOTD). The saga begins.

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Tonight is the first night we did everything from scratch. Dough, filling, sauces, all of it. Super fun and for our first time, I think it came out pretty well. We made wagyu sirloin yakitori just in case. 

It was pretty damn tasty. 

A few notes: the filling, chili oil, sauces, and steak were 100% on point. The dumplings were fantastic but we all agreed that the top (where they were pleated) were a bit clumsy and that led to a “doughy” bite on some
of them. For the first attempt, I’m pretty happy with how it all turned out. 

The filling:

The dough:

The dumplings: 

The wagyu yakitori:

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All in, it was a great start on TYOTD

Legume

Badasss.  Well done, and I see Janell doing all the work.

StillH2OEgger

That looks marvelous!

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Legume said:

Badasss.  Well done, and I see Janell doing all the work.

You expected any different? (Janell doing all the work) 

caliking

1000 likes!! I’m loving TYOTD already. 

Please invite us over when you make xiao long bao. They’re our favorite. 

ColtsFan

Bravo!

Looking forward to this ongoing adventure. And with all due respect, I'm going to be cursing you with every new dumpling post 

NDG

Nice!!  Loving TYOTD . .

thetrim

Need start for sure.  I'm just amazed that the best even made it into a dumpling.  That looked  incredible. 

Grader07

Nice looking meal there...  TYOTD!

Leopoldstoch

Great looking cook! Nice work!!

alaskanassasin

Those look great, I will be tuned in for sure!

JohnnyTarheel

Wow... that is over the top

SciAggie

Dang... There’s always someone around that just HAS to raise the bar to a new height. That’s a killer cook and I bet it was a ton of fun. 

dmchicago

Beautiful start to TYOTD.

What's the steaming technique?

lousubcap

Way to branch out and nail your opening act.  Congrats across the board.  

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dmchicago said:

Beautiful start to TYOTD.

What's the steaming technique?

Those bamboo steamer baskets in the pics fit on top of a sauce pan (with simmering water) on top of the stove. They steam in 7-8 minutes. 

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caliking said:

1000 likes!! I’m loving TYOTD already. 

Please invite us over when you make xiao long bao. They’re our favorite. 

We have done them before but I’m going to get mad at it this year. Perfect Xiao Long Bao is ultimately what this exercise is all about. 

Mickey

Hats off to you my friend..OUTSTANDING

HendersonTRKing

Love dumplings!!  Awesome cook!!

Botch

I'd hit those, I love dumplings.  

lkapigian

Yessssss!!

GATraveller

Thread of the year.

 I'm so lazy.

smokingal

That was quite the meal.  Bravo!

six_egg

In all my years on this site @The Cen-Tex Smoker has had great Documentation. Your post are so inviting. You make hard work seem easy.

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six_egg said:

In all my years on this site @The Cen-Tex Smoker has had great Documentation. Your post are so inviting. You make hard work seem easy.

That is very kind. Thank you. It's a great way for me to get my thoughts down in a place i know I can easily revisit.

EggObsessed

If ANYONE ever wondered where "TFJ" got her name, now we know!  Very impressive, you two.

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EggObsessed said:

If ANYONE ever wondered where "TFJ" got her name, now we know!  Very impressive, you two.

Ha ha. So true. She really is The Fabulous Janell

TideEggHead

Saweeeet! This looks amazing!

20stone

This does not bode well for the @stone family “no flour” portion of our plan. 

Crushing it a s always

fishlessman

local english pie house uses one of these for top crusts on the pub pies. this will increase dumpling production

Skiddymarker

Extraordinary! Great post. Have been down the make your own wrapper route, however we have a number of fantastic Asian markets around us and there are lots of different choices. Whether gyoza or dumpling/pot stickers lots of choices on the fillings. We tend to fall back on the classic cabbage and ground pork. Chili sauce has fantastic look and colour.