Viral One Pan Baked Dumpling Dinner

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Viral One Pan Baked Dumpling Dinner

The Viral One Pan Baked Dumpling Dinner, but make it vegetarian and curry-free. It’s a dumpling dinner that can be prepared in under 30 minutes using store-bought frozen dumplings for ease. This dish includes the wonderful flavors of soy sauce, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, and umami-rich mushrooms.

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine American, Chinese, Thai

Keyword bake, baked, dumplings, weeknight meal

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Total Time 35

Servings servings

Calories 185kcal

Author Debi

Ingredients

13.5 ounce can full-fat coconut milk well shaken
½ cup water
1-2 cloves garlic minced, or ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger or ¼ teaspoon ground dried ginger
3 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari or coconut aminos
1 tablespoon rice vinegar I used brown rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2-3 cups fresh greens such as roughly chopped bok choy, kale pieces, spinach, or thinly sliced cabbage
1 cup sliced mushrooms brown or shiitake
1 bag frozen vegetarian dumplings or potstickers 14-16 ounces
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
¼ cup thinly sliced green onion
1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
chili crunch oil optional (I used Trader Joe’s crunchy chili onion)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400° F.
In a 13×9-inch casserole dish, whisk together the coconut milk, water, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil until well combined. Add the greens and sliced mushrooms to the dish and toss lightly to coat in the sauce. Nestle the frozen dumplings into the sauce in a single layer. Spoon sauce over the tops, making sure the dumplings are mostly submerged (they will not be completely covered by the sauce). Cover the casserole dish tightly with foil.
Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until the dumplings are heated through in the center. Remove the foil and return the dish to the oven for 5 additional minutes to lightly reduce the sauce and crisp up the tops of the dumplings.
Carefully remove from the oven and garnish the dish with cilantro, green onions, sesame seeds, and chili crunch oil. Taste before serving; add a splash more soy sauce if needed.

Notes

This one-pan dumpling dinner is flexible and forgiving. Use any vegetarian frozen dumplings you love, swap greens based on what you have, and adjust soy sauce to taste depending on dumpling saltiness. Chili crunch adds heat but is optional.

Makes about 5 servings, 3 dumplings per serving

If you have leftovers, take the dumplings out of the sauce a slotted spoon works well for this, and store the dumplings and sauce separately an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. This keeps the dumplings from absorbing more sauce and getting mushy in the sauce.

Reheat in the microwave or on the stove. Heat the sauce first, until hot, then add dumplings back in before serving.

Even though this is super easy to make for dinner, here’s a trick that will make it even faster. Prep the sauce ahead of time and keep it in the fridge for a couple days in an airtight container like a glass mason jar. When you’re ready to make it, just continue with the recipe as written.

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