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Steamed Shrimp Dumplings with Dipping Sauce

After trying shrimp dumplings at PF Changs, I fell in love with them and wanted to try to duplicate the dumplings and sauce. After a few tries, I came up with this recipe. My husband and I think that these dumplings are better than those at the restaurant! For how-to photos on how to make and fold these shrimp dumplings, please make sure to check out the related blog link.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Why it works: Shrimp and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,382 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep35 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Contains: soy, shellfish, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Shrimp + saucetop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Carrot + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Ginger + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Onion + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, onion, ginger, garlic, sesame, sauce, sugar):

  1. Welsh onionbetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, onion, ginger, garlic, sesame, sauce, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).