Ok I've made this many many times now and it's such a good, low effort, tasty, filling, and healthy (?) homecooked meal that can be ready in 15 min
small amount of aromatic veggies (onion, garlic, ginger root, green onion whites, etc.)*
chopped mushrooms (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED but not required)
~spoonful of some sort of broth paste (I use half white miso and half "better than bullion" chicken but chef's choice. I DO think combining them helps though lol)
MSG (<3) or salt + any other seasonings you like (I always add chili flakes and black pepper)
~5 frozen dumplings** (it's fun to put the sauce packets from frozen dumpling packs into the soup too)
bok choy or green onion greens or any other leafy green that would be good in a soup
Put a small pot on the stove, drizzle oil of choice, and turn on the heat to medium
Chop your aromatics and add em to the pot
If you have mushrooms, chop and add some here too
Let it sizzle for a minute or so
Put ~1 and ½ cups of water in the pot and increase heat to medium high
Once the water is boiled (should be by now) throw in your dumplings, cover, reduce heat to ~medium low, and wait ~5 min.
Add your leafy greens in and wait for a few more min
Pour into a bowl, let cool, and enjoy :>
*Tip!!! You can pre-chop/grate a bunch of these and put them in a container to make making this even easier. If I plan to make this several times throughout the week I'll prep a bunch and throw it in a container. You could even chop a bunch and freeze for long term storage
**I've become obsessed with this meal but didn't like how quickly I went through bags of frozen dumplings so I bought some wonton wrappers and made my own! I overfill them and can't fold them well so they're just rectangles 😭 But they still taste great! It took a lot of effort but I made 50+ and even eating this meal fairly regularly I still have about half the bag left
I love this meal cause it is very easy and you can make it on a whim with little planning. No measurements besides the water, it's easy to scale up or down to share, and it's still pretty good if all you have is garlic or onion, broth, and dumplings. You can also make the soup itself ahead of time easy and just boil dumplings as needed too!
I do think it's best with more veggies though, and they're good for you so please add as many as you can. I really like dumplings cause you get some good protein and flavor from the filling but the wrapper fills my desire for noodles. I think this soup gets too filling adding noodles to it but it can be done. Really I came up with this after adding frozen dumplings to instant ramen, then figuring I could do away with the noodles entirely and just make my own soup. This hits the spot for me in the same way, I've been making it for several months and I never get tired of it!
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