Xiao Long Bao Recipe

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Line your steamer basket with parchment paper or cabbage leaves to prevent sticking. Place your dumplings with space between them—they puff up and get clingy. Steam for exactly 8 minutes over boiling water.

While you wait, prepare your dipping sauce: black vinegar, slivered ginger, and maybe a drop of chili oil. This is the moment. The timer dings, you lift the lid, and your kitchen smells like a dim sum house.

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The First Bite: A Glorious Revelation

Pick up a dumpling with your chopsticks—gently, like you’re holding a baby bird. Bite a small hole in the wrapper and blow on it (the soup is lava-hot, I promise).

Sip the broth. Savor the porky, gingery, umami wave that washes over your tongue. Then pop the rest in your mouth. You did this. With your own hands. Go you.