The dumplings are cooked in hot water. First boil the water, and then put the dumplings. Change the fire, do not let the water boil up as appropriate, if the water boils up, you can properly add some cold water down. Gently push the dumplings, do not stir hard, stir hard dumplings will break the skin. Cook until the dumplings float on the water surface can be eaten.

Why can't soup dumplings be cooked in cold water

You can't cook soup dumplings in cold water, otherwise the dumplings will either be pinched or mushy. If you use cold water in the pot, the frozen dumplings, not through the high temperature to quickly condense its surface layer of glutinous rice skin, so that it is well wrapped around the internal filling, to ensure that the next cooking process does not happen to boil rotten, the phenomenon of the filling, and hot water in the pot to cook dumplings can be achieved this purpose.

How long to cook dumplings

Fresh dumplings can be cooked for about 7 minutes, see the dumplings floating up is almost good. Frozen dumplings take longer to cook and need about 10 minutes.

If it is frozen dumplings, first take out the frozen dumplings, put them at room temperature, and then put the dumplings in after the water boils, and then the dumplings float up, add cold water once, and then float up on it. Of course, you can take out a dumpling after the dumpling is done and open it to see if the filling inside is melted and the skin outside is cooked, so you can determine whether it is cooked or not.

Already cooked dumplings should be immediately removed from the pot, so as to avoid the dumplings in the pot for a long time to stick together. If you can't finish the dumplings, you should fish them out and place them in clean, cold water to preserve them.