The differences are as follows:

1. Distinguish by appearance

Dumplings are generally made larger, one dumpling is about 15 grams, because the dumpling skin is large , so there are a lot of fillings inside. Common shapes of dumplings include pot-bellied dumplings and lace dumplings. Pot-bellied dumplings are usually made by adding fillings and "squeezing" them out by hand, which is suitable for boiled dumplings; lace dumplings are usually made by pinching out the lace with hands and then closing them, which is more suitable for steamed dumplings. When making dumplings, the edges must be pinched tightly, especially boiled dumplings.

Wontons are generally wrapped in small pieces, because the wonton skins are thin, so the fillings cannot be packed too much. Wontons can be divided into large wontons and small wontons. Large wontons are usually wrapped into a "yuanbao" shape, while small wontons are usually made into balls by hand. When wrapping wontons, it doesn't matter if there are a few gaps as long as the fillings don't separate from the wonton wrappers.

Dumplings are larger than wontons and contain more fillings than wontons. Dumplings need to be wrapped more tightly than wontons.

2. Distinguish it from the dough

The dough of dumplings is round. Because there are more fillings, the dumpling wrappers should be slightly thicker. Wheat flour is generally used to make dumpling wrappers. Hand-rolled dumpling wrappers will be more delicious. The dumpling wrappers should be chewy and chewy.

The dough of wontons is square, which can be square, rectangular or trapezoidal. Wonton wrappers are slightly thinner than dumpling wrappers. Wonton wrappers are generally made from wheat flour and starch. Most of them are processed by machines. Most of the wonton wrappers will be transparent. Small wonton wrappers are thin and translucent and taste smooth and smooth. Large wonton wrappers will also be. Slightly more transparent than dumpling wrappers. Dumpling wrappers are round, and those made by hand are the best. Wonton wrappers are square, and they are usually machine-processed. Dumpling wrappers are made from wheat flour, while wonton wrappers are made from wheat flour plus starch.

3. Distinguish by how to eat

Dumplings are divided into boiled dumplings, steamed dumplings and fried dumplings. Boiled dumplings are generally eaten dry and dipped in seasonings; steamed dumplings are steamed in a basket Then dip it in seasonings and eat it; fried dumplings are fried in oil and then eaten. The most common way to eat these three ways is dumplings, which are cooked with water and eaten. Generally, there is no need to make additional soup. They can be eaten directly after being cooked. Northerners like to drink it with the soup in which the dumplings are cooked. There is a saying of "the original soup turns into original". food” argument.

Wontons are divided into large wontons and small wontons. No matter what kind of wontons they are, you must put the cooked wontons into the cooked soup and eat them together. That is to say, to eat wontons, you must prepare the wonton soup in advance. , Wonton soup is crucial to a bowl of wontons. In recent years, a new way of eating wontons has emerged, which is to eat the cooked wontons mixed with sesame sauce, which is similar to the way of eating dumplings.