Steam the dumplings for at least 10 to 20 minutes to cook.
The dumplings can be steamed or boiled. Vegetarian-filled steamed dumplings can be steamed for 10 minutes or more over high heat, while meat-filled steamed dumplings need to reach 15 minutes or more to be cooked. When the skin of the dumplings is thicker, or the dumplings are bigger, or the frozen dumplings in the refrigerator are put directly into the pot for steaming, then the steaming time should be adjusted appropriately.
Precautions for steaming dumplings
Less fat meat and more vegetables, fat meat is high in fat and tastes better. But when we use fat meat as filling, and put some vegetable oil to flavor the filling, the fat content of the dumplings must be excessive, and the cholesterol content is excessive. Don't squeeze the water out of the vegetables, because they are not easy to wrap due to their high water content. We squeeze the water out in various ways every time before wrapping the dumplings, but this is not the right way to do it.
Some water-soluble vitamins and minerals are lost with water when squeezing water, especially water-soluble vitamins. But vegetables do not squeeze water higher water, we can also with a little rich in dietary fiber and minerals of fungi and algae food, such as mushrooms, fungus, fungus, kelp, wakame and other algae.