Sunday, February 14, 2010

Dumplings for Valentine's

This wasn't our year for the superbowl, but this is our year of the tiger. So happy lunar/chinese/korean new year everyone, or as my mother-in-law would say, xin nian kuai le! For the new year we set a new tradition. Dumplings. Lots and lots of dumplings...from scratch! We had so much fun making our little dumplings and cooking mandu dduk-gook (rice cake soup).

The filling - ground pork, beef, chives, and tofu 

 Richard likes a lot of filling in his dumpling. He made some beautiful looking dumplings, must be in his chinese blood.

I couldn't resist! Sorry if it offends you, but c'mon, isn't it hilarious?! 

  
The final product - boil or fry dumpling...hungry

cooking soup & dumplings 

  
prepping garnish for dduk gook!



the fruits of our labor - dinner! it was fabulous & delicious! 

full & happy :)

Posted by at

11 comments:

  1. Nate2/14/10, 11:04 PM

    Did any of them have marshmallows in it?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hanna Lo2/14/10, 11:05 PM

    hahaha no! i bet if a couple of guys were here .. there would be marshmallows, garlic, sriracha and whatever else!

    ReplyDelete
  3. junia2/14/10, 11:25 PM

    WOW RLO!! HAHAH i lOVE how the chinese styles are different from our korean, no nonsense style.

    i thought dumpling filling was supposed to be hard!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Janet2/14/10, 11:41 PM

    i like traditions!

    ReplyDelete
  5. dan tsai2/15/10, 4:27 AM

    those look like tortellini

    and they all look DELICIOUS

    ReplyDelete
  6. Su-Chu2/15/10, 10:18 PM

    The fried dumplings are called "Guo Tie" in Chinese. The soup looks very delicious.

    ReplyDelete
  7. xtine2/16/10, 1:22 AM

    oooooooooo that ddukmandooguk looks BOMB.
    hanna, i still haven't been to your place :( :(

    ReplyDelete
  8. DEBORAH2/16/10, 12:58 PM

    wowwww goood job!!!! the chinese-shaped dumplings are pretty fabulous

    ReplyDelete
  9. lena2/17/10, 4:49 PM

    this...
    is so cute
    =)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Anonymous2/21/10, 9:48 PM

    HANNA! you must teach me. I LOVEEEEEE ddukgooooook!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Michael Chu2/22/10, 12:06 PM

    I'm coming over next Chinese new years. I like the fried dumplings ;)
    I also want to try some of that orange chocolate ice cream! I have a big sweet tooth as well

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)