Category Archives: Vegan

Summer Project: Homemade Sriracha Sauce

Posted on October 11, 2020 by

I use Sriracha sauce to provide heat to my dumpling dipping sauce. This summer I decided to make Sriracha sauce from scratch, starting with growing my own Jalapeno pepper plants. As the peppers turned bright red I picked them and … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Making Bao

Posted on September 21, 2020 by

I tried making a multitude of bao this weekend – vegan curry beef steamed bao, red bean steamed bao, baked red bean bao and baked vegetable bao. For all of these buns I used the dough recipe from Mary’s Test … Continue reading →

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Kkaennip Jeon (Pan-fried Stuffed Perilla Leaves)

Posted on September 7, 2020 by

This dish is a type of Korean Jeon or pancake.  Optimally this Jeon is made by folding a large perilla leaf around filling, making it reminiscent of a dumpling.  Traditionally the filling is made of beef, but for this recipe … Continue reading →

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Vegan Curry Beef Buns

Posted on September 2, 2020 by

This recipe was derived from the Curry Beef Bun recipe at Mary’s Test Kitchen, but instead of using textured vegetable protein I used Impossible Burger for the filling.  I was really impressed with how these buns came out and the … Continue reading →

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Kite Hill Foods Vegan Ricotta Tortellini

Posted on August 2, 2020 by

Rating: I finally got around to trying Kite Hill’s third stuffed pasta offering, their Vegan Ricotta Tortellini.  My review of their outstanding Mushroom and Ricotta Ravioli is here, and my review of their Ricotta and Spinach Ravioli is here.  The … Continue reading →

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Steamed Scallion Buns (Hua Juan) Recipe

Posted on July 6, 2020 by

The ill planned re-openings in Southern and Western states and the abdication of the federal government in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has undone the hard won gains of the State level stay at home orders of March to May, … Continue reading →

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Kimchi Wrapped Tofu Jun

Posted on June 15, 2020 by

This dish is inspired by a variant of Kogi Jun, in which the meat patty is wrapped in Napa cabbage kimchi leaves before being coated in flour and egg wash and pan fried – Kimchi wrapped Kogi Jun. We made … Continue reading →

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Delicious Rendezvous Inspired Cooking

Posted on May 26, 2020 by

During the COVID-19 stay at home lock down I have become obsessed with Delicious Rendezvous, a Korean cooking show on the Viki streaming service.  The conceit of the show is that a celebrity chef, Baek Jong-won, and a group of … Continue reading →

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Crispy Bottom Veggie Buns by Woon.Heng

Posted on May 6, 2020 by

COVID-19 has me home doing a lot of cooking, some of which you can see on the Dumpling Hunter Instagram, but not so many dumplings thus far.  My first home cooked dumplings was a take on Woon.Heng’s recipe for Crispy … Continue reading →

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Kaju, Boston, MA

Posted on January 13, 2020 by

Usually when I am in Boston for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones‘ Hometown Throwdown shows, I also go to Boston’s Chinatown for dim sum.  This trip however, I went to Kaju, a small Korean restaurant, in Kenmore Square, conveniently near the … Continue reading →

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