Asian Dumpling Soup

A comforting Asian soup featuring tender pot stickers in a flavorful chicken broth with Napa cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, peas, and scallions, finished with a touch of sesame oil.

4 servings
16 min

Ingredients

  • 1 package frozen Asian dumplings
  • 5 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
  • 3 cups thinly sliced Napa cabbage
  • 2 cups sliced shiitake mushroom caps
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • ½ cup frozen peas
  • ½ cup chopped scallions
  • 1 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • teaspoon black pepper

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Cook dumplings in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling unsalted water, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, 5 to 8 minutes. (Cut into a dumpling to check filling.) Remove pot from heat and keep dumplings warm in hot water.

    8 min

  2. 2.

    While dumplings cook, bring chicken broth to a boil in a 4- to 6-quart heavy pot. Add cabbage, mushrooms, and carrots and boil, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes, then add peas and cook 2 minutes. Stir in scallions, sesame oil, salt, and pepper and boil until all vegetables are tender, about 1 minute.

    6 min

  3. 3.

    Divide dumplings among 4 soup bowls with a slotted spoon. Ladle soup over dumplings.

    2 min