30-Minute Dinner: Spicy Dumpling Soup

30-Minute Dinner: Spicy Dumpling Soup

from realsimple.com
30 min

This spicy dumpling soup recipe is a breeze thanks to ready-made frozen dumplings. It's a spicy soup perfect for a cold day.

Ingredients

  • 4 scallions3 Tbsp. toasted sesame oil
  • 1 5-oz.pkg. sliced fresh shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 1 1/2-in. piece fresh ginger, peeled and cut into thin matchsticks (about 2 Tbsp.)
  • 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped (about 1 Tbsp.)
  • 5 cups lower-sodium vegetable broth
  • 5 Tbsp.lower-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp. seasoned rice vinegar
  • 16 frozen miniature vegetable dumplings or potstickers (9 1/2 oz. total)4 small heads baby bok choy, trimmed, leaves separated
  • 1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. chili crisp, plus more for topping(optional)

Directions

  1. 1

    Thinly slice scallions, separating white and light green parts from dark green parts.

  2. 2

    Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium. Add mushrooms, ginger, garlic, and white and light green scallion slices; cook, stirring often, until mixture is fragrant and starting to soften, about 5 minutes.

  3. 3

    Pour broth, soy sauce, and vinegar into pan. Bring to a boil over medium-high. Reduce heat and simmer, undisturbed, for 5 minutes. Stir in frozen dumplings and bok choy. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until dumplings float to surface and bok choy is tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in chili crisp.

  4. 4

    Serve soup topped with dark green scallion slices and, if desired, more chili crisp.