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My Favorite Chinese Food: Dumplings!

Hi everyone! My name is Xiaoming and I'm 10 years old. Today I want to tell you all about my absolute favorite food from China - dumplings! Dumplings are little pouches of dough stuffed with delicious fillings like pork, vegetables, or even sweet things like red bean paste. They are so yummy and fun to eat. Let me explain why I love them so much!

First of all, dumplings look really cool. They aren't just boring blobs of food. Each dumpling is carefully folded into an interesting shape, kind of like a little purse or parcel. The most common shape is curved like a crescent moon. But some dumplings have fancy folds and twists to make them look like little works of art! My mom is really good at folding the dough into different shapes like bunnies, flowers, and even tiny baskets. It's amazing what you can do with a simple ball of dough. The dumplings come in many different colors too, from bright yellow to pale white to speckled green.

Even better than how dumplings look is how they taste. The fillings can be just about anything - savory pork mixed with cabbage and ginger, chicken and mushrooms, shrimp with

bamboo shoots, or just plain vegetable like spinach and tofu. Sweet dumplings might have sweet bean paste or bananas inside. My personal favorite is when my grandma makes dumplings stuffed with juicy pork and aromatic Chinese chives. The dough on the outside is soft and chewy while the inside is bursting with intense flavors. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water! The fun part is the sauce you dip the dumplings in. In the north of China, people love to dip them in a mixture of soy sauce, vinegar, julienned ginger, garlic and sesame oil. The sauce is bold, salty and a tiny bit spicy. Down south, people prefer a tangy sauce made of rice vinegar, soy sauce, julienned carrots and green onions. Sometimes my family adds a little chili oil or chili crisp on top to make the dumplings extra spicy and numbing. You can really customize your dipping sauce to your own taste! Making dumplings is almost as fun as eating them. It's a big production that the whole family gets involved in. My grandma is the master dumpling maker, but she lets me help too. First, we make the dough by mixing together flour, water and a pinch of salt until it becomes a smooth, stretchy ball. Then comes the fun part - rolling the dough out super thin and cutting it into little circles with a special round cutter.

Next, we prepare the filling. If it's going to be pork

dumplings, we take ground pork and mix it together with finely chopped cabbage, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil and white pepper. The mixture gets spooned into the middle of each dough circle before we carefully crimp and fold the edges to seal them up nice and tight. I'm not very good at this part yet - sometimes my dumplings get ripped or the filling spills out. But Grandma is so patient with me and lets me keep trying. Once all the little pouches are assembled, we can choose whether to boil, steam or fry them.

My favorite way to eat dumplings is when they're pan fried. This makes them crispy and golden on the bottom while the top part is steamed and soft. Boiling dumplings keeps them nice and light. Steaming helps the dough stay really tender and fluffy. No matter how you cook them, you have to be careful not to overstuff the dumplings or the wrappers could burst open. That would be such a mess - and a waste of all that yummy filling! As much as I love eating dumplings, I think the best part is making them with my family. It's a tradition that connects me to my Chinese heritage. We'll all squeeze around the table, chatting, laughing and wrapping up batch after batch. Grandma shows us all her special folding tricks that have been passed down for

generations. Dad likes to sneak bites of the raw filling when no one is looking. Mom always has to make extra because we inevitably eat quite a few before they even hit the pan! It's quality time spent together while keeping our culture alive. I really hope you all get a chance to try Chinese dumplings someday. They are little flavor explosions that you can hold right in your hand. Plus, dumplings bring people together through the whole process of making them. I'm so proud of this famous food from my home country. If you visit China, definitely look for dumplings on the menu or try making them at home. Just be prepared - after one bite, you'll be completely hooked like me! Let me know if you ever want my grandma's top-secret filling recipe. Dumplings for life!