Chinese Soup Dumplings

In a pot, add cold water and pork rinds. Cook for around 5 minutes after boiling until the pork skin becomes slightly transparent. Transfer the pork rind out and rinse in running water. Remove impurities and fat layer. Cut the pork rind into small strips.

In a high-pressure cooker or pot, add enough water to cover the pork rinds. Add fresh ginger and several scallion sections. Cook for at least 40 minutes for a high-pressure cooker and at least one and a half hours for an ordinary cooker. Leave the soup to cool down.

Use a food processor to blend for a few seconds. Then filter the soup once. Pour into an airtight container and refrigerate overnight.

In a small bowl, soak fresh ginger and scallion with hot water for around 10 minutes.

In a large mixing bowl, mix the ginger and green onion water with the ground pork in three batches. Use your hand to stir in one direction until the water is completely absorbed by the minced pork.

Add oyster sauce, light soy sauce, salt, sesame oil, and granulated sugar. Mix well and set aside for 10 minutes for better absorption.

Mince the pork jelly and mix with the ground pork filling.

Add all-purpose flour and water in a mixing bowl and then knead the dough until smooth and stretchy. This may need 15 to 20 minutes depending on your kneading skill. You can also use a mixer.

Cover with a wet cloth and rest for 20 minutes.

Dust your board and re-knead the dough for around 5 minutes and then further roll into a long log. Cut the log into small sections of similar weight. Press the sections and roll out to a round wrapper. During the process, remember to cover everything under a wet cloth to avoid drying out.

Prepare your bamboo steamer; cover the steamer with cloth, zongzi leaves, or brush some oil on the surface so that the dumplings will not stick to the steamer.

Assemble the soup dumplings one by one by putting a small amount of filling in the center of a wrapper and pinching the sides together.

Twist the folds to the center and seal the hole in the top at the very last step.

Place the dumplings on the steamer. Remember to leave some spaces between each other. Set up the steamer and steam for around 8 to 10 minutes after the water is boiling.