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Home Recipes Dim Sum

Dim Sum

Dim Sum is a Chinese meal of small dishes, shared with hot tea, usually around brunch time. Our Dim Sum recipe collection covers many of your favorite dim sum dishes, including Shumai, Spring Rolls, Steamed Pork Buns (Char Siu Bao), and Egg Tarts (Dan Tat). We’re constantly adding new ones, so come back here to browse what we have!

Dim Sum: All Recipes

Siu Mai Recipe

Siu Mai with Pork & Shrimp

crystal dumplings with chili oil

Steamed Crystal Dumplings

Beef Curry Puffs, by thewoksoflife.com

Chinese Curry Puffs with Beef

Chinese Egg Tarts

Hong Kong Egg Tarts

Char Siu Bao, thewoksoflife.com

Chinese BBQ Pork Buns (Baked Char Siu Bao Recipe)

Chinese Sesame Balls

Sesame Balls

Bai Tang Gao, thewoksoflife.com

White Sugar Sponge Cake (Bai Tang Gao – 白糖糕)

Watercress Steamed Meatballs, thewoksoflife.com

Watercress Steamed Meatballs

Steamed Shanghai Soup Dumplings (Xiaolongbao), by thewoksoflife.com

Soup Dumplings (Xiaolongbao – 小笼包)

Steamed Pork Buns (Baozi), thewoksoflife.com

Steamed Pork Buns (Baozi)

20-Minute Congee Recipe, by thewoksoflife.com

20-Minute Congee (皮蛋瘦肉粥)

Homemade Spring Rolls, by thewoksoflife.com

Cantonese Spring Rolls

Drizzling sauce over zhaliang, thewoksoflife.com

Zhaliang (Fried Dough Rice Noodle Rolls)

Shrimp Rice Noodle Rolls (Ha Cheung), by thewoksoflife.com

Shrimp Rice Noodle Rolls (Shrimp Cheung Fun or “Ha Cheung”)

Ma Lai Go Chinese Steamed Cake, by thewoksoflife.com

Ma Lai Go Chinese Steamed Cake

Cha Guo, by thewoksoflife.com

Cantonese Cha Guo Savory Rice Cakes

Jianshui Zong (Alkaline Rice Dumplings - 碱水粽), by thewoksoflife.com

Jianshui Zong (Alkaline Rice Dumplings – 碱水粽)

Steamed Vegetable Buns, by thewoksoflife.com

Steamed Vegetable Buns

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