This amazing Chinese dumpling sauce is so easy. It takes less than a minute to make and only three ingredients.
The asian sauce is perfect for dipping eggrolls, dumplings, pancakes or any of your favorite chinese favorites. Plus it only takes a few minutes and three simple ingredients.
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Chinese Dumpling Sauce is just like the one you get in chinese restaurants. It will take your dumplings to the next level. Use with your favorite recipe for dumplings or other Asian cuisine where you love soy sauce and rice vinegar.
Also, find some other great homemade sauce recipes to eat with your chinese cuisine.
If you’re looking for more sauce recipes, try these Tiger Sauce , Creamy Sriracha Sauce and Yum Yum Hibachi Sauce Recipe.
Why We Love This Dumpling Dipping Sauce Recipe
This recipe is easy, you can find most of the ingredients in most of large grocery stores or your local asian grocery store.
- 1 Minute: It only takes whisking the soy sauce and other ingredients together.
- Easy Ingredients: Fresh ingredients are great for this recipe serve with soup dumplings or use the sauce with anything you like.
- Adaptable: Can make it how you like it, to the basic dumpling sauce ingredients. Add grated ginger, toasted sesame oil chili flakes to this sauce for dumplings.
Chinese Dumpling Sauce Ingredient Notes
- Soy Sauce: The rich umami flavor of the soy sauce is the basis of the dish.
- Sweet chili sauce: The chili oil enhances the dipping sauce and gives a hint of sweet with the heat.
- Rice vinegar: The rice vinegar gives a satisfying tang to the sauce.
See my recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions for Best Dumpling Sauce
- Different Vinegar: Chinese Black vinegar is a grain-based vinegar—sometimes aged for years and sometimes infused with flavor. White wine vinegar will work as well.
- Oil substitution: Sesame oil can be a great flavor impact if used sparingly.
- Topping: Top this tangy sauce with some sesame seeds.
How to Make the Best Dumpling Sauce Recipe
This chinese dumpling sauce is perfect for homemade or store-bought dumplings. This is the best dumpling dipping sauce. It is so quick and easy.
These are the basic steps for making the best dipping sauce. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
Step 1: COMBINE
First, combine both ingredients in a small bowl.
Step 2: MICROWAVE
Then microwave the ingredient on high for 30 seconds.
Step 3: STIR
Finally, stir the Chinese Dumpling Sauce and serve with your favorite steam dumplings.
Recipe FAQs to Make Dumpling Sauce Recipe
Expert Tips for Making This Easy Dumpling Sauce Recipe
- Soy Sauce: Replace the regular soy sauce with low sodium or light soy sauce.
- Add More Heat: More red pepper flake adds more heat.
- Garlic: Minced garlic can add a savory element to the sauce.
- Topping: Chop green onions are a great top for this easy chinese potsticker sauce.
What to Serve with Chinese Dumpling Sauce
Chinese Dumpling Sauce
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Ingredients
- ¼ cup Soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Sweet chili sauce
- 1 teaspoon Rice vinegar
Instructions
- Combine both ingredients in a small, microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwave on high for 30 seconds.
- Stir to combine and serve.
Christina’s Notes
- Soy Sauce: Replace the regular soy sauce with low sodium or light soy sauce.
- Add More Heat: More red pepper flake adds more heat.
- Garlic: Minced garlic can add a savory element to the sauce.
- Topping: Chop green onions are a great top for this easy chinese potsticker sauce.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
Nutrition
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This recipe is my personal adaption of an ethnic-inspired recipe. It is not intended to be an authentic recipe. I’ve recreated this recipe because I enjoy the flavors and I want to encourage my readers to expand their tastes and try new flavor combinations. The recipe, ingredients, and processes may have been adapted to make the recipe accessible to the average American. I have provided links to authentic versions of the recipe in the post above. I encourage you to visit these pages and learn more about the traditional version(s) of this recipe.