Chinese•quick
Easy 5-min. Dumpling Sauce (Customizable!)
This is the best dumpling sauce recipe made easy with minimal pantry ingredients! It's fully customizable, ready in just 5 minutes, cheaper and better than store-bought sauce. This flavorful sauce will instantly elevate your dumplings or wontons!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- No separate cook time
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 tbsp regular soy sauce (or light soy sauce)
- 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar (or rice vinegar)
- 1 tsp sesame oil (or substitute with a neutral oil)
- 1/2 tsp sesame seeds (optional)
- 1 tsp green onion (finely chopped, optional)
- 0.5 - 1 tsp chili oil (or as needed, optional)
- 1/2 tsp white granulated sugar (or cane sugar (recommended), optional)
- 1/2 tsp ginger (peeled and thinly sliced, optional)
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (for a spicy version, optional)
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl, combine regular soy sauce, black vinegar and sesame oil and mix well. This is your sauce base.
- 2
Next add all or some of the above suggested add-ons and mix into the sauce base. Enjoy with cooked store-bought or homemade dumplings!