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What is authentic Chinese hot and sour soup dumpling(suantang shuijiao)

Today I went to dumpling house for lunch with my friend. I ordered a beef noodle soup and she had a Chinese hot and sour dumpling soup. However,  we were totally surprised by the dumpling soup when it came. It was basically adding dumplings to American version hot spicy and sour soup. Speaking of hot spicy and sour soup, it was barely mentioned in articles on "Chinese Dishes That Real Chinese People Don't Eat", but I have to say the overseas version is really different with the authentic Chinese version. Nevertheless, this is not today's topic. Before talking about authentic Chinese hot and sour dumpling soup(suantang shuijiao), let's have a look at comparison of two dishes.

Authentic Chinese hot and sour soup dumpling (suantang shuijiao)

The version in dumpling house


As a matter of fact, Chinese hot and sour soup dumpling is popular in Xi'an, capital city of Shanxi Province, China. This actually can be easily made at home. 

My version of hot and sour soup dumpling:
1. Personal favourite flavour of dumplings from Chinese grocery.
2. Soup ingredients: sesame seeds, cilantro, minced leek,chilli
3. Seasoning: salt, soy source, vinegar, ginger and white pepper


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