JIAO ZI (CHINESE DUMPLINGS) with Watercress, Celery, and Shiitake
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I first shared this recipe two Lunar New Years ago, but because so many have continued to ask for it, and since we are celebrating the Lunar New Year season later this month, it feels fitting to include it again. Here's a version that my maternal father's line, have been making (and eating) for as long as we can all remember. The dumplings are called 'jiaozi', as it sounds like a word meaning 'bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new.' in Chinese. Dumplings are always made before midnight and eaten during the last hour of the old year and the first hour of the Lunar New Year. In very old traditions, some like to wrap a one-yuan, fifty-cent or ten-cent coin in some of the dumplings, as a token of good fortune for those who eat them. This is said to ensure good luck and prosperity in the New Year. (It would mean that eating is done with presence and caution, and is definitely not recommended if children will be partaking in the feast).
JIAO ZI (CHINESE DUMPLINGS) with Watercress, Celery, and Shiitake
JIAO ZI (CHINESE DUMPLINGS) with Watercress…
JIAO ZI (CHINESE DUMPLINGS) with Watercress, Celery, and Shiitake
I first shared this recipe two Lunar New Years ago, but because so many have continued to ask for it, and since we are celebrating the Lunar New Year season later this month, it feels fitting to include it again. Here's a version that my maternal father's line, have been making (and eating) for as long as we can all remember. The dumplings are called 'jiaozi', as it sounds like a word meaning 'bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new.' in Chinese. Dumplings are always made before midnight and eaten during the last hour of the old year and the first hour of the Lunar New Year. In very old traditions, some like to wrap a one-yuan, fifty-cent or ten-cent coin in some of the dumplings, as a token of good fortune for those who eat them. This is said to ensure good luck and prosperity in the New Year. (It would mean that eating is done with presence and caution, and is definitely not recommended if children will be partaking in the feast).