Continuing my journey through Hetty McKinnon's excellent To Asia, With Love cookbook, I next turned to her dumpling salad approach to mix up my frozen dumpling game (and maybe justify eating more dumplings!).
The result was pretty satisfying - particularly her simple salty dumpling sauce. I think I'll probably use the approach as a base for future salads (or future dumplings? Hard to classify this!).
Basically throw some cooked dumplings on top of a simple bed of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs, scallions, chiles - whatever you have on hand - and top with the simple sesame-laden dumpling sauce. You get textural contrast btwn. the crisp lettuce, vegetables, and soft dumplings and a nice savory dressing.
I think a miso-based dressing may be good to substitute in future attempts for slightly more nuanced flavors and a bit of sweetness as well.
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