Fried Dumplings

Often called "pot stickers" for the way they stick to the pan while cooking, these fried versions of the classic dumpling are folded and stuffed with vegetables and meat.

Chinese Dumpling - Jiaozi

Dumplings Jiaozi are one of the major foods eaten during the Chinese New Year, and year round in the northern provinces.

They look like the golden ingots yuan bao used during the Ming Dynasty for money and the name sounds like the word for the earliest paper money, so serving them brings the promise of wealth, good luck and prosperity. Many families eat these at midnight on Chinese New Year's Eve so they have money at the changing of the years. Some cooks will even hide a clean coin in one for the most lucky to find.