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Easy Dumpling Soup

October 8, 2024

Frozen potstickers make this fragrant, warming, easy Asian dumpling soup recipe a total breeze.

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Got 10 Minutes? Make This Cozy Potsticker Soup.

Cooking frozen potstickers is super easy—can you boil water? Then you can boil broth! And if you can boil broth, you can make this soup. Our easy dumpling soup recipe basically takes the simple work of boiling dumplings and magically turns it into soup-making. We add big, bold flavors to the broth that the frozen potstickers simmer in—think soy sauce, fresh ginger, garlic—and when the potstickers are cooked, the soup is done. Magic. For another magically easy soup recipe, try our gingery vegetable soup.

dumpling soup in a large a black pot

A Veggie-Laden Asian Dumpling Soup

This magically quick recipe isn’t just fast, though. It’s pretty darn healthy, too! In fact, this potsticker soup can quite easily be made into a vegan or vegetarian dumpling soup! Just use veggie stock and a meatless frozen dumpling, and you’ve got yourself a hearty vegetarian soup.

All you’ll need is:

  • Sesame oil
  • Ginger, garlic and scallions.
  • Soy sauce or tamari.
  • Stock, chicken or veggie. (or, you can always use Better Than Bouillon—definitely one of our top five pantry staples.)
  • Frozen potstickers
  • Carrots and fresh spinach—these two are our faves, but you can always play around with other veggies you’d like to add!
ingredients for easy dumpling soup in small bowls

What Are Potstickers?

“Potsticker” is a blanket term that most of us in the U.S. use to refer to Chinese dumplings, usually filled with some kind of minced, seasoned pork. “Gyoza” is a Japanese word for dumplings that are super similar to the “potsticker” variety of pan-fried Chinese dumplings that most of us are used to eating in restaurants. While the world of Asian dumplings is a vast one, all you really need to know for making this dumpling soup is that just about any frozen dumplings you love will work! At Trader Joe’s, frozen dumplings are actually labeled “Gyoza Potstickers”—apparently they decided it was safest to just go ahead and use both terms. And we’re down with that! No need to get too hung up on monikers—just eat up!

julienned carrots, green onions, garlic and ginger in a pot with broth
mini pot stickers in a pot with broth, carrots and green onions for dumpling soup
pot of homemade dumpling soup topped with fresh baby spinach
large pot of homemade dumpling soup topped with green onions and black sesame seeds

How to Make Dumpling Soup:

This potsticker soup is easily the best meal you can make in ten minutes. It’s so fast and easy, it barely feels like it qualifies as a recipe. Here’s how to cook potsticker soup:

  1. Sauté garlic and ginger in a little sesame oil.
  2. Create your soup base! Add stock, soy sauce, green onions and carrots.
  3. Dumpling time! Gently add the frozen dumplings and let the soup boil for a few minutes.
  4. Kill the heat and stir in the spinach. When the spinach is wilty, the soup is ready!
bowl of easy dumpling soup with chop sticks and a striped linen

Tools You’ll Need:

black pot filled with potsticker soup topped with green onions and black sesame seeds

4 Fast Soup Recipes to Keep You Cozy All Season Long

From Thailand to China and beyond, we often turn to Asian flavors to perk up our favorite soup recipes. Here are four Asian-inspired soup recipes that we have on repeat this season:

Is It Wonton Soup? Dumpling Soup? Potsticker Soup? What the Heck Is It?

Honestly, you could call this simple soup any of the above. Whatever else you call it, we hope you call it delicious. If you try this recipe, let us know how you liked it! Snap a photo of your dumpling soup and tag us on Instagram using @themodernproper and #themodernproper.Happy eating!

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Easy Dumpling Soup

  • Serves:  6
  • Prep Time:  5 min
  • Cook Time:  15 min
  • Calories:  277

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoon minced, fresh ginger
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 6 cups chicken stock
  • 3 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
  • ½ bunch green onions, thinly sliced
  • 2 large carrots, julienned (or 1 cup if using pre cut)
  • 1 (24 ounce) bag frozen mini dumplings, potstickers, or wontons
  • 2 cups fresh spinach, packed
  • sea salt, to taste
  • 1 teaspoon sesame seeds, optional

Method

  1. Heat sesame oil in a soup pot set over medium heat. Add the garlic and ginger and sauté until fragrant, about 3 minutes.

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  2. Add chicken stock, soy sauce, green onions and carrots to the pot and bring to a boil. Add the dumpling (potstickers) to the pot and bring back up to a boil. Cook for 4 minutes.

    mini pot stickers in a pot with broth, carrots and green onions for dumpling soup
  3. Remove from heat and stir in spinach. Season with salt to taste. Serve topped with sesame seeds and fresh green onions.

    large pot of homemade dumpling soup topped with green onions and black sesame seeds

Nutrition Info

  • Per Serving
  • Amount
  • Calories 277
  • Protein 14 g
  • Carbohydrates 42 g
  • Total Fat 7 g
  • Dietary Fiber 3 g
  • Cholesterol 37 mg
  • sodium 873 mg
  • Total Sugars 6 g

Easy Dumpling Soup

Questions & Reviews

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  • Nancy

    Can this be made in a slow cooker?

    We do not have slow cooker instructions at this time.

  • Bonnie

    what about using bok choy in soup?

    You can add it if you'd like!

  • Charlotte

    I am looking at the nutrition info ans wondering if you used unsalted broth, reduced sodium broth, or regular broth for this recipe (and others, too). Trying to reduce sodium intake at our house. :) thanks!

    We used regular broth. You can definitely use reduced sodium broth. You can also skip the 1/2 teaspoon of salt to reduce sodium if you are ok with the flavor. Hope you enjoy Charlotte!

  • María

    Can I use a Dutch oven for this recipe? Thanks!

    Sure!

  • Willow

    Can’t wait to make this! Got your fave go to potstickers and if so where do you buy them?

    We've used all kinds!

  • jude

    what a brilliant recipe. so easy. so fast. so warm. so nourishing. prepared exactly as written, always the way to go the first time. as the pot sat on the stove after my husband's first taste, he asked for more spinach, so i doubled it. the only change i will make next time is to sub in coconut aminos for the soy sauce, which have much less sodium. the soup was a bit too salty for my very low sodium palate. otherwise, perfection! with fall and winter upon us this is a soup i will be making all the time. thank you so much!

    Thanks Jude, so happy you love it!

  • Jennifer

    Needed comfort food and this absolutely hit the spot. Threw in a random assortment of frozen dumplings, topped my bowl with a little chili crisp. Divine.

    Thanks Jennifer, we are so happy you loved it!

  • Ann

    Delicious! I omitted salt and added mushrooms and white pepper. Will be making again!

    Thanks Ann, so happy you loved it!

  • Cheryl

    OMGoodness! This was so easy & tastes amazing! I like that it's healthy too. My food critic in the house (son) raved about it last night, then again when he had leftovers for breakfast! Much appreciated - thank you :-)

    Thanks Cheryl, so glad you & the family loved it!

  • Kara

    Delicious! I subbed kale for the spinach because we prefer cooked kale over spinach. Our girls loved it!

    Thanks Kara, so glad you loved it!