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Inspired by xiao long bao, steamed Chinese soup dumplings from the Jiangsu province, TJ’s Steamed Pork & Ginger Soup Dumplings feature hot soup, pork and ginger encased in a doughy exterior.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

Chicken and Dumplings float in a thyme-scented broth enriched with cream; the fluffy buttermilk dumplings melt in your mouth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

More than 61,000 pounds of the grocer’s frozen Steamed Chicken Soup Dumplings have been recalled this week because of a possible extra ingredient: bits of plastic from someone’s pen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2024

Three miles north, T Dumplings House hawks various meat and seafood dumplings, fried pot stickers and steamed buns.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023

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From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady