All paranoia and conspiracy theories aside, however, the move by Qianxihe seems to have done little to spur its rival food suppliers to follow suit by also going organic — companies like Synear Food (the exclusive supplier
of frozen dumplings) and McDonald's have insisted they need not make any special provisions for the games.
We bought a bag
of frozen dumplings to take home and were off again, munching happily.
Korean food markets in the Dallas area carry many of the same products, although you might be surprised at the number, type, and variety available: cans of sweetened red beans, big bags
of frozen dumplings, whole heads of pickled garlic, jars of bright red hot - pepper paste, packages of dried zucchini, giant fresh Korean pears the size of large grapefruits, fresh soy and mung bean sprouts, salted fish, several kinds of rice (from white to beige to black), and more types of packaged dried noodles than you probably ever knew existed.
It's also not a bad idea to have, as back - up,
some of those frozen dumpling skins I abhor and even a couple of bags of frozen dumplings just in case things go wrong.
Not exact matches
I only used about half the stock this rendered in the chicken and
dumplings so I was able to
freeze a good amount
of leftovers!
i heat up vegetable broth and throw in six
frozen veggie
dumplings (always six) plus 1/2 C shelled edamame and a squirt
of sriracha or korean chile paste.
I ended up using half
of the
dumplings in the broth and
froze the rest for another night.
Here's an original that I just cooked for lunch: serves two 2 quarts water 1 single - serving package Wakame seaweed soup mix 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 tablespoons sesame seeds 2 tablespoons soy sauce 8 oz (one bundle)
of Japanese Soba (buckwheat) noodles 16
frozen vegetarian
dumplings (Assi brand Korean chive
dumplings) Boil the water and add the Wakame soup mix, the garlic, the sesame seeds, and the soy sauce.
Tip: Make
dumplings ahead
of time and
freeze for up to 1 month for an easy weeknight meal!
I pack soup,
of course, but also turkey and bean chili; vegetarian chili; whole grain spaghetti and turkey meatballs; steamed Asian
dumplings; all - natural ravioli or tortellini; a
frozen, all - natural saag paneer (an Indian spinach dish) my daughter likes, and much more.
I sometimes would bring home a
frozen package
of their liver
dumplings to make soup at home.