Dumplings - 10 homemade recipes

Homemade dumplings are not easy to prepare, but a very tasty dish. It is important to roll out the dough as thin as possible, and it is imperative to add a finely chopped onion to the minced meat for juiciness. Dumplings are served with sour cream or tomato sauces, and poured with melted butter and herbs.

Homemade dumplings fried in a pan

Many people love delicious fried dumplings, but not everyone knows the secret of their quick and high-quality preparation. And this requires a little time and a minimum of ingredients. The dumplings are juicy on the inside with a beautiful golden crust on the outside.

Cooking time: 20 min. - cooking.

Cooking time: 5 min.

Servings - 2.

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  Pour oil into a deep frying pan and heat well.
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  Put the dumplings in one layer so that there is a little free space between them. Stir them immediately so that they are covered with vegetable oil on all sides.
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  Fry the semi-finished product for a few minutes on each side over medium heat, turning regularly so that the dumplings acquire a crispy crust.
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  As soon as the dumplings are browned, pour about 1 liter of boiling water into the pan, salt and pepper them. The liquid should cover about half the contents of the pan. Cook the dumplings covered over low heat until the water has completely evaporated. Periodically, the dumplings need to be turned over for more even cooking.
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  Serve fried dumplings with chopped herbs and fresh sour cream or ketchup. Bon Appetit!

Homemade dumplings with classic water dough with egg

Usually, for sculpting homemade dumplings, the dough is used as for pasta: with an egg and in clean water. In this recipe, the protein is additionally beaten, which makes the dough more plastic and soft: it is easier to sculpt a semi-finished product from it.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Wheat flour - 500 gr.
• Egg - 2 pcs.
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Water - 1 tbsp.
• For filling:
• Minced meat (pork, beef) - 400 gr.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Dill - ½ bunch.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. In a bowl, combine one whole egg with the yolk from the second, add salt and water.
2. Beat the whites of the second egg separately with a fork.
3. On the table, pour the flour in a slide and make a depression in the middle, into which you need to carefully pour the egg-water mixture and mix, and then carefully combine the whipped protein with the mass. Knead the dough for about 15 minutes, until it becomes elastic and smooth. Cover the finished dough with a towel and leave for 20 minutes.
4. Finely chop the dill, chop the peeled onion very finely, mix the ingredients with the minced meat, salt and add freshly ground pepper.
5. Roll out the dough, make circles with a mold or a thin-walled glass, put the filling in each dough circle and gently pinch the edges of the dough. Place on a floured board.
6. Put the required amount of dumplings in boiling water and cook for 5-7 minutes after the liquid boils. Serve hot with sour cream sauce or fresh herbs.

Tender dumplings on choux pastry with boiling water

Choux pastry for dumplings is prepared without eggs, and can be used by fasting people on the days when vegetable oil is allowed. In this case, you need to use vegetable filling - potatoes, cabbage or mushrooms. However, such dumplings are especially tasty with minced meat mixed from equal parts of pork and beef.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Wheat flour - 2 tbsp.
• Boiling water - 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
• Salt - 1 tsp

For filling:

• Minced meat (pork) - 200 gr.
• Minced meat (beef) - 200 gr.
• Pork fat to taste.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Dill or parsley - ½ bunch.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Vegetable oil is poured into boiling water, salt and a little flour are added. Stir quickly using a special nozzle with a mixer or intensively with a fork. The mass may form lumps at first, but with further whipping it becomes homogeneous.
2. Add the rest of the flour to the dough and continue kneading the dough until it becomes soft and smooth. If this results in a dough that is too tight, you can wrap it in plastic wrap and leave it for 5 minutes.
3. In a separate container, mix two types of minced meat, add a little bacon, if the meat is not too fat, to make the dumplings more juicy. Season with the desired amount of salt and pepper and finely chopped onion and herbs.
4. Roll out the dough very thinly, cut into pieces with a knife or a special mold, put a filling in each piece of dough, carefully mold the dumplings, fixing the edges of the dough well so that they do not fall apart during cooking. Place prepared dumplings on a floured board or plate.
5. Cook the semi-finished product in boiling salted water, to which you can add bay leaves or peppercorns for flavor. Until fully cooked, the dumplings will need to boil for about 5-7 minutes. Take out the finished product with a slotted spoon, put on a plate and decorate with herbs. You can pour with butter or serve tomato sauce with dumplings.

Juicy dumplings with minced pork at home

Dumplings with minced pork are quite juicy due to the fat content of the filling. They can be served not only with sour cream sauce or ketchup, but also in a deep plate, sprinkled with broth. So the dish will be more rich and satisfying.

Cooking time: 35 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 8.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Egg - 6 pcs.
• Wheat flour - 900 gr.
• Salt to taste.
• Ice water - 4 tablespoons 150 gr. flour.

For filling:

• Minced pork - 1.5 kg
• Bulb onions - 2 pcs.
• Garlic - 5 teeth
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Parsley - 1 bunch.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Flour with a volume of 700 gr. pour on a table or cutting board with a slide, making a depression in the center where eggs are driven in, and salt is added. Knead the dough, gently mixing the flour from the edge with the ingredients in the center, gradually adding a little ice water. When the mass becomes more homogeneous, add the remaining amount of flour.
2. Cover the dough with a napkin or towel and let it rest for about 15 minutes for the gluten to start working.
3. Finely chop the onions, chop the garlic with a press, chop the parsley and mix everything with the minced meat, adding an additional egg, salt and pepper. Knead the filling well.
4. Roll out the dough so that its thickness is about 2 mm. Cut out circles with a special shape or a glass, put the filling in each and carefully close the edges, trying to make the dough tightly join.
5. Dip ready-made semi-finished products in boiling water or broth, cook for about 7-8 minutes and serve immediately. If you do not need to cook all the dumplings at once, the rest can be folded into bags, sprinkled with flour and stored in the freezer.

How to deliciously bake dumplings in pots in the oven?

A very tasty dish with an unusual presentation, which will be appreciated even by guests at a home celebration. In addition, the recipe uses mushrooms with onions and sour cream sauce, so you get an exquisite dish in the traditions of Russian cuisine that will appeal to gourmets of any age.

Cooking time: 35 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 1.

Ingredients:

• Dumplings (semi-finished product) - 200 gr.
• Sour cream - 1 tablespoon
• Chopped onion - 1 tbsp.
• Champignons - 1-2 pcs.
• Grated hard cheese - 2 tablespoons
• Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Pour oil into a frying pan and fry chopped onions in it.
2. When it is slightly browned, add the finely chopped mushrooms and fry until golden brown.
3. Put dumplings in a pot, previously oiled inside with oil, add sour cream, pepper and salt. On top of the dumplings, put the fried onion with mushrooms.
4. Pour boiling water into a pot so that the dumplings are completely covered with liquid, close with a lid and put in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Increase the heating level to 260 degrees and keep in the oven for 20 minutes.
5. After 10 minutes from the start of cooking, sprinkle the dumplings with grated cheese and leave to cook. After the specified time has elapsed, turn off the oven and let stand the dish for another 10 minutes, and then serve directly in the pots. Enjoy!

Lazy dumplings - a simple and quick recipe

For those who love dumplings, but do not want to bother with their preparation for too long, you can prepare their "lazy" version. Both meat and dough are present here, but such dumplings are prepared faster and easier than ordinary homemade ones. They can be steamed, cooked, or even microwaved.

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

• Minced meat (pork, beef, chicken) - 1 kg
• Bulb onions - 2 pcs.
• Wheat flour - 3 tbsp.
• Egg - 2 pcs.
• Water - 1 tbsp.
• Fat cream - 500 ml
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 2 teeth
• Butter - 50 gr.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. In a bowl, combine the egg with flour, water and salt. Knead the dough well so that it becomes uniform and smooth. Cover it with a napkin and let stand for half an hour.
2. Mix the minced meat with very finely chopped onions, season with salt and pepper in the required amount.
3. Roll out the dough in a layer about 1-2 mm thick, put the minced meat on top, roll everything into a roll and be sure to pinch the long edge of the dough. Cut the dough sausage with minced meat across into small pieces to get a kind of "roses".
4. Add oil to a saucepan or deep frying pan and fry the grated carrots with chopped garlic in it. Gently put pieces of dough with minced meat on top of the frying, pour cream and half a glass of water on top. Simmer everything for about half an hour.
5. The dumplings are ready as soon as the liquid is completely absorbed into them. Serve lazy dumplings with sour cream sauce and herbs.

How to cook homemade cheese dumplings in the oven?

An easy and non-trivial recipe for making dumplings. Even an inexperienced chef can cook such a dish, and even discerning gourmets can surprise them.

Cooking time: 55 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 2.

Ingredients:

• Dumplings (frozen semi-finished product) - 500 gr.
• Sour cream - 5 tablespoons
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Mayonnaise - 90 gr.
• Bay leaves - 5 pcs.
• Butter - 2 tsp
• Dill - 1 bunch.
• Spices to taste.
• Cream cheese - 100 gr.
• Salt to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Cut the onion into thin half rings and cook with the addition of butter with low heat for about 15 minutes.
2. In a separate bowl, mix mayonnaise, sour cream, spices, a little salt, finely chopped dill and put the fried onions there. If the mass is too thick, you can add a little boiled water.
3. Put laurel leaves in a deep frying pan or baking dish, on them - dumplings in an even layer and pour everything with the prepared sour cream mixture on top.
4. Top with grated cheese dumplings.
5. Cook dumplings in the oven at 220 degrees for no more than half an hour. Serve hot. Enjoy!

Elastic dumplings with vegetable oil

The vegetable oil used to make the dough makes it as elastic as possible; it does not break during rolling and does not crack when freezing homemade dumplings.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Wheat flour - 3 tbsp.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Warm water - 1 tbsp.
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Vegetable oil - 2 tsp

For filling:

• Minced meat (pork, beef, chicken) - 700 gr.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 2 teeth
• Spices to taste.
• Salt to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Pour the flour on a flat surface with a slide and make a depression in the middle. Pour water into the hole, drive in an egg and add salt.
2. Knead the dough until smooth and leave in a warm place for half an hour to ripen, covering it with a napkin or towel.
3. For the dumplings, mix the minced meat with chopped onions and garlic, add spices and salt, based on your taste preferences.
4. Roll out the dough in a thin layer, cut out circles from it and put in each minced meat. Gently sculpt the dumplings, carefully pinching the edge so that the filling remains juicy and the dumplings do not fall apart.
5. Dip the dumplings in boiling water with salt and spices, cook for about 7 minutes, take out with a slotted spoon and serve, adding sour cream, tomato sauce or melted butter if desired. Bon Appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for making potato dumplings

Dumplings can be cooked not only with minced meat, but also with potatoes. This dish can be served to those who are fasting or who do not eat animal protein. Fresh dill adds more flavor to the dumplings and can be served with butter or fried onions.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 2 tbsp.
• Milk - 0.5 tbsp.
• Water - 0.3 tbsp.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil - 1 tsp
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Potatoes - 1.5 kg
• Ground black pepper - 1 tsp
• Dill - 1 bunch.

Cooking process:

1. Boil the peeled potatoes, lightly salting the water.
2. Pour flour into a deep bowl, separately mix the egg with milk and water, add a little salt.
3. Mix flour with milk and egg mixture. Knead the dough and stir in the vegetable oil. Cover the finished dough with a napkin and let stand for 40 minutes.
4. Mash boiled potatoes in mashed potatoes, bring to taste, adding salt, pepper and chopped dill.
5. Roll out the dough into a thin layer, cut into circles, put potato filling in each and close up the edges.
6. Boil the prepared semi-finished products in salted water for 7-8 minutes, and then serve hot with butter or sour cream, as well as with fried onions.

A simple and delicious recipe for dumplings with mushrooms

An unusual recipe for dumplings with vegetable filling for those who do not eat meat. Mushrooms can be used as forest mushrooms or mushrooms or oyster mushrooms and cook them separately from onions. This will create a juicy filling, and the fried onions will be crispy and crispy.

Cooking time: 1 hour 5 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Wheat flour - 3 tbsp.
• Water - 1 tbsp.

For filling:

• Champignons - 700 gr.
• Bulb onions - 2 pcs.
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Freshly ground black pepper - to taste.

For frying:

• Vegetable oil - 5-6 tablespoons

Cooking process:

1. Mix flour with water, knead the dough and, covered with foil, leave in a warm room for half an hour.
2. Peel the mushrooms and cut into large pieces. Fry them in oil until golden brown. This will take about 15 minutes.
3. Cut the onion into half rings and fry separately so that the vegetable turns golden. Combine mushrooms and onions and mince the mixture. Add salt and pepper.
4. Roll out the dough no more than 2 mm thick and cut out circles. To do this, you can use a glass with thin walls or a special round mold. Put mushroom mince in the middle of each mug.Fold each circle in half and seal the edges of the dough quite tightly so that the dough does not fall apart during cooking, and the filling remains inside. Put the finished semi-finished product on a chopping board sprinkled with flour.
5. Cook the dumplings in salted boiling water for about 5-7 minutes, and then put them on a plate with a slotted spoon. You can serve mushroom dumplings with sour cream and horseradish sauce, as well as butter and fried onions.