Dumpling Bake – Quick Look
- Recipe Name: Dumpling Bake
- Ready In: 1 hour
- Serves: 10
- Calories: 315 per serving
- Main Ingredients: Frozen potstickers, rice, broccolini, sauce, and spicy mayo
- Dietary Info: Can easily be made gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegetarian
- Why You’ll Love It: I love the viral dumpling bake recipe that has flooded social media, but I wanted to create a full one-pan meal out of it. So, the idea popped into my head to try baking the dumplings (potstickers) right in some rice – after some trial-and-error I nailed the timing. I then brought in some flavors from these Soy Ginger Salmon Rice Bowls and these Gochujang Beef Rice Bowls to create an epic sauce you guys are going to love! This might be my new favorite recipe and I canโt wait for you to try it!
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Key Ingredients + Substitutions
Be sure to see the recipe card below for a full listing of ingredients, instructions, and estimated nutritional information.
- Frozen dumplings/potstickers: Select a meat or vegetable dumpling variety and make this gluten-free by using a gluten-free brand, like Feel Good Food.
- Rice: We used long-grain white rice. We did not test this with brown rice, but just know that it will significantly increase the cook time.
- Broccolini: I love how tender these get, but small broccoli florets will work too.
- Sauce: Homemade sauce always has an undeniable fresh flavor, but store-bought stir-fry sauce will work and so would our homemade teriyaki sauce.
How To Make Dumpling Bake
Step 1: Put rice, chicken broth, butter, salt, and rice vinegar in a casserole dish.
Step 2: Place broccolini evenly in the casserole dish followed by frozen dumplings, cover with foil, and bake.
Step 3: Mix sauce ingredients in a small mason jar or use store-bought stir-fry sauce.
Step 4: Pour sauce over baked dumplings.
Step 5: Top with sriracha spicy mayo, sliced green onions, and sesame seeds.
Coconut Curry + Potstickers Combo
If you are looking for a potsticker + coconut curry situation then you need to try our Coconut Curry Potsticker Soup with Mushrooms and Bok Choy!
Recipe FAQs & Tips
Yes. The oven temp and cook time is calibrated to ensure that the broccolini, rice, and frozen dumplings cook evenly and all the way through.
Yes! Make the sauce and spicy mayo in advance for an even quicker assembly.
Yes. The liquid in the casserole dish is absorbed by the dumplings during the cooking process to ensure that they get cooked through and tender. Just make sure you cover with foil so they don’t dry out.
Store dumpling bake in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Or divide servings into individual containers to meal prep lunches for the week.
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Ingredients
Dumplings + Rice:
- 1 ยฝ cups long grain white rice
- 2 ยผ cups chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon butter, (sub plant-based butter)
- 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
- ยฝ teaspoon kosher salt
- 24 frozen dumplings (potstickers), (2 packages of Good & Gather Potstickers)
- 2 cups broccolini, cut into bite-sized pieces (sub broccoli)
Soy Ginger Sauce:
- 5 tablespoons soy sauce, (sub coconut aminos or Tamari)
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Gochunjung paste
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon shallot, minced
- 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
Spicy Mayo
- 1/3 cup mayo
- 3 teaspoons Sriracha, more if desired
Toppings:
- green onions, sliced
- chili garlic sauce
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- Prep: Preheat oven to 375โ. Spray a casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- Combine: Put 1 ยฝ cups long grain white rice, 2 ยผ cups chicken broth, 1 tablespoon butter, 2 teaspoons rice vinegar, & ยฝ teaspoon kosher salt in the prepared casserole dish. Mix to combine.
- Bake: Place 24 frozen dumplings (potstickers) & 2 cups broccolini on top of the rice mixture. Cover with aluminum foil (try to tent it a little so the dumplings don't stick to it when you take it off) and bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Make Sauce & Spicy Mayo: While it bakes, put all of the sauce ingredients in a mason jar, cover, and shake to combine OR add them all to a small bowl and whisk to combine. Mix up the spicy mayo, if you plan to use when serving.
- Serve: Drizzle the top of the casserole with the sauce and spicy mayo. Enjoy with any other toppings, like green onions or sesame seeds!
Notes
- Spice Level: the sauce has *some* heat – if you are serving kiddos maybe use our Stir Fry Sauce instead.ย
- Potstickers: we used 2 boxes of Good & Gather Frozen Potstickers, but feel free to use your favorite. I have also used the potstickers from Costco – those are a little bit bigger so you may need to cook them a little longer. You can use chicken, pork or vegetarian – totally up to you!ย
- Broccolini: can’t find broccolini – feel free to sub in broccoli florets if you want.ย
- Dairy-Free: simply use a plant-based butter.
- Gluten-Free: use a gluten-free dumpling/potsticker brand (like Feel Good Foods) and use Tamari instead of soy sauce.ย
- Sauce Variations: we love the included homemade sauce but this one pan meal would also be delicious with our easy fried rice sauce or homemade teriyaki sauce.
- Just Dumplings + Sauce Variation: if you prefer you can add the dumplings (potstickers) to a baking dish and add the sauce; toss to coat. Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees F. for approx. 30-35 minutes (or until dumplings are cooked through).ย
- Other types of rice: I haven’t (yet) tested this with other types of rice – I feel like basmati rice would work fairly similar, but I will update when I have tested that. Brown rice takes too long so that definitely wouldn’t work.ย
Amy says
Flavor was great and gotta love a one dish meal! However, the rice didnโt fully cook for me even though I used the exact type listed in the recipe as well as exact broth measurement and cook time. Next time Iโll use minute rice like someone else suggested. I only had frozen broccoli and also added in some frozen edamame and both worked really well in this recipe!
Bridgette Boudreaux says
I made this for my family and they gobbled it up!!
Erin Jensen says
Yay! Awesome to hear, Bridgette!!
Debby Gorman says
This recipe is one of the most flavorful recipes I have cooked in a long time . My husband and I both felt it is very delicious! And easy and quick .
Erin Jensen says
Thanks, Debby! So glad you enjoyed it so much ๐ And thank you for coming back to leave a rating and review – I really appreciate it!
Nicole says
Amazing recipe! The sauce is incredible, Iโll probably make extra to dip the dumplings in the future. Iโve already shared this with friends as a must make recipe!
Erin Jensen says
So happy to hear that, Nicole! Thanks for coming back to leave a rating and review – I really appreciate it!
Liz says
Made this for the family last night and it was a hit! The kids skipped on the spicy mayo and green onions, so I just added those to my plate and everyone was happy. What a fun meal!
Amanda says
Easy weeknight meal that the whole family loved! Didnโt add the sauce/mayo to the kids (donโt like spice) and they gobbled it up! Super quick to throw together and love the one dish cooking- minimal to clean up! Will add this into our rotation!
Erin Jensen says
So happy to hear that, Amanda! Thanks for coming back to leave a rating and review!
Erin says
Turned out great! Thank you!
Erin Jensen says
Yay!!! Awesome to hear!
S4INCO says
This was great. I used refrigerated dumplings I had & since we live at high elevation (8500ft), I used par-boiled/minute rice as it works better here. Frozen broccoli florets (nuked for about 1 minute prior to baking). It was ready in 30mins (though I did let it bake a little longer). Made the sauces as written. Didn’t have fresh scallions, so I added dried chives to the rice mixture to bake. Will make again. ๐
Erin Jensen says
So glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks for coming back to leave a rating and review!
Bridget says
The flavors are incredible! Thank you for this super easy dinner!