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Pork and Cabbage Not-Quite-Dumpling Soup

By Kendra Vaculin

4.8

(15)

Two bowls of pork undumpling soup garnished with scallions and chile oil with a side bowl of more scallions
Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Thu Buser, Prop Styling by Graylen Gatewood

No dumplings are formed in the making of this soup…but your mouth won’t know the difference. Leave pleating practice for another day: Here the wrappers—sliced into pieces—eat like noodles when cooked until tender in the hot broth, alongside savory pork and just-wilted cabbage. A dipping-sauce-style combination of soy sauce, vinegar, and chili crisp provides a punchy finishing drizzle.

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