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Tangy, spicy, and just a touch sweet, this easy dumpling sauce recipe has incredible, BOLD flavor! Made with soy sauce, chili oil, and rice vinegar, you can also use it to dip veggies, meats, cucumber salad, and more.
Why This Recipe Works
- BOLD Flavor: Dumpling sauce is the star of the show with big, bold, tangy, spicy flavor like Asian garlic shrimp. It’s one of my favorites!
- Easy to Make: Simply whisk all the ingredients together in a bowl and you’re ready for dipping.
- Great for dipping everything in it including, dumplings, chicken, salmon bites, roasted potatoes and more.
The Best Dumpling Dipping Sauce
What is it about me that makes me a sauce fiend? I think a great sauce can take anything from mediocre or just plain bad to exceptional. This quick ‘n easy dumpling sauce is that sauce. With spicy, bold flavor and just a hint of sweetness, this sesame and rice vinegar-infused Asian dip goes great with everything from dumplings to salads, chicken, and so much more. You’ll soon find yourself pouring and dipping it everywhere.
What is Dumpling Sauce?
If you’ve ever wondered, “What is the brown sauce served with dumplings?” or, “What sauce comes with dumplings, anyway?” Well, dumpling sauce is a dipping sauce originating from Chinese cuisine. It’s made with a base of soy sauce, vinegar and chili and used for dipping so many yummy foods!
What is in Dumpling Sauce?
Dumpling sauce ingredients can vary from recipe to recipe, but most use a base of soy sauce, chili, and sesame oil, with a few optional add-ins.
- Garlic: with 2 cloves, we are not playing! Make sure it’s freshly minced for the best flavor.
- Chili oil & chili sauce: I highly recommend Lao Gan Ma chili oil and Huy Fong Sambal Oelek chili sauce. Amazing flavor, and my mom-approved!
- Rice vinegar
- Soy sauce: I like low sodium, but use whichever you prefer.
- Sugar
- Sesame oil – make sure to use toasted sesame oil, which has a far more robust and concentrated flavor than regular.
- Sesame seeds
How to Make Dumpling Sauce Easy!
This simple condiment is so easy to make, it literally takes one step (and an additional one for sides!).
- In a small bowl, whisk together ingredients: garlic, rice vinegar, chili oil, soy sauce, sugar, sambal oelek, sesame oil, and sesame seeds. Whisk vigorously until well mixed.
- Serve with dumplings, spicy honey teriyaki salmon, and over cucumber salad.
How to Make Dumpling Sauce Less Spicy
If you follow my recipe, your homemade dip will have plenty of heat. But if you’re not into that, simply add the spicy ingredients in last, in very small increments. You can even skip the sambal oelek chili sauce. Or, go with a milder sauce altogether, like garlic butter sauce.
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Easy Dumpling Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
Dumpling Sauce Ingredients
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon chili oil, like Lao Gan Ma – add less if sensitive to heat
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons sambal oelek, add less or skip if sensitive to heat
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 ½ teaspoons sesame seeds
Instructions
- Note: this dumpling sauce is spicy, so if you’re sensitive, start with less chili oil and skip the sambal oelek.
- In a small bowl, whisk together Dumpling Sauce ingredients: garlic, rice vinegar, chili oil, soy sauce, sugar, sambal oelek, sesame oil, and sesame seeds. Whisk vigorously until well mixed. Serve with dumplings, cucumber salad, and more.
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