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Pork Dumpling Noodle Soup

The best thing about dumpling noodle soup? It’s a build-your-own situation – no matter your fussiness, your dietary requirements or your mood, you can customise the base, dumplings and toppings to match your taste!

In this recipe we use our classic Pork Cabbage Dumplings with a base of chicken stock and leeks and carrots as a topping. You can play around with veggie stock, or even use our Mum’s Sauce with garlic & ginger as a base. Any of our meat, seafood or plant-based dumplings will shine in this soup and fresh veggies of your choosing can be used as garnish – sprouts, cucumber, capsicum or herbs like coriander and chopped nuts. The possibilities are endless!

Ingredients

House of Dumplings Pork Cabbage Dumplings

1 cup (240ml) chicken stock

50g rice noodles

Garnish: sliced leeks and julienned carrots

Method
  1. Heat chicken stock until boiling.
  2. Add dumplings and cook for 5 minutes. 
  3. Add rice noodles and cook until softened, about 2 minutes.
  4. Serve in a bowl and garnish with sliced leeks and julienned carrots. 
 
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Breakfast Burrito with Hot Chilli Oil

Few foods are more trusty than a breakfast burrito – a dish that has helped many of us through a hungover morning, a drunken night or a midday snack. You may think that this crowd pleaser really cannot be improved – and you would’ve been right…until now. Why not spice things up a little (or a lot) by drizzling, dipping or dolloping some of our house made Chilli Oil on your burrito? Not only will it add flavour and heat, but if you follow the recipe below and use our hottest Chilli Oil – it’ll be quite the wake up call! 

Spice not your thing? No worries, we have two milder Chilli Oils available as well – our original  ‘everything’  Chilli Oil with Szechuan Pepper and our Mild Chilli Oil with Garlic. 

 
Ingredients:

2 eggs
2 slices of bacon
1 tortilla
Mayonnaise
Hot Chilli Oil with Hot Pepper

Method:
  1. Add salt and pepper to eggs and mix well.
  2. Scramble eggs on a pan on low heat. Set aside.
  3. Cook bacon until crispy.
  4. Lay down tortilla, add eggs, bacon, mayonnaise and hot chili oil and wrap.
  5. Toast on the pan until browned. Cut and enjoy.
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Chicken Couscous Salad

Looking for a new salad to try? Same old recipes not doing it for you anymore? Well, this is the dish for you! It’s simple, healthy, tasty and, best of all, you don’t need to spend ages making a fancy dressing – just drizzle on some of our Mild Chilli Oil with Garlic to add flavour and a hint of spice!

This recipe contains all the elements of a perfect salad – veggies (spinach), fruit (apple), protein (chicken), healthy fats (walnuts) and a base of pearl couscous. If you haven’t cooked with pearl couscous before – no worries, it’s extremely simple and fast. Fun fact – despite it’s name, pearl couscous is not a type of couscous – it is actually a type of pasta, which is why it’s so delicious!

Ingredients:

2 handfuls of baby spinach

1 cup cooked chicken

1 cup cooked pearl couscous

1 apple, diced

40g walnuts

Dressing: House of Dumplings Mild Chilli Oil with Garlic

Method:
  1. Add all ingredients in a large bowl.
  2. Add garlic chilli oil and toss.
  3. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Spicy Cucumber Salad

This is the ultimate recipe to transform a cucumber into a tasty side dish, salad, snack, packed lunch or meal prep! It’s just three ingredients and takes less than five minutes. The best part is – you get a spicy, tangy, umami, salty and delicious flavour without having to prepare a dressing – just drizzle over a little or a lot of any combination of our homemade sauces and Chilli Oils.

If you’re new to our Chilli Oils and not sure which one is for you – no worries! Our Chilli Oils come in three different spice levels, so there’s something for you no matter your tolerance level:

🔥We make our Mild Chilli Oil with Garlic by slow cooking cold-pressed the Good Oil with garlic to infuse it with a delicious roast garlic flavour. This is perfect for those who enjoy chilli, but aren’t massive spice fans.

🔥🔥 Our classic Chilli Oil with Szechuan Pepper turns up the heat a little, but is still perfect for everyday usage. It’s been around for over 11 years and is the ultimate all-rounder and can be added to anything and everything!

🔥🔥🔥 Our Hot Chilli Oil with Hot Pepper isn’t for the faint hearted – our three-pepper recipe creates a next-level spice explosion 💥 Perfect for those who like it HOT…

Not sure which one is for you?

No worries – try our sauces sampler to test out all three spice levels.

Whichever oil you choose, any of them can be used to spice up cucumber, like in this recipe…

Ingredients:

1 cucumber, cubed

1 tbsp House of Dumplings Chilli Oil of your choice

1 tbsp House of Dumplings Mum’s Sauce

Garnish: White sesame seeds

Method
  1. Add Chilli Oil and Mum’s Sauce to cubed cucumber.
  2. Mix well and garnish with sesame seeds.
  3. Serve as a side dish or enjoy on its own.
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Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Garlic Chilli Oil

Here at House of Dumplings, we know winter can sometimes be a bit depressing, but whenever the Wellington wind is howling and the temperature is in single digits…we like to remind ourselves of the good parts of winter – snuggling up in front of a fire place, snow-covered mountains, cozy hot chocolate and, of course – soup, glorious soup!

Is it really winter if you haven’t busted out your favourite soup recipe to cheer up on a cold day? If you haven’t gotten round to it yet – here’s your sign! Our Broccoli Cheddar soup makes for great comfort food and, best of all, it goes perfectly with a drizzle of our Mild Chilli Oil with Garlic – a deliciously garlic-y oil with a hint of chilli. Of course, we know that people can be very particular about their favourite soup flavours but don’t worry – our Chilli Oils work alongside any and all soups! 

Ingredients:
Method:
  1. Melt butter in a pot.
  2. Add onion and sauté until translucent.
  3. Add garlic and mix well.
  4. Add in shredded carrots and chopped broccoli. Stir and add flour.
  5. Pour in chicken stock and let mixture come to a boil. Simmer for around 10 minutes or until vegetables have softened.
  6. Add fresh cream and milk. Mix well and let mixture come to a simmer.
  7. Finish off the soup by adding cheddar cheese.
  8. Garnish with chopped broccoli, cheddar cheese and our Garlic Chilli Oil.
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Garlic Prawn Pasta with Chilli Oil

If winter has got you daydreaming about a beachside Mediterranean holiday – this recipe is for you!

Pairing prawns and spaghetti with the flavours of garlic and chilli may have originated across the world in Italy, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it right here in Aotearoa. 

Our Chilli Oil with Szechuan Pepper is much more than a dipping sauce for dumplings! In this recipe we show you how to use it as a flavour enhancer at the end of the cooking process – add it to your pasta to add flavour and a hint of spice with minimal effort. Better yet, just chuck a bottle on the dining table and allow everyone to drizzle their desired amount!

This recipe serves 2 – perfect for a romantic weeknight dinner 💕 

Ingredients:
 Method:
  1. Marinade the prawns by drizzling them with a few tablespoons of chill oil and set aside for 5 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, boil the pasta until al dente (according to packet instructions). Drain the pasta and reserve one cup of the cooking water.
  3. Stir fry thawed prawns in a pan on medium heat until they are cooked and golden (around 30 seconds each side). Add minced garlic and stir to combine.
  4. Add cooked pasta, pasta water, parmesan cheese and parsley to the pan. Mix well.
  5. Serve up the pasta and garnish with more parsley, parmesan and a drizzle of chilli oil.

Buon appetito!

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Mum’s Eggs 🌞

House of Dumplings was founded in 2012, but our signature Mum’s Sauce has been around for way longer than that. House of Dumplings founder Vicky Ha remembers this sauce being a permanent fixture in her fridge when she was growing up in Hong Kong – always lovingly made by her mum, hence the name Mum’s Sauce!

With garlic, ginger and soy sauce, it makes for the perfect pairing with any of our delicious dumplings…but that’s not all…

Looking for a way to brighten up those morning (or midday…or evening!) eggs? Look no further! Mum’s Sauce brings tang and flavour to eggs – however you cook them!

This recipe is so easy we’re not going to give you a step by step – just cook a couple of eggs how you like them and drizzle over a little (or a lot!) of our Mum’s Sauce. Serve with your favourite carb – bread, rice, potatoes…and, voila! You’ve got gingery, salty, garlic-y eggs without using a single chopping board! Convenient and delicious 😋

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Dumpling Laksa Soup

Winter is on it’s way! So we’ve created the perfect warming, wholesome recipe using our locally made dumplings – perfect for when you’ve got a dumpling craving, but you also need warming up! This recipe is packed full of veggies and flavour but is still quick enough for a weeknight meal – it’s all cooked in one pot, including the dumplings! And the best part of this recipe is, it’s not fussy – you can use whatever you have in your fridge as toppings – carrots, cabbage, bean sprouts, cucumber, capsicum, bok choy…go wild!

In the video below, we add our best-selling Chicken Coriander dumplings to the laksa, but you can use our Chicken-Free Laksa dumplings to make this meal completely vegan (just swap out the chicken stock for veggie stock!), or pick whichever of our nine different dumpling flavours you like the most!

Keep warm 🔥🍲 and enjoy !😋

 

Ingredients:

  • 90g Laksa Paste

  • 135ml Coconut Milk

  • 180ml Chicken Stock

  • 1 pack House of Dumplings Chicken Coriander dumplings

  • 1 bundle of Vermicelli Noodles, cooked and drained

  • To garnish: Bean sprouts, sliced capsicum, sliced carrots, coriander and other veggies of your choice…

Method
  1. Mix laksa paste, coconut milk and chicken stock in a pot on medium heat.
  2. Bring mixture to a boil then lower to a simmer.
  3. Add dumplings and cook for 5 minutes.
  4. Pour soup over vermicelli noodles
  5. Garnish with your chosen toppings!
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Mild Chilli Oil with Garlic on Spinach

Looking for an easy, tasty side dish that goes with anything? You’ve found it! This recipe is perfect for when you can’t be bothered chopping garlic but still want that delicious flavour…that’s what our Mild Chilli Oil with Garlic is perfect for! We slow cook roasted garlic with cold-pressed the Good Oil to infuse it with a delicious roast garlic flavour. No garlic fingers or chopping needed! It has a hint of Chilli but a low heat level – perfect for everyone!

 

In this recipe, we’ve paired it with frozen spinach, which is available all year round. It’s usually snap frozen, which makes it just as healthy and tasty as the fresh stuff! It takes just a few minutes to prepare and is perfect alongside rice, meat, fish, part of a cooked breakfast or anything else!

 

Ingredients:

Method:

  1. Microwave frozen spinach at 30 second intervals until softened.
  2. Squeeze out water.
  3. Add garlic chilli oil, salt, pepper and sunflower seeds to taste
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Next Level Scrambled Eggs!

Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, but it isn’t always the most exciting. Often, we prepare breakfast when we are barely awake, cold and in a rush. Instead of experimenting with new recipes, we eat the same things over and over again. Well, that’s all about to change….

With our spectacular Chilli Oils, you can add spice, flavour and excitement to any meal with minimal effort. Try it with scrambled eggs by following this recipe or experiment with scrambled tofu, avocado on toast and many more…

Not only are our oils packed full of flavour and heat, but they’re also a healthy addition to any meal. We use Canterbury grown, cold pressed extra virgin olive oil from the Good Oil, a fellow New Zealand small business. Sustainable, locally grown and without using chemical extraction – only the best for you, your body and your meals!

Ingredients:

Method: 

  1. Crack 2 eggs in a bowl. Add milk and salt. Mix well.
  2. Toast ciabatta slices.
  3. Melt butter in a pan and add egg mixture.
  4. Stir using a spatula until egg is cooked.
  5. Serve on toasted ciabatta and top with spring onions and chilli oil.
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