At the table
Lift each dumpling with chopsticks or a spoon and let the hot filling cool before biting. This version is served drained; any dip is separate.
Ask what is in the compound and chicken seasonings, especially with allergies. Wheat and soy are present; other allergens depend on those products. Beef alone does not establish halal preparation.
Soup servings and different dips are separate choices. Seasoning blends vary by cook; the selected version keeps the compound seasoning without assigning it an invented formula.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Soup servings and different dips are separate choices. Seasoning blends vary by cook; the selected version keeps the compound seasoning without assigning it an invented formula.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Savory beef and soy, mild aromatic spices.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Tender resilient wheat skin and juicy minced filling.
- How it’s made
- Rest a flour-and-water dough and roll small round wrappers. Simmer beef leg bones in water for stock. Fry scallion, ginger, Sichuan pepper, star anise and fennel in vegetable oil, then strain. Mix minced beef with stock, salt, chicken seasoning, MSG, compound seasoning, soy sauce and this oil; add minced scallion and ginger, wrap and boil.
Soup servings and different dips are separate choices. Seasoning blends vary by cook; the selected version keeps the compound seasoning without assigning it an invented formula.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Shanxi.
About this regional connection
Shanxi: Local culinary association; not a claim of exclusive origin.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有永济牛肉饺子吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Yongji beef dumplings
Yongji has a beef-dumpling making tradition centered on seasoned meat filling and boiled wheat wrappers. Working stock into the beef and straining aromatic oil are features of this preparation.