Guotie (Fried Dumplings)

A northern Chinese style of dumpling, guotie is a fried version of jiaozi. Both use pork as the main ingredient in the stuffing and the selection of vegetables changes by season.

The bottom of the guotie is golden-brown and it should be crispy. Guotie is known as potstickers in North America (a direct character translation), or yaki-gyoza in Japan. This dish is sometimes served in dim sum restaurants, but may be offered independently. The filling for this dish usually contains pork, cabbage, sometimes spinach, scallions, ginger, Chinese rice wine or cooking wine, and sesame oil. Where to go:

Caoqiao Fired Beef Dumpling Restaurant

No 33, Ganyu Lane, Qijiawan, Pingshi Street, Qinhuai district, Nanjing

Telephone: 0086-25-86622153