These 17 Dumpling Recipes Will Take You Around the World

There is a wonderfully communal quality about making dumplings from scratch at home. It’s something I learned very early as a child, watching my grandmother and mother meticulously hand-chop ingredients for the filling and mix boiling water into flour with long wooden chopsticks to form the dumpling dough. We’d gather around the kitchen table, each person with their assigned task—rolling, shaping, filling, crimping—to make dozens and dozens of dumplings to feed the entire extended family. I practiced making Play-Doh dumplings until I became proficient enough to graduate to the real deal, and eventually good enough to rise to the status of main dumpling maker by the time I was a teenager. What the experience gave me was a deep appreciation of both dumplings and the process of making them, regardless of where I was in the world.

The following 17 dumpling recipes from around the world may vary in their flavors, interpretation, and techniques, but they all speak the universal language of dumpling—warm, inviting, and comforting. They’re perfect for making with or for your friends and family, or even just for yourself.