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Easy 5-min. Dumpling Sauce (Customizable!)

Christie Lai
This is the best dumpling dipping sauce made with simple ingredients that is fully customizable! It's easily made in 5 minutes and it will take your dumplings to the next level! Add all of the optional ingredients or pick and choose, but keep the sauce base the same.
5 from 11 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Condiments
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 1 (for about 15 dumplings)
Calories per serving 49 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

Sauce Base:

Suggested Additions (add all or pick & choose):

  • ½ teaspoon sesame seeds optional
  • 1 teaspoon green onion finely chopped (optional)
  • 0.5 - 1 teaspoon chili oil or add as much as desired (optional)
  • ½ teaspoon white granulated sugar or cane sugar (optional)
  • ½ teaspoon ginger peeled and thinly sliced (optional)
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes for a spicy version (optional)

Instructions
 

  • In a small bowl, combine regular soy sauce, black vinegar and sesame oil and mix well. This is your sauce base.
  • Next add all or some of the above suggested additions you like and mix it into the sauce base. Enjoy with cooked store-bought or homemade dumplings!
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Nutrition
Calories: 49kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 1006mg | Potassium: 38mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.3g | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.4mg