- Any taste
- Savory70
- Spicy25
- Sweet20
- Sour16
- Smoky4
- Rich24
- Fresh11
- Any ingredient
- Beef11
- Pork33
- Lamb7
- Chicken16
- Duck3
- Fish6
- Seafood9
- Egg5
- Dairy & cheese5
- Beans & tofu12
- Rice12
- Wheat & flour40
- Potato3
- Vegetables8
- Offal8
- Nuts & seeds5
- Any type
- Main dish36
- Soup & stew10
- Noodles & pasta21
- Bread & pastry4
- Street food13
- Dessert7
- Snack11
- Drink6
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How to pronounce Laobian dumplings
Laobian dumplings is written 老边饺子 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /lɑʊ˨˩ pjɛn˥ tɕjɑʊ˨˩ tsɨ/. In plain English letters that is laow-BYEN JYAOW-dzuh, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.
What is Laobian dumplings?
Laobian dumplings is a main dish of China. Where it comes from: Shenyang (Liaoning). People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are pork and wheat & flour. It tastes savory.
Where Laobian dumplings comes from
Laobian dumplings is one of 108 signature dishes of China on this map. See all dishes from Liaoning.
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- Lanzhou beef noodles 兰州牛肉面
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Dishes like Laobian dumplings in other countries
Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Laobian dumplings:
- Miso katsu 味噌カツ
Miso katsu is a breaded pork cutlet covered with a miso sauce, and it is widely served in and around Nagoya.
- Khinkali ხინკალი
Khinkali are large dumplings with pleated tops, filled with spiced minced meat and herbs, which release a hot broth inside as they cook.
- Pelmeni пельмени
Pelmeni are small dumplings of thin dough filled with raw minced meat, often a mix of beef, pork and lamb with onion, boiled and served with sour cream, butter or vinegar.
- Palt
Palt is a dense potato dumpling of traditional Swedish home cooking, found most of all in Norrland, the long northern half of the country.