This super quick Dumpling Sauce is easy to make with 4 simple ingredients. It’s savory, tangy, and a little spicy. The perfect sauce for gyoza, potstickers, spring rolls, and more!
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Anyone else keep a bag of frozen potstickers in their freezer at all times? ✋✋✋ Like, for emergencies…
I love that I can pop a handful of them into the microwave (or the air fryer) for a quick + easy lunch or snack. And while they only take like 3 minutes in the microwave, that gives me just enough time to whip up a small bowl of my favorite dumpling dipping sauce!
I usually serve mine up with gyoza or, when I’m in a rush, these air fryer potstickers.
This dumpling sauce recipe has a little bit of everything to complement every bite: tang, salt, spice, and umami. Serve it alongside your favorite store bought or homemade dumplings or even spring rolls, cucumber salad, and tempura.
Dumpling sauce ingredients
This dipping sauce is made with only 4 ingredients:
- Soy sauce – This salty condiment is the base of the dipping sauce. If you’d like to lower the amount of sodium in the sauce, make sure to use a low sodium soy sauce.
- Rice vinegar – While this is the best option, apple cider vinegar or white vinegar can be used instead.
- Sesame oil – This adds a savory balance to the sauce.
- Crushed red pepper flakes – Just a pinch of these spicy flakes add complexity and heat.
How to make dumpling sauce
Mix all of the dumpling dipping sauce ingredients together in a bowl and serve! It’s that easy.
Erin’s favorite ways to customize the flavor
You can customize the flavor of your gyoza sauce with all kinds of additions. Bring on the spice, make it a touch sweeter, or enhance the savory elements. Use any of these add-ins:
- Chili oil
- Sliced green onions or fresh chives
- Grated or minced garlic cloves
- Grated ginger – I love to buy the tubes of ginger that are stocked near the fresh herbs in the produce section
- Hot sauce or gojuchang
- Sugar – white, brown, cane, or coconut sugar will all work
- Dried chili peppers
- Sesame seeds
- Citrus zest – lime, lemon or even orange
How long does it last?
Store the sauce in an airtight container or jar in the fridge and it will stay fresh for up to 1 week.
Variations
- Gluten free – To make gluten free dumpling sauce, replace the soy sauce with tamari, coconut aminos, or gluten free soy sauce.
- Make it sweeter – By replacing the regular soy sauce and sugar with kecap manis.
- Spicy dipping sauce – Add 1 teaspoon of sriracha, gojuchang, or your favorite hot sauce.
- Lower the sodium – If you don’t have low sodium soy sauce, you can slightly dilute the strong salty flavors with 1 or 2 tablespoons of water.
- Too tangy? Add ½ teaspoon of sugar to tone it down.
Serving suggestions
This is a dipping sauce recipe at heart but it can also be used as a quick dressing for salads and noodle dishes:
- Gyoza
- Wontons
- Spring Rolls
- Tempura
- Egg rolls
- More → the BEST sides for Dumplings
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Full Recipe
Dumpling Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (or to taste)
Optional Add-Ins
- 1 Tablespoon chili oil
- 1 Tablespoon green onions (thinly sliced)
- 1 clove garlic (grated or minced)
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger (grated or minced)
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- Whisk together all of the ingredients in a small bowl and enjoy.
Notes
- Store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
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Chili oil
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Sliced green onions or fresh chives
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Grated or minced garlic cloves
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Grated ginger – I love to buy the tubes of ginger that are stocked near the fresh herbs in the produce section
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Hot sauce or gojuchang
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Sugar – white, brown, cane, or coconut sugar will all work
-
Dried chili peppers
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Sesame seeds
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Citrus zest – lime, lemon or even orange
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Gluten free – To make gluten free dumpling sauce, replace the soy sauce with tamari, coconut aminos, or gluten free soy sauce.
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Spicy dipping sauce – Add 1 teaspoon of sriracha, gojuchang, or your favorite hot sauce.
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Lower the sodium – If you don’t have low sodium soy sauce, you can slightly dilute the strong salty flavors with 1 or 2 tablespoons of water.
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Too tangy? Add ½ teaspoon of sugar to tone it down.
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