This recipe is gyoza (dumplings) in chicken soup. Boiled gyoza is very common in Japan. Sometimes we add dumplings in nabe (hot pot). You can use many kinds of vegetables in this recipe, and feel free to use frozen or prepared gyoza.
Yield: 2 servings
Time: 20 minutes (not including time to make gyoza)
Ingredients
- 20 gyoza (frozen or hand made)
- 1/3 lb spinach (chopped into 1.5″ pieces)
- 1 cup bean sprouts
- 1/5 lb carrot (cut into small rectangles)
- 2 bok choy (chopped into 1.5″ pieces)
Spices
- 1.5 tbsp chicken bouillon powder
- 2.5 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sake
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
Preparation
- Mix all spices in a bowl (chicken bouillon powder, soy sauce, sake, salt, sesame oil).
- Add 4 cup of water and carrots in a sauce pan and bring to a boil.
- Add mixed spices and stir
- Add gyoza and vegetables, then cover with lid and cook for 7 minutes over high heat


















I want to eat it,it looks delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ummm..it has to be delicious!!
I’ve been looking through this site for a while and thinking about what to make and finally made this my first dish tonight!
It was great with frozen gyoza, but next time I’m going with handmade for sure!
Thanks, Mai!
Anne, try rice vinegar if you aren’t wild about the Sake.
I was wondering for all the recipes do you have to use Sake?
Delicious!
is Sake Necessary?
mmmm so good but I had to add a little yuzu to it. Thank you.
Annee
Brooklyn, NY
Thank you Lia!! So happy you like the recipes!
I made this for dinner and it was, words cannot describe how good this turned out. Thank you for sharing all your wonderful recipes I cannot wait to try more!