Dumpling vs. Gyoza — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dumpling and Gyoza
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Dumpling
Dumpling is a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of dough (made from a variety of starch sources) wrapped around a filling, or of dough with no filling. The dough can be based on bread, flour or potatoes, and may be filled with meat, fish, cheese, vegetables, fruits or sweets.
Gyoza
A pocket of dough that is stuffed, as with minced pork or shrimp, and fried, steamed, or boiled.
Dumpling
A piece of dough, sometimes filled, that is cooked in liquid such as water or soup.
Gyoza
A Japanese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese jiaozi.
Dumpling
Sweetened dough wrapped around fruit, such as an apple, baked and served as a dessert.
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Dumpling
(Informal) A short, chubby creature.
Dumpling
(culinary) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
Dumpling
By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
Dumpling
(endearing) A term of endearment.
My little dumpling.
Dumpling
A piece of excrement.
Dumpling
A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.
Dumpling
Small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
Dumpling
Dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry
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