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Jiucai hezi

Jiucai hezi is a type of Chinese dumpling. Do you know what dumplings are? They are like little pockets of deliciousness made with a thin dough wrapper filled with yummy ingredients. Jiucai hezi has a special filling made mostly with Chinese chives, which are long, green vegetables that taste a little like onions.

To make jiucai hezi, first, we need to make the dough. The dough is made with flour and water. We mix them together until the dough becomes soft, like playdough. Then we roll it out with a rolling pin to make it flat and thin.

After that, we can make the filling. We chop up the Chinese chives into small pieces. We also add some other ingredients like eggs, tofu, and seasoning to give it extra flavor. We mix everything together until it becomes a yummy mixture.

Now comes the fun part! We take a small piece of our flat dough and put a spoonful of the filling in the center. Then we fold the dough over the filling and press the edges together to seal it. We do this over and over again until we have made lots of jiucai hezi.

Finally, we cook the jiucai hezi. We can do this by boiling them in hot water or steaming them. When they are cooked, the dough becomes soft, and the filling inside becomes delicious and hot.

Now we can eat our jiucai hezi! We can dip them in a sauce made with soy sauce and vinegar to make them even tastier. Jiucai hezi is a popular food in China, and people love to eat it as a snack or even as a meal. It's a great way to enjoy the flavors of Chinese chives in a yummy dumpling.