With one of my little brothers coming into town this weekend from Colorado, I thought I would be a good sister and surprise him with food. That’s usually what I do for my guests. Shocking, I know. I wanted to surprise him with some of his favorites. And Asian food has always been one of his favorites. And being as he could eat vegetarian at almost every meal if it were left up to him, I thought I would make him some vegetarian steamed dumplings.

Hey, I’ll look for any chance I can to use my bamboo steamer. So, I got to work with planning out these dumplings. I decided to stuff them with one of my favorite veggie swaps. Mushrooms!

Somewhere among my planning, I completely forgot that my brother abhors mushrooms. So, the day before he got here I made them for dinner anyway. Sorry, Erik! We got to enjoy your treat for you. Honestly, I think he would have liked these dumplings even if he does hate mushrooms. The flavor on them is spot on and you’d probably never guess they were stuffed with mushrooms instead of meat.

The onion, ginger, and seasonings take over the flavor from the mushrooms and leaves you with a perfectly guilt-free bite of steamed dumpling goodness.

Don’t have a bamboo steamer basked? Don’t fret! You can use almost any steaming method to cook these.

I think I picked up my bamboo steamer on Amazon for a few bucks a couple of years back. I’ve used it for dumplings, and even for tamales!

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