This cozy potsticker soup recipe comes together in just 25 minutes and is easy to customize with your favorite dumplings and veggies.
Say hello to your newest back-pocket, quick-and-easy, cold-weather comfort soup! ♡
This simple potsticker soup recipe actually became a favorite of ours back when we were living in Barcelona, just down the street from a popular local frozen foods store. (Fun fact — in Spain, it’s common for people to shop at different store just for their frozen groceries!) They sold the yummiest veggie dumplings that we always kept stocked in our freezer for last-minute dinner rescue. And one of our favorite ways to serve them was simmered into a quick soup. It’s always such a cozy and delicious way to warm up on chilly nights!
I especially love this recipe because it comes together in a snap (just under 25 minutes if you’re moving quickly). Plus it’s super-easy to customize with your choice of dumplings (vegetarian or meat-filled), veggies, and toppings. We typically just opt for a light garlic-ginger broth drizzled with a hint of toasted sesame oil, but feel free to add in chili crisp, miso, curry paste, or whatever may sound good here to jazz things up. This recipe is endlessly versatile, so don’t hesitate to play around with the ingredients and make it your own.
Alright, grab your favorite bag of frozen dumplings, and let’s make simmer up a delicious pot of soup together!
Potsticker Soup Ingredients
Here are a few brief notes about the ingredients you will need to make this potsticker soup recipe:
- Frozen potstickers: Dumplings are the star of this soup, so choose your favorites! We typically make ours with vegetable gyoza, but feel free to use whatever variety of dumplings (gyoza or wontons) that you prefer.
- Mushrooms: I recommend using shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced, which add such a delicious depth of umami flavor to the broth. That said, if you are unable to find shiitakes, baby bella or white mushrooms will work just fine in this recipe too.
- Baby bok choy: I really love the fresh flavor and gentle crunch that baby bok choy leaves add to this soup, plus they add such a lovely pop of green color! If bok choy isn’t your thing, a few handfuls of fresh baby spinach would work well here too.
- Scallions: We will make use of both the white and green parts of the scallions for this recipe, sautéing the white parts with the garlic and ginger, then topping the soup with the green parts for garnish. I highly recommend adding a generous handful to garnish each bowl, as the texture and bright flavor really liven up this soup!
- Fresh garlic and ginger: With such a simple broth, fresh garlic and ginger are essential aromatics here to liven things up. I recommend a generous amount of both!
- Vegetable broth: Again, with such a simple broth, I recommend using a good-quality vegetable broth (or chicken broth) that you love for this soup.
- Soy sauce: We will add a hint of soy sauce for extra umami and saltiness, which always brings out the best flavor in potstickers.
- Toasted sesame oil: Finally, I recommend finish the soup with a drizzle of toasted sesame oil. Its nutty richness complements all of these flavors beautifully. Please note that a little sesame oil goes a long way, so don’t overdo it! ;)
- (Optional) extra toppings: Feel free to add on any other fun toppings that you would like, such as chili crisp, fried garlic, furikake seasoning, toasted sesame seeds or chili oil!
Recipe Tips
Full instructions for how to make potsticker soup are included in the recipe below, but here are a few quick tips to keep in mind too:
- Try to avoid overcooking the potstickers. The wrappings on any kind of dumplings will naturally soften and break down the longer that they are cooked, so I recommend adding the potstickers just a few minutes before serving in order to keep them nice and intact. That said, if they eventually fall apart in the soup, no worries — they will still taste just as delicious!
- Season the broth to taste. This simple broth is easy to customize to taste, so don’t hesitate to tinker around with the ingredient amounts or add in additional seasonings (see notes below) if you would like.
- Be generous with the toppings: As I mentioned above, we tend to love heaping our bowls full of sliced scallions and other various toppings when making this soup, so don’t be shy!
Recipe Variations
Here are a few variations that you are welcome to try with this wonton soup recipe:
- Add an extra protein: If you are using veggie dumplings, feel free to sauté some ground pork or chicken to add extra protein to the soup.
- Add extra veggies: Add any other soup-friendly veggies that sound good, such as bell peppers, broccoli, carrots, peas or zucchini.
- Add miso: Add a spoonful of white miso paste to the soup for some mild, creamy, umami flavor. As always when using miso in soups, take care not to boil the miso and be sure to whisk it into a ladle-full of warm broth before adding it to the pot of soup.
- Add kimchi: Add kimchi to the soup for some extra tangy, spicy, vibrant flavor.
- Make it spicy: Add your favorite heat source to the soup — such as chili crisp, hot chili oil, or fresh Thai bird chiles — to amp up the level of spiciness.
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Potsticker Soup
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 8 ounces shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons grated or minced fresh ginger
- 4 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
- 6 cups vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 16 to 20 ounces frozen potstickers
- 5 scallions, thinly sliced and divided
- 3 baby bok choy, ends trimmed off and leaves separated
- 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
- freshly-ground black pepper
- optional toppings: chili crisp, toasted sesame seeds, furikake seasoning, fried garlic
Instructions
- Sauté. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and sauté, stirring occasionally, until browned. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, garlic and ginger. Sauté for 1-2 more minutes, stirring occasionally, until fragrant.
- Simmer. Add the vegetable broth and soy sauce and stir to combine. Continue heating until the broth reaches a boil. Add the frozen potstickers, half of the scallions, bok choy and stir to combine. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until the potstickers are cooked. Stir in the sesame oil and a few twists of freshly-ground black pepper. Taste and season with additional soy sauce or black pepper if needed.
- Serve. Serve immediately, generously garnished with the remaining scallions and any extra toppings that sound good.
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
Delicious! I was leery of the large amount of garlic, but it’s great! Cilantro was a nice topping along with the green onions and sesame oil.
Hi Aly!! My fiancé has. Sesame and sesame oil allergy, do you have a substitute for it? Maybe fish sauce ? Thank you and I hope all is well! :)
Have an intolerance to mushrooms. How can I adjust?
My whole family enjoyed this soup, including the kids. And it was very easy to make. Thank you!
This was excellent and easy. Made exactly as described with the suggestions of kimchi, bell pepper, and awase miso (after turning soup off a boil). So good! I’ll make again and add even more veggies!
This was amazing! I’ll definitely make it again and again. I added snow pea leaves, snow peas, and some thinly sliced carrots. I used shrimp gyoza and added some whole peeled shrimp to the broth.
Delicious! Halved the recipe and have enough for another lunch. Used 8 pounces of baby Bella mushrooms. Came together easily. Will definitely make again.
I made this recipe last night for my family. So yummy! I used the mini chicken and cilantro potstickers from Costco. The only change or extra ingredient added for this recipe was the miso paste and used chicken broth in place of veggie broth. I made a double batch and we have dinner for today, too. Great recipe, thank you!
Ali, I have stacks of soup recipes. It’s my favorite foods to cook. This soup is so delicious! The flavor profile is perfect as written. Per your suggestion I did add chili crisp which was fabulous! Gave it a beautiful color too.
Just had our first colder day in south Texas. The recipe was quick and easy and tasty. My picky eaters really liked the simple broth and dumplings.
Simply fantastic and so unusual. I knew I wanted to make this soup as soon as I saw it because we love pot stickers so much! So I had to substitute a few things. I also used coarse cut cabbage, a few red pepper flakes, chicken broth and a tablespoon of Better Than Bouillon Roasted Chicken, green peas, liquid aminos to keep my husband’s salt intake lower than the soy sauce, and a touch of hot chili oil. Don’t skimp on the green onions and sesame oil. They give such great flavor. This was absolutely incredible! Thank you so much for the amazing recipe!
Delicious and very easy to make.