Sick of your usual lunch or dinner? Feel like you are stuck in a food rut? Maybe it is time to try some traditional Chinese food this holiday season.

Chinese dumplings are a traditional food from China that is often served during celebration of the Chinese New Year. It is simple to make and easy to stockpile. Check out the recipe of this Chinese dumpling.

1 – 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

water

1/2 pound ground beef

1/2 pound carrot, diced

1/6 cup rice wine

1/6 cup soybean sauce

1/4 cup sesame oil

1/8 cup ground pepper

Add water to flour and mix to combine. Continue to add water by tablespoon until the flour and water become a cohesive paste.

Roll the paste into small round buns about 1/4 inch thick.

Combine carrot, cooked ground beef, rice wine, soybean sauce, sesame oil and ground pepper.

Pack the mixed ingredients into the buns. Fold buns over and pinch around the edges.

Drop the dumplings in a large pot of boiling water and cook until the dumplings are firm yet elastic-like.