This dumpling recipe bundle puts a twist on classic pork and chive dumplings. Based on the Taiwanese stir-fry dish Fly’s Head, it gets its punchy, funky flavor from a mix of fermented black beans (the “flies’ heads”), garlic chives, and ground pork. Bonus: garlic chive symbolizes longevity, so eating these dumplings brings double the good fortune, symbolizing both prosperity and long life.

It is part of a series of three Lunar New Year dumpling bundles curated in partnership with The Dumpling Club, an online course by recipe developer CHOOCHOO-ca-CHEW. Because of their resemblance to Chinese ingots, dumplings symbolize prosperity—eat them in abundance to usher in wealth and good fortune for the coming year.

Each bundle includes the seasonings and tools you need to cook a Dumpling Club recipe that reinterprets a Taiwanese homestyle dish into a dumpling. For more flavors, check out the Gu Gu Chicken Dumpling Bundle and the Bloom and Blossom Dumpling Bundle.

While supplies last, every order placed during the Lunar New Year period will also receive a Little Dumpling Book, with six Taiwanese dumpling recipes by The Dumpling Club, as well as a code for 10% off their online course.

Bundle Contents

• Fermented Black Beans: soft, succulent nuggets of koji-inoculated, then fermented black soybeans


• Firewood Soy Sauce: a brothy Japanese-style soy sauce flavored with licorice and mirin


• White Sesame Oil: white sesame seeds, cold pressed into a fragrant, nutty oil


• MSG: crystalline shards of pure umami


• Dumpling Paddle: a lightweight, yet sturdy dumpling-filling tool, made from bamboo and engraved with the Yun Hai logo

Also included, while supplies last: Little Dumpling Book 餃子小書: a Yun Hai Press publication featuring recipes for six Taiwanese homestyle dishes reinterpreted as dumplings

About The Dumpling Club

The Dumpling Club is an invitation to cook alongside Tiffany of CHOOCHOO-ca-CHEW in your own kitchen. It will transform the way you cook, taste, and understand dumplings—giving you the confidence to make them part of everyday meals and meaningful celebrations alike.

What started as a way for Tiffany to reconnect with her Taiwanese roots through dough and filling has become an online dumpling masterclass that turns folding into a cultural journey. She’ll guide you through making soft, chewy wrappers and juicy, flavor-rich dumplings from scratch—showing you what to look for, what to feel, and why it matters.

Along the way, she will share the tips behind techniques, family stories, her mom’s secret recipes, and how thoughtful, high-quality Taiwanese ingredients elevate every bite. This is slow, intentional food—meant to be shared, remembered, and passed on.

Cook along at home, deepen your craft, or host a dumpling party with people you love. Join The Dumpling Club. Sign up today at TheDumplingClub.com.

Tasting Notes and Usage

Fermented Black Beans: briny sea salt and red miso, with chocolatey undertones and a soft succulent bite

This is a core component of Mapo Tofu and fly's head (stir-fried chives, ground pork, and fermented black beans). It also shines in cookbook author George Lee's vegan recipe for Black Bean Tofu.

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Firewood Soy Sauce: warm and mellow salinity with roasted peanut, katsuobushi, and anisette notes

Use it straight out the bottle, drizzled over steamed fish or mixed into a dressing for wontons and steamed egg.

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White Sesame Oil: fragrant, sweet and slightly bitter with notes of toast and caramel

Add a small dash at the end of a stir fry or on your steamed fish or vegetables.

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MSG: 100% umami shards

Use sparingly as a flavor enhancer to intensify the savoriness or meatiness of your soups and stews, stir-fries, braises, or anything else you’re looking to zhuzh up. We love it in stir-fried kong xin cai 空心菜, dry noodles, and steamed egg.

Ingredients and Instructions

Fermented Black Beans: non-GMO black soybeans, Australian sea salt.

Shelf stable for 2 years from printed manufacturing date. Keep refrigerated after opening.
Sift and rinse before using to remove the salt crystals.

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Firewood Soy Sauce: water, non-GMO black soybeans, non-GMO yellow soybeans, non-GMO wheat, sea salt, sugar, mirin, licorice, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, alanine

Shelf stable for 2 years from printed manufacturing date. Keep refrigerated after opening.

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White Sesame Oil: 100% cold pressed white sesame oil

Store in a cool, dry, and dark place.

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MSG: pure monosodium L-glutamate

Store at room temperature. After opening, keep away from high heat and high humidity.

About Yun Hai Selection

Yun Hai Selection is the house brand of Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry.

Specifications and Dimensions

Estimated Gross Weight: 3.7 lbs / 1.7 kg