Dumpling

Xiao Chi Jie, Boon Sauce and Sweety take you on a food journey inside your own home.

After you’ve amped up XCJ dumplings (the traditional xiao long bao are also excellent) with Boon Sauce, you’ll probably want to cool off your palate. In fact, LA barbecue legend [ Adam Perry Lang](https://www.instagram.com/adamperrylang/) just started using Boon Sauce at his pop-up at Casa Vega, where lines have been wrapping around the corner. [ Boon Sauce](https://www.boonsauce.com/), from accomplished chef Max Boonthanakit (who just earned a Michelin star at Camphor, the modern bistro he opened with co-chef Lijo George last year). These soul-warming, umami-rich soup dumplings, which arrive frozen and should be steamed for 11 minutes, are made with ground beef but have the flavor of beef noodle soup. [Xiao Chi Jie](https://thexcj.com/) is a heritage-celebrating, forward-thinking food business founded by second-generation Chinese-Americans Caleb Wang and Jennifer Liao. And XCJ’s latest drop is its limited-edition [Taiwanese braised beef soup dumplings](https://thexcj.com/products/classic-pork-xiao-long-bao?variant=39565805125761).