Nowadays, frozen dumplings have become a common food on ordinary people's and canteen dining tables.Pork dumplingsHowever, due to the possibility of contamination by pathogenic bacteria in frozen dumplings, it is easy to suffer from food poisoning if the cooking time is insufficient.The Yantai Municipal Health Supervision Bureau experts offer advice on how to prevent undercooked centers when boiling frozen dumplings.How to avoid having half-cooked dumplings while boiling them?

There are three steps involved.

1 Boil with cold waterDumplingsover medium heat until it comes to a boil;Throughout this step, gently stir the dumplings using the back of a soup spoon against the edge of the pot in a clockwise direction to ensure they rotate continuously and prevent sticking together.

2 After boiling for about one minute, add a small bowl of cold water, then continue to boil until it comes to a boil again;It is best to stir during this step as well.

3 Once the water boils again, add another small bowl of cold water and continue to boil until it comes to a boil once more;Stirring is mostly unnecessary at this stage.

4 Boil until the water boils for the third time;This marks the end of the process, turn off the heat, and your dumplings are ready to eat!

Two points to note: 1 Keep the pot open throughout; do not cover it!2 If any part is still undercooked after three boils, repeat step four. However, this happens in less than 99% of cases!

Another method involves pre-boiling the water.

The water should not be too little to avoid sticking at the bottom.After boiling the water, add frozen dumplings (no need to thaw) and stir continuously with a spoon along the edge of the pot to prevent them from sticking together.

When the water boils again, add cold water until it comes back to a boil.For meat-filled dumplings, this should be done 2-3 times; for vegetable-filled dumplings, twice. Then remove them.Vegetable filling should be boiled twice, then drained.