Crab Roe Soup Dumplings 蟹黄汤包
Crab Roe Soup Dumplings is featured among the local specialties of Jiangsu.
Crab Roe Soup Dumplings (蟹黄汤包) are a traditional Jiangsu dumpling filled with crab and soup, a food that Chinese Wikipedia says was already well known in the Ming and Qing periods.
What goes into it
The filling is made from the roe and meat of crab, and the soup inside is plain chicken stock rather than a crab broth. What sets the dumpling apart is its skin, which Chinese Wikipedia describes as thin as paper.
Where it comes from
Several Jiangsu places make their own version. The better-known ones are the Longpao (龙袍) and Jingjiang (靖江) crab roe soup dumplings, and Nanjing's Liuhe District (六合区) holds a Longpao crab roe soup dumpling festival every year. Soup dumplings from Yangzhou (扬州) and other places are also very well known.
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Wuxi soup dumplings are another Jiangsu soup-filled dumpling; this one is defined by its crab roe and crab meat filling with chicken stock.
Source introduction: Wikipedia contributors: 蟹黄汤包 · CC BY-SA 4.0. English translation and adaptation of the cited encyclopedia revision.
Sources & reading
Adapted into English from the cited encyclopedia revision and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer on 2026-09-25. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.