All the flavor you love about juicy dumplings, in a quick, easy form. Just stuff your dumpling filling into flatbreads, pan fry to crispy, juicy perfection (or throw them in the air fryer!) then serve with lots of lovely dumpling dipping sauce on the side.
Dumpling Stuffed Flatbreads, at a Glance
- ⏰ Total time: 25 minutes
- 🍽 Servings: 4
- 🛒 Key ingredients: Ground chicken, scallions, cilantro, light soy sauce, sesame oil, flatbreads
- 🧠 Skill level: Beginner-friendly
- 🔥 Cooking method: Stovetop or air fryer
- 🥗 Perfect for: Busy weeknights, meal prep, entertaining, game day
Why Dumpling Stuffed Flatbreads Are Worth Trying
If you also love a big platter of dumplings but are not as keen on fiddly folding on a busy weeknight, you’ll love this recipe. It gives you all those recognizable flavors in a fabulously easy way.
Inspired by the Middle-Eastern street food classic, arayes (meat-stuffed flatbreads), these lovely flatbreads are such a quick and easy dinner, lunch, snack, or party food idea, a little different from the norm.
They’re also surprisingly easy to make:
- Just grab some pita or flatbreads (I love using these two-ingredient dough Greek yogurt flatbreads), pry open the pocket, and stuff with your flavor-packed dumpling filling.
- You can also air fry the flatbreads. I prefer the finish you get by pan-frying them (those lovely charred edges are hard to get in an air fryer), but there’s no denying that air frying them is completely fuss-free.
This recipe uses my go-to dumpling filling, which I use in my viral smash dumpling tacos, as well as these speedy dumpling burgers, and these dumpling-inspired stir fried noodles. So if you end up with any leftover filling, those would be fabulous recipes to try.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Ground chicken. You can use ground pork, ground beef, ground turkey, or a plant-based alternative if you prefer.
- Cilantro (coriander). If you’re not a fan of cilantro, swap it for flat-leaf parsley, mint, chives, or more scallions.
- Seasoning. You’ll need light soy sauce, fish sauce (don’t knock it until you try it!), sesame oil and black vinegar (or use rice wine vinegar).
- Garlic and ginger. Two essentials – if you don’t have fresh, you can use ginger and garlic paste instead.
- Flatbreads. Fluffy flatbreads – similar to pita – are best here. In the photos below, I’m using my two-ingredient Greek yogurt dough flatbread,s and they work beautifully. Otherwise, regular pita bread is great.
How to Make Dumpling Flatbreads
This is a step-by-step overview of how to make the dumpling flatbreads – the full instructions and ingredients list with specific quantities are at the bottom of the page for you.
- Start by making your dumpling filling – that’s as simple as adding all the ingredients into a large bowl and mixing until well combined.
- Cut your flatbreads in half, then carefully slice down the middle to create a pocket. Try to do this without making holes in the flatbread or going all the way through with your knife. But if you do have any holes, don’t worry too much.
- Spoon a couple of heaped tablespoons of your dumpling mixture into the pocket of your flatbread. Use your hands on the outside of the bread to spread the filling into an even layer. Repeat with the remaining flatbreads.
- Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large (ideally non-stick) pan. Place the flatbreads in the pan and cook for a few minutes on each side. You can also cook them in the air fryer.
- The flatbreads should look golden and crispy on the outside. I like to flip them onto the filling side, just to seal and char the edge too.
- Serve the flatbreads with lots of dumpling dipping sauce and 30-minute chili oil on the side, and enjoy.
Kate’s Top Recipe Tip
If you’d like to check the seasoning of the filling, pan-fry a teaspoon or so before you stuff the flatbreads. Then you can easily tweak the seasoning by adding a little more if needed.
Dumpling Flatbread FAQs
You can! I’ve found these keep well in the fridge overnight if you want to get ahead.
Yes, you can. You won’t get those lovely golden marks on the sides that can really only come from pan-frying, but these definitely work in an air fryer. Cook them for five minutes at 400°F (200°C), check, then flip them if you like and cook for a couple of minutes more.
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Speedy Dumpling Stuffed Flatbreads
Ingredients
Method
- Mix your dumpling filling. Add the ground chicken, chopped scallions, cilantro, crushed garlic, grated ginger, 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, 2 teaspoons of fish sauce and 1 tablespoon of black vinegar to a mixing bowl. Mix well to combine.
- Prepare the flatbreads. Slice your flatbreads in half, then use your knife to carefully prise open the pocket in the middle of your bread, without cutting through to the other side. You want to keep the flatbreads as a pocket so that the filling stays nice and juicy inside the bread as it cooks.
- Stuff the flatbreads. Stuff a couple of heaped tablespoons of the dumpling filling into the pocket of your flatbread halves. Use your hands on the outside of the bread to smooth it into an even layer inside the bread. You want the filling to be around 1” thick – too thick and you’ll burn the outside of the bread before the middle gets a chance to cook.
- Cook the flatbreads. Set a large, ideally non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Drizzle with a tablespoon or so of olive oil, then place the flatbreads into the pan (you’ll need to do this in batches, depending on the size of your pan). Cook for four minutes on each side, until super crispy and golden. Place the flatbreads, filling side down, on the pan to sear the edge for another minute, then remove from the pan. Replace with the remaining flatbreads.
- Garnish and serve. Arrange the flatbreads on a serving plate and scatter with more torn cilantro and sesame seeds. Serve with your chosen dipping sauces on the side, and enjoy while hot and crispy.
