Nanking’s Chicken Dumplings

KATHY: I still vividly remember the first night my dad made these dumplings. A regular customer asked for chicken dumplings on a whim—our customers know Chef Peter can always whip something up for them within minutes. Of course, prior to immigrating to the US, my dad had never eaten a chicken dumpling in his life—pork, vegetables, and lamb are far more common in China.

That night, my dad minced up his velvet chicken and added sesame seeds rather tha