How to make Dominican Domplines |Domplines in cheese sauce | dip in cheese sauce Dominican Dumplings

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil provides healthier fats while margarine is often more affordable.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and lower in calories, while cottage cheese is often less expensive.

plantains

🥗Healthier: zucchini

💰Cheaper: bananas

Zucchini offers a similar texture with fewer calories, while bananas are cheaper and more widely available.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lower in calories, while seasoned water is a cost-effective alternative.

Add 1.5 cups of all-purpose flour, 2 eggs, and a little bit of water into a bowl and mix well.

Continue to add water little by little to avoid making the mixture too wet.

Add a little bit of vegetable oil and more water as needed to achieve the right consistency.

Use a fork to mix until a good consistency is reached, then use hands to knead the dough.

Add more all-purpose flour if the dough is too wet.

Knead the dough until the desired consistency is achieved and let it rest for 20 minutes.

Boil water in a pan to prepare for cooking the dumplings.

Take small portions of the dough and shape them into dumplings.

Cover the pan with a lid and let the dumplings boil until cooked through.

Prepare the meat sauce by seasoning small pieces of beef with salt, black pepper, and garlic powder.

In a separate pan, add 3 tablespoons of tomato sauce, 3 cups of water, cilantro, onions, mustard, and 2 chicken bouillon cubes to the beef and mix well.

Add cheese to the meat sauce and let it cook until boiling.

Once the sauce is boiling, add the dumplings to the sauce and let them cook together.

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