For 16 free meals with HelloFresh PLUS free shipping, use code TYLERWILLIAMS16 at bit.ly/3BEPl5Z!! thanks to HelloFresh for sponsoring this video!🍜Once again, the sweet allure of internet hacks has called us… to test some dumpling hacks!! Considering I’m a complete novice to the homemade dumplings world, I think our final dumplings actually came out pretty well 🥟🧐 What do you guys think? Are you coming over for dinner?

@LovelyLori193

11 ай бұрын

I am not coming over for dinner because Hellofresh exploits their workers to no end. They are a disgusting unionbusting company who treats their workers like garbage.

@RydavimHerself

11 ай бұрын

Congratulations @tylerwilliams on filming the ONLY sponsorship segment I’ve ever RE-watched on KZread. Smart choice, HelloFresh! 😂

@CatWhiskerClaws

11 ай бұрын

I love these videos! There's a lot of clickbate out there but you guys do it fr lol

@CatWhiskerClaws

11 ай бұрын

"My dumps my dumps, my lovely dumpling dumps, check em out" 😭😭🤣🤣🤣

@ukiyo12117

11 ай бұрын

​@@RydavimHerselfI also rewatched it many times, it was so cute!! ❤❤ unfortunately there's no Hello Fresh in Brazil...

" I am just the vessel the dumpling passes through" Is a quote that I'm gonna start using for everything I eat

@klaramathilda9929

11 ай бұрын

Or just in general 💅

@philosophy_bot4171

11 ай бұрын

Beep bop... I'm the Philosophy Bot. Here, have a quote: "He who has a Why to live can bear almost any How" ~ Nietzsche

🗣 boom goes the dynamite!!!

@Orangecatinahoodie

11 ай бұрын

🧨

@AutHazel

11 ай бұрын

🧨

@KamikoInu

11 ай бұрын

Is the polish I spotted during the Hello Fresh segment a sneak peak?? 👀👀👀💿🌮🦇

@nickipedia1

11 ай бұрын

You hacked the hack! Chopsticks for the win!

@ThatOneSouthParker

11 ай бұрын

🧨💥

What I’ve noticed is Tyler’s channel has turned into what Safiyas used to be and I’m living for it

@Terahnee

11 ай бұрын

Tyler's kind of took over for the live streams, basically, as well.

@9melissal

11 ай бұрын

​@@TerahneeI still really miss the weekly live streams where they intereacted with everyone.

@annamaria9073

11 ай бұрын

And Safiyas is them finishing their bucket list and getting tax write offs for it. Clever

@LilMsPrincessMe

11 ай бұрын

​@@9melissalsame, I miss the live streams so much.

@RoKer13

11 ай бұрын

@@9melissalMe too. Those were so fun!

I love Carly's slightly panicked "do you want me to show you?" when Tyler was trying to kneed the dough

@hamsaessam

11 ай бұрын

carly?

@BeatlesNinja

11 ай бұрын

​@@hamsaessam Carly is their producer. She's the mystery woman behind the camera. Lol

@hamsaessam

11 ай бұрын

@@BeatlesNinja oh okayy thankuu

@9melissal

11 ай бұрын

​@@hamsaessamshe's present in all of Tyler and Safiya's videos. They always interact with her even though she's not on camera.

@ichhabekeineahnung2462

11 ай бұрын

Tyler was like shiatsu massaging and or punching that dough

As someone who has made dumplings, allowing the dough to hydrate before working with it/rolling it out will help with the consistency! Dumpling dough should be slightly stretchy and has a consistency closer to clay. It may also help to add a little less water to the filling so that it holds its shape a little better :)

@spirit__fox

11 ай бұрын

Totally. It also looked like an egg, or partly egg based dough in the original. For something like these hacks I would look at rolling it out with a pasta roller and cutting rounds with a circular cookie cutter just to make things as even as possible.

@Emeraldwitch30

11 ай бұрын

I agree. Ive made a few dumplings but haven't gone fancy like this but ive learned the fancy rolling techniques from watching a bunch of dumpling videos. They need to roll thinner and use less dough. Like on the rose one cut the dough ball into thirds and roll paper thin I bet it would be perfect. I know my granddaughter and her best friend want to learn how to make dumplings I think maybe we should try these. I also will buy a good packet of dumpling wrappers from the asian market too. Just in case lol. They usually have 6 to 8 types in the freezer case. But disclaimer-i used to be a chef and learned pasta work from my old boss so I have made pasta from scratch for years and years. Its not much different. I do think for first time trying these fancy shapes I might go with an egg pasta dough to have more leeway and resilience in the dough. The only dumpling weapper I haven't been able to get right yet is the crystal wrapper for shrimp har gow. But I'm working on it lol

@tearofgod

11 ай бұрын

that's autolysis! very frequently used when baking bread, enzymes will start developing the gluten when flour and water are mixed and it will be easier to knead

@InvisibleRen

10 ай бұрын

Nasoya sells both egg-based and vegan dumpling wrappers and they are definitely stiff like in the hack. The Chinese ones at the Asian grocery though seemed to be somewhere between Nasoya's and Tyler's---but much thinner. I researched and learned there's a difference between dumpling wrappers for steaming (like in dim sum) and for pan-frying (like potstickers or Japanese gyoza). It's worth looking up if anyone's interested.

Tyler refusing to pinch the centers together for the lotus dumpling had me SCREAMING at my screen 😂

@InvisibleRen

10 ай бұрын

I was screaming at a lot of things, but Tyler's tendency to NOT mimick what the hack is showing and instead flip things and do them sideways and backwards making it harder ... what was I saying? 😅

@bassgirl1228

10 ай бұрын

saaaaaaaame

@maggiesweowat5589

10 ай бұрын

Omg same

@TheDrawnie

10 ай бұрын

He made it unnecessarily hard on himself :D

@DoomCookie13

9 ай бұрын

Me too so I flew to the comments to see if anyone felt the same 😂

Actually, as a Taiwanese, many of these dumpling hacks are pretty legit, as in my grandma has taught me. The rose one though, not so sure because it seems like a lot of dough to very little filling ratio.

@N08R76H

9 ай бұрын

It’s probably just for aesthetics

@neonblkhole

4 ай бұрын

you might be able to get more meat in w practice; I imagine the key would be to flatten it a bit before folding the dough over so you could make sure it covers as much area as possible without adding too much girth or overflowing. no clue how to make dumplings tho so idk there could be plenty of factors I'm not taking into consideration

Tyler struggling, and Saf just does it on the first try. And Tyler isn't mad about it. 🙌🏻🙌🏻

@Nhonami

11 ай бұрын

She did get to learn from his attempts, so there is that.

@Atlasintokyo

10 ай бұрын

@@Nhonami yeah but she's also good at learning new techniques rly fast so that's why she could learn from only watching too

These cooking videos are like when the student athlete and the theater kid are partnered up in home ec class

@imnotgoodwithnames4101

11 ай бұрын

And you ma'am/sir, just created a good YA romance novel plot

@cheriescott5766

11 ай бұрын

@@imnotgoodwithnames4101 oh my gosh they did. Damn now I really want that book.

@xoxjelloxox

10 ай бұрын

Who is athlete and who is the theatre kid

@Atlasintokyo

10 ай бұрын

Honestly that's so cute

@Atlasintokyo

10 ай бұрын

@@xoxjelloxox guess lmao. Saf went to theatre school like a nice asf one I should know the name but I don't lol

Safiya swooping in to implement all of my backseat-driving suggestion anxieties for hack 1 was extremely satisfying. I thank you

@siriusblack7472

11 ай бұрын

YES. I could not stop screaming, "PINCH THE DOUGH LIKE IT TELLS YOU TO". lol

This video made me realize how fun it would be to have a dumpling folding party with friends

@Emeraldwitch30

11 ай бұрын

It is better to do with a group. My first attempt at dumpling making i was alone and ended up making dumplings for what seemed to be hours lol. I ended up with about 120 dumplings because I had no idea the recipe would be that large lol. 1 pound of pork and one of shrimp is a lot of filling lol I had to portion it in half and keep half in fridge while folding lol

@lisahoshowsky4251

11 ай бұрын

Oooh, yes!!! I could see maybe having everyone do a different filling and then you all get to take home a mixed batch of dumplings at the end😋

@AmayaYume

11 ай бұрын

This is what chinese people do every new years haha

@Sprinkle_

11 ай бұрын

That’s a russian New Years tradition tho 😁

@sabnamraee

10 ай бұрын

Nepalese people do this!

Saf just humming A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes to cover the squelching is somehow such a mood 😂

@missbeaussie

10 ай бұрын

It was precious

*I am just a vessel that the dumpling is going through. 🤭*

@CyanideSun94

11 ай бұрын

*passes through

So for that lotus one, they definitely used a cookie cutter to get such even circles without any tapering at the edges, which isn't what you usually want for dumplings, but works for that method.

@AllTheArtsy

11 ай бұрын

Theyre not using hot water dough, theirs is so yellow. Probably pasta dough or otherwise enhanced with eggs. And yup, dumpling dough should be rolled so that it tapers/gets thinner at the edges so that they don't become too thick or gummy when the folds/pleats are made. Those hack dumplings would not be satisfying to eat if they were made with dumpling dough and steamed like that because the dough would be too thick

@shanayazaveri2620

3 ай бұрын

​@@AllTheArtsy looks like the hacks channel used whole wheat flour from the colour. I use whole wheat flour for flat breads, so the colour seems similar

Honestly, their dough looks like pasta dough, not a dumpling. This is why, I think, it holds shape better. So you guys did a really damn good job with what you had.

god i really miss this channel. it was such a break from saf's channel's energy (in a good way!) Like if Saf's channel was like really good pasta, this was that good wine and bread pairing. even though the pasta is amazing, you still need the wine and the bread breaks. it's like, you need the pasta so that the wine and bread taste good, but you need the wine and bread so the pasta tastes good. each element enhances the other!! This channel has this gentle, kind of casual vibe I LIVE for which is such a nice contrast from the structured, more 'productiony' vibe that Saf's channel has. sometime you want a deep dive into the fake scam ads that tiktok is casually allowing to run rampant on their platform, and sometime you just want to watch your favourite duo try to follow dumpling hacks that are needlessly complicated! I hope you guys eventually return to this channel as well. Love you both loads!

I love how supportive she is up until she does it herself and she’s like I am amazing

My favorite thing about these is I fully believe they'd still do this stuff even if they didn't have a KZread channel.

I think in the video of So Yummy they don't flour their dough as much, letting it remain stickier and easier to pinch the dumplings closed. I also suspect they actually rolled out a sheet of dough and then cut the circles out of that instead of cutting a doughnot shape in 24 pieces

@Caldella

11 ай бұрын

I'm agreeing with their guess at 25:54 - that it's not dumpling dough, but a clay or play-dough material. The dough in the So Yummy videos is thick, and it retains shape and texture without the elasticity you'd see in a dumpling dough. I'm wondering if the "meat" they used might be fake in many of the clips, too. It keeps perfectly round shapes, and it kind of reminds me of the fake ice cream made for food photography.

@Eventide215

11 ай бұрын

@@Caldella I think it's likely pastry dough. It's yellow because it has butter in it as the binder. Pastry dough also doesn't have that elasticity and is much more moldable. Also the fact they didn't have to flour it means it's definitely not a real dumpling dough because it should be sticky - hence why you use the flour while working with it. I highly doubt it's play-dough or clay because it doesn't have the texture you'd expect out of either. Clay would have to be pretty wet to mold and play-dough has very tell-tale signs when being squished and such.

@mitchystuff

11 ай бұрын

​@@Eventide215when I make dumplings I don't need any flour either, if you have the perfect consistency it does stick but not in an unworkable way. It's still very much bouncy though, because of the gluten

@thespankmyfrank

11 ай бұрын

@@Caldella I get that it looks clay-like, but it's definitely some type of dough. Maybe with butter or egg added, and well rested. The filling is probably chilled so it's easier to shape and roll into perfect balls. It's all perfected to look good on screen, clearly.

@rey1185

11 ай бұрын

Safiya is much gentler w the dough, that's why hers come out much neater

just to clarify you aren't necessarily getting a free meal w hello fresh so much as discounts on your first six orders. your first delivery will be eligible for $50 off. the next delivery will be eligible for $31 off, and third will get $19 off. the last 3 are $18 off. so you're getting the savings but not directly because you still have to purchase meals to get the equivalent of 16 free meals.

@emweebee

11 ай бұрын

this is just for people like me who originally thought you could just get them for free no strings attached (i am not the sharpest spoon in the drawer)

@shisurvives2635

11 ай бұрын

​@@emweebeeyeah it's just marketing. Anytime you hear stuff like that think of it as a commutative discount that adds up to however they say is free at some point during your membership

@gracefoster7587

10 ай бұрын

Either hello fresh or blue apron used to just give your first box for free and you had to pay for shipping, but that was a long time ago. I just remember the yt sponsorships and trying it myself then

i love how chaotic safiya is on this channel, it’s so endearing

I honestly want to try the rose one, but with pie crust and apple filling.

@katlauren9161

6 ай бұрын

What a brilliant idea!

“I am just a vessel that the dumpling passes through” would’ve a piece of merch I would buy

You both work so hard to give us such exceptional content with all of the channels. I know so many appreciate it. Happy to see Ty get sponsored. You’re both lovely people. I recently have been putting your live videos on while I sleep since I struggle with insomnia and your channels help a lot with that.

@anna.augustinova

11 ай бұрын

This is such a nice comment. :) 🥺

@i.dont.like.people.

11 ай бұрын

Omg same idk why but their videos are just so calming for some reason

the way Safiya laughs after Tyler says almost anything at all is so cute!! please they're such goals I love them!!

13:17 that’s amazing!! Safiya figured the hacks behind the hacks lmaoo

"This is a cooking channel." Somehow I hadn't figured this as the permanent rebrand 😅 I figured general chaos! Meh, I like it. 😂

@patricia_seraphine

11 ай бұрын

This show still should be name TIY.

This is my kinda hack! Much more edible than candles

@ukiyo12117

11 ай бұрын

Safiya would disagree with you 😅

Lotus dumplings: it's common in many places that each hole at top has a kernel of corn or a pea in it, so you could form them around that and use the veggie to hold the hole open.

Next time, consider rolling the edges more so they’re thinner than the center- so when you fold them, it isn’t as much dough- this also is good for your filling too- you can add more.

Guys I appreciate you showing us not to be afraid to mess up in the kitchen. It's every novice's experience but we usually don't see it on video. From what I've seen the dumplings had more dough and not enough meat is because they're not rolled out thin enough. The way to fit more meat is use the same amount of dough but roll it out thinner, like at least 3 times thinner than what you did in the video, especially at the edges or parts of it that will be pressed together or bunched up. Don't be afraid they will tear while steaming; they really won't unless the dough is torn before it goes in the steamer. The meat won't increase in volume, in fact it will shrink when you cook it.

@lschoenrank

4 ай бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing. The dough wasn't rolled thin enough, especially at the edges.

That "dumpling dough" from the other channel looks more like pie pastry to me, which probably contributes to why they held their shapes like they did in the reference video.

I hope Tyler and Safiya come up with their own "hacks" to share with the world!

TYLER COME BACK 😂

A hack they didn't show you: roll out a larrrrrge rectangle of dough, then use a round either cookie cutter or biscuit cutter to get the perfect round shape. You can re-roll the scraps, too!

@batsandbatsandbats

9 ай бұрын

We do this for perogies too, I can't imagine trying to hand roll dozens of equal sized circles. Old school farm style: just a glass instead of a cookie cutter.

The dough in the hacks video is definitely not dumpling dough (hot water dough with just flour and water), it looks so yellow. It probably is pasta dough, enriched with egg, which makes it bind better and hold its shape

The rage I feel as the dumplings stuck to the rolling pin over and over. FLOUR THE ROLLING PIN!! 😂

Loved Tyler nailing a very concise, to the point commentary for the shell dumplings and instantly losing me with random ESPN analogy 😂 I wouldn’t want it any other way 🙏

Safiya is undeniably good at fancying up these dumplings!!

I’d recommend using pre-made dumpling dough slices as they are even circles and have that more play dough like consistency

Watching Tyler attempting to slap that dough into submission was the funniest thing I've seen all week.

Suggestions for your dumpling hacking: 10:35 more dough 16:30 again, more dough so you can have more meat - also pull the meat out one by one so you can have more even pieces 19:48 you could possibly roll it out less so it’s thicker and you could maybe go for more meat and stretch it out as needed because it’s not as thin 21:46 another way to cook is to fry in the pan with oil for 1-1.5 minutes then pour in 0.25 cups of water and steam until the water has evaporated (Remember - these are only suggestions!)

@meredithlawhorn7044

11 ай бұрын

What kind of oil? Vegetable?.

@ivory-on-the_sun

11 ай бұрын

@@meredithlawhorn7044 yes

I like how Tyler's content deeply reflect all my crazy food ideas 👌🏻

As a baker, I will always cringe watching these two do anything baking adjacent lmao. Tyler "kneading" that dough hurt me. I still love them though, it's so funny and I do hope they learn by doing haha.

Tyler's "Come dough, time to meet your destiny" is definitely something I shall from now on say to my dough when baking. 😂❤ Also, Safiya's musical commentary this episode is just _chef's kiss_ ! 💫

if you refrigerated the dough for 1-2 hours, you would get the more stiff consistency of the dough in the example "hack" video love you guys so much!

I am jealous of the insane amount of pop culture references Saf can produce 😮

We need a “meet Carly” video! Or a Carly Q & A!

4:18 really thought you were gonna say “just like my mother in my youth… bowed out quickly” 😂😂

Love the chaotic energy of these videos. They have the fun vibe of Safiya and Tyler’s livestreams and the tight editing kicks it up a notch! 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🖤🤍🤎

love the cat and the sponsor bit was actually funny, love you guys

CONGRATS ON THE SPONSOR!! THATS AMAZING!!

Hey now, some of the flower shapes turned out quite lovely! I think the visual process of making the shell dumplings is quite nice, but the end result (even from the hack video haha) just look a bit like wrinkly shar pei puppies lol

Eh, I know y'all got a lot going on. But I really love videos of you guys cooking weird crap together.👉👈

The videos on Tyler's channel are like what they did during the livestreams, but I still miss the weekly streams so much and rewatch them a lot

I so appreciate all of your videos on both your channels, and they always make me feel better, whether you both are off traveling in neat spas, sleeping in ice, combining every lipstick into one, going to Japanese container hotels, running a boba shop, trying out funny things you bought on Amazon, or making & eating dumplings, I absolutely enjoy every video!!! Thank you!!! Also I fell asleep mid watching last night and came back this am and the fact that you even edit each segment to clearly tell us where we are in the video…you both are such wonderful editors and I appreciate the extra commitment and time!! Saf & Ty are #1!!! 🥰🥰🥰

26:30 Saf momentarily staring into the center of the universe to contemplate what Tyler could have possibly meant by "the hacker did not become the hackee" 💀

@datgaydangernoodle1315

11 ай бұрын

Yeah 😂🦢

As someone who loves doughy dumplings… I might have to try these… 😂

I applaud your dedication to making the dough! I think these might have been accomplish-able if the circular dough the grocery store sells was used, since they're a bit more uniform. However, your dough looked very well-made and tasty.

Love that Tyler apparently gets Saf’s new video recommended to him by the algorithm

Saf & Tyler should open a business that sells frankencandles, frankenlipstick, dumplings, chocolate bars and any other franken product they plan to create. I love these type of videos. You 2 did amazing!

Yay!!! I love seeing you guys try hacks, because I feel like I know your skill levels and they are close to mine haha

I think after this types of videos you should make a follow up of how YOU would make the food, after the experience and with what you learned

2:11 "Oooh, ahhh, beautiful!" I love it.🤣❤

Absolutely never going to make any of these but love watching you guys!

I really love how this channel has progressed over the years. Still on my top 10 KZread favorites.

I totally cheering when saf made the lotus dampling (during and after) 🤩 Overall this video made me laugh alot. Your reactions and the editung made it feel like a shorter vertion of the live-streams, which I love! Thank you for making this a great morning ❤❤

Not me screaming PINCH THE MIDDLE TYLER for the entire first hack 😢

The rose one looks the BEST!!!!❤❤❤

I miss the live streams so much but I'm still glad and happy that we have Tyler's channel for the chaos😂🖤

Tyler's excitement about how good deal Hello fresh code is, hilarious :D

cosmo posing on the box 😂❤

I love your cooking videos SO much! It's such a joy to watch the two of you (and Carly) get excited over food xD

I would love more wacky videos like this, makes for good companion content, something to watch while do my hair or something

guys does tyler post monthly ? i need more of their content and have binged everything alreadyyy 😭

I miss the live streams! Are they coming back? Loved this video and this channel cause it reminds me of them :)

I am loving these take over videos you've been making. So fun and impressively educational

The cat scratches on tyler's arm😂😭

Love love these videos of you two supporting each other!!!

I enjoy the videos from both of them. I'll rewatch them over and over again. Whenever I am cooking ther is safiya and Tyler on my phone entertaining me.

I would've loved to see some regular dumplings to see you guys enjoy them more lol.

Hell yes to the sponsorship! Well deserved 👏 Love watching you guys ❤

THANK GOD ive been scrolling YT for 10 minutes looking for a good video :D

I love seeing Crusty’s lil face at the beginning. Miss that good boy. 💜

I loved seeing the kitty on top of the Hello Fresh box. So cuuuuuute.

Love to watch your videos! So fun and inspirational!!

As an Asian, y’all are killing me inside… using such a large roller for the dumplings and the dough being so thick instead of much thinner XD

I have seen a ton of these kind of dough hacks for steamed buns. They get really intricate. Would love to see you guys attempt that as well 😄

I love Safiya's laugh, it makes me so happy

Love your channel and the videos. But, most of all, I love that you two are having fun. ♥

this is one of the most fun videos i've seen in a while!

I get so excited everytime I see that Tyler has uploaded! I love him and Safiya so much!

I was so confused at first why Tyler was talking and doing more than Saf then I realized it’s his channel lol. (Not complaining I love them equally I’ve found so I’m here for Tyler taking the spotlight too!!!)

Tyler's genuine surprise with the Hello Fresh deal was great 🤘

It's that Safiya knows Bobby Flay by his government name

Part of the issue is your dough is not all the same size. They rolled theirs out to a constant thickness and then cut it with a cutter of some sort. Also, keep the dough cool until use would prob help as well. (They prob used part rice flour and part AP wheat flour, but not 100% sure.)

@andymike

11 ай бұрын

Fun video lol Forgot to say that too! :)

A LOTUS! 😂 OMG that was hilarious. As I have never made any dumplings by hand either, I'm sure my first attempt would not be any better, but that was just great!

Love to see how much fun you two have together ❤

Other channels are hard pressed to be more unhinged than 5 Min. I’m pretty sure 5 Min is so unhinged that it’s left the doorframe entirely.