Vitasia Meat & Ginger Dim Sum Review — Lidl

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Lidl Vitasia Chinese Style Dim Sum with Meat & Ginger 1.99€ (200g)

This week there were loads of interesting Asian foods in the local Lidl so we decided to try a few including this package of Dim Sum, frozen Gyoza, and Indian Lassi.

Lidl Dim Sum Nutrition Information

Tap the photo below for nutritional information of Lidl’s refrigerated Dim Sum.

Lidl Dim Sum Ingredients

The Dim Sum contained 60% filling which was a combination of beef and pork meat along with onion, carrot, rosemary, garlic, nutmeg, salt, and wine. The filling also contained potato, mozzarella cheese (what?!) .6% ginger, and pepper. The other 40% was the dough made of wheat flour and water.

Vitasia Chinese Style Dim Sum with Meat & Ginger Cooking Instructions

You have 3 options to prepare these ready-made dim sum:

In a pan – cook with plenty of salted water for 4 minutes under low heat, turning them carefully. Drain and serve with the sauce of your choice.
In a steamer – Steam for 5-6 minutes, drain and serve with sauce of your choice.
In a frying pan – Fry the dim sum in hot oil for 1-2 minutes. Drain and serve with sauce to taste.

Learn Portuguese:

Modo de Preparação:

Na panela: cozer o produto em água abundante com sal durante 4 minutos em lume brando, virando cuidadosamente. Escorrer e servir com um molho a gosto.
Na panela a vapor: cozer o produto durante 5-6 minutos. Escorrer e servir com um molho a gosto.
Na frigideira: fritar o produto em óleo quente durante 1-2 minutos, escorrer e servir com um molho a gosto.

Lidl Dim Sum Steamed

We opted to prepare them via the first method and then I wanted to fry them off a bit after they were cooked with some toasted sesame oil. I quickly aborted that mission as they were sticking to the pan I was using (whoops, forgot to let it get back up to temp first – rookie move) and proceeded to plate.

I really wasn’t sure what molho (sauce) I would want with “meat and ginger” Dim Sum, so besides the toasted sesame oil, we had a splash of soy sauce.

Discussing Our Thoughts

What did you think of the Dim Sum we had the other night?
“They were mediocre, I guess.”

How would you describe them?
“Soft, meaty – there was some sort of filling in there. I don’t know what it was…”

I think that about sums it up.

No pun intended. Seriously. :p

Lidl Vitasia Chinese Style Dim Sum Review

The filling was very smooth and very processed which made for a lack of variety in texture imo. If you could deep fry these puppies maybe it would be better. I was impressed by how gingery they were, though.

For us, these were a pass. They were fine, it was an easy little snack after a midweek meeting, but nothing I would seek out again.

These Dim Sum were purchased at Lidl, a grocery store in Portugal.