Fujian Swallow Skin Dumplings (Yan Pi) — Fish-Flour Wrapper
Nanping, Fujian Province
Yan pi (燕皮) — swallow skin dumplings — use a wrapper made from pork tenderloin beaten with sweet potato starch to paper-thin transparency. Unlike all other Chinese dumpling wrappers (flour-based), yan pi is a meat-starch hybrid, creating an extraordinary silky texture. A Fujianese specialty, particularly from Nanping. The pork filling inside is mild — the wrapper is the star.