SIU MAI
~36 pcs(8 pcs for each person)
- Siu Mai/Wonton skin wrappers with corner cut
- 8 oz pork shoulder butt/pork belly
- 4 oz chopped shrimp peeled & deveined
4 pieces chopped shiitake mushroom
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 0.50 tsp salt
- 2 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 0.50 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp water
- 0.50 tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp chicken bouillon (optional)
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp oil
Add mixed sauce to below mixed meat.
- 0.50 oz carrot minced for garnish before steaming
- Lay out a wrapper in your palm
- Scoop about 1 tsp of meat filling onto the wrapper and loosely flatten it.
- Make a circle by pressing your index finger and thumb together, and place the wrapper over the circle. Make a funnel-like shape with your other fingers.
- With the opposite end of a spoon, push into the center of the wrapper, into the hole you made with your fingers.
- Compress the meat into the dumpling wrapper by pressing with your spoon, and pressing with your fingers on all sides. Rotate the dumpling with your fingers a few times.
- Squeeze the bottom half of the dumpling to force some of the meat to rise, and flatten that with your spoon.
- If there's not enough meat, add some more and repeat.
- Steam between 7- 12 mins depending on the amount on the bamboo tray
Recommend Dipping sauce
Black vinegar
Soy sauce
Chili oil