Shumai Siu Mai Dim Sum
The Ultimate Dim Sum Recipe Guide - How to Make Dim Sum. Pork and prawn shumai steamed in a bamboo basket.
Ingredients
| 300 g | ground pork (collar steak cut is always a good one) | |
| 300 g | ground prawns (Tiger prawns) | |
| 5 tbsp | 75 ml | soy sauce (recommendation: Kikkoman Soy Sauce) |
| 2 tsp | 10 ml | oyster sauce |
| 2 tsp | 10 ml | sesame oil |
| 2 tsp | 10 ml | sugar (brown sugar gives an intensive flavor) |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | salt (sea salt or table salt) |
| 20 pieces | wonton skins (choose a package that has a darker color) | |
| 2 | chili peppers | |
| 1 | minced onion |
Instructions
Equipment: Bamboo Steamer Basket, Food Processor.
- Take a food processor and grind the prawns, add the ground pork and the rest of the ingredients, to mix everything well.
- Take the wonton skins and place between your thumb and the forefinger, add the filling in the middle and carefully push up the rest of the skin and push with a teaspoon the filling. Flat the base so the dim sum can sit straight on the steamer.
- Take a pan filled with water and place your bamboo steamer on the top and basket with a leaf of Chinese cabbage or baking paper with holes so you can put on top your dim sums.
- Put the dim sum in the bamboo steamer basket, cover and steam for about 12 min.
- Serve with soy sauce.
Notes: After you try this dim sum recipe for the first time, you will see it is very easy to create your own style. You can add just prawns or just pork. You can also buy the rice skin wrappers and add just prawns and steam them. You can also take the wonton skin, add the filling, roll them and fry them. As you can see there is no limit to get creative.