Siu mai

Recipes / Meat

Celebrate Chinese New Year with these moreish pork and prawn dumplings!

Recipe «Siu mai» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 30 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 18 gow gee wrappers, Thinly sliced green shallots, to serve, Soy sauce, to serve, 300g pork mince, 100g prawn meat, finely chopped , 1 green shallot, trimmed, finely chopped, 1 egg white, 1 tbsp oyster sauce , 2 tsp Chinese rice wine, 1 tsp Yeo's Pure Sesame Oil, 1/2 tsp caster sugar, Large pinch white pepper.

Ingredients:

  • 18 gow gee wrappers 
  • Thinly sliced green shallots, to serve 
  • Soy sauce, to serve 
  • 300g pork mince 
  • 100g prawn meat, finely chopped 
  • 1 green shallot, trimmed, finely chopped 
  • 1 egg white 
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce 
  • 2 tsp Chinese rice wine 
  • 1 tsp Yeo's Pure Sesame Oil 
  • 1/2 tsp caster sugar 
  • Large pinch white pepper 

Instructions

  1. Line a baking tray and steamer basket with baking paper. Use a skewer to poke holes in the steamer basket paper.
  2. For the filling, combine the pork, prawn, shallot, egg white, oyster sauce, wine, oil, sugar and pepper in a bowl. Season with salt. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest.
  3. Place 1 wrapper on a clean work surface. Place 1 tbs filling in the centre. Fold up edges. Cup dumpling in your hand and use fingers to form pleats. Pat down filling. Tap the base of dumpling on work surface to flatten. Transfer to prepared tray. Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling.
  4. Place steamer basket on top of a saucepan one-third filled with simmering water. Steam the dumplings, in 2 batches, for 17 minutes or until cooked. Top with shallot and serve with soy sauce.