bigideasjust4u: Siew Mai (Chinese Steamed Pork Dumpling) 烧卖

Siew Mai is (Pork Dumplings) is a traditional Chinese dumpling served in Dim Sum/Yum Cha. Siew Mai tops the list whenever we go for Dim Sum/Yum Char, or rather most people will order this without fail. Last night, I actually promised Tony that I will make him wanton soup for dinner however the shipment for summer's season have arrived and we have alot of cartons to unpack as well as to send out the goods to retailers. With the help of 4 staffs, we managed to unpack 80 cartons and sent out some orders. By the time, we finished I was exhausted and had no energy to whip up the wanton soup for him. On Thursday, Tony has got me some shrimps for this dish I decided to make use of it and make Siew Mai instead. Siew Mai and Wanton are basically using the same few core ingredients-Mince Meat, Shrimps and Wanton. What I don't like about wanton(soup) is With Siew Mai, you will not have the issue. You can keep leftover Siew Mai in the fridge, steam it up again they will still taste fresh and good.

Makes about 30
Ingredients:

300g Mince meat (Pork or Chicken)

200g Shrimp (Roughly chopped)

1 Egg white

2 Tablespoon Corn starch

1 Tablespoon Oyster sauce

1 Tablespoon Soy sauce

1/2 Teaspoon Sesame oil

1/4 Teaspoon Pepper

1 Teaspoon Chinese Cooking Wine (Shiong Xing Wine)

Some shredded carrot for garnishing

Wanton Wrapper/Dumpling Pastry (Round shape if you are able to find it, else square will do but will need to do some trimming)

1. Put all ingredients in a bowl (except for the wanton wrapper). Mix it well. I like to use my hand to mix it as it will be more thorough. Set it aside in the fridge at least 30 minutes.

2. Take one wanton wrapper (cover the rest with a damp cloth to prevent them from drying up), spoon the filling (you had prepared earlier ) into the center of the wrapper and press the wrapper up around the filling ans shape like a Siew Mai. If you are using a square shape wanton wrapper, you will need to trim off the excess wrapper at the top, the filling and wrapper should be at the same level.