Ingredients
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Filling
- 21oz/500g Pork shoulder, finely diced
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Sugar
- 12 White shrimp (150g/5.3 oz)
- 100g/3.5oz Pork lard
- 4 Shiitake mushrooms, soaked until softened
- 8 Small dried scallops, soaked until softened
- 1/2 tsp White pepper
- 1/2 tsp YumYum, aka MSG
- 1/2 tsp Chicken bouillon powder
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
- 2 tsp Sesame oil
- 1 tbsp Potato starch
- 4 tbsp Tobiko, flying fish roe (optional)
Assembly
- 20 Wonton skins
Instructions
- Add the pork shoulder, salt, and sugar to a large bowl and knead with your hands until the meat becomes sticky, this should take about 7 minutes
- To speed up the process you can use a food processor or an electric mixer
- Add prawns and continue to knead for 4 minutes, the mixture should be sticky enough to form a ball
- Add the pork lard and potato starch, and knead until combined
- Add the white pepper, Yumyum, chicken bouillion powder, Shaoxing wine, sesame oil, mushroom and scallops and knead for another 3 minutes
- Cover the mixture with cling wrap and let it chill overnight
To Assemble
- Remove the chilled filling from the fridge
- Use a rolling pin to slightly flatten your wonton wrappers, making the skin slightly bigger
- Using a knife cut the wonton skins into an octagon
- Take a wonton wrapper and place 1 tbsp of filling in the center
- Form an “O” shape with your thumb and first finger
- Place the wonton wrapper with filling in the center of the ring and use a fork to slowly push the filling into the “O”
- The sides of the wrapper will naturally fold upwards to form that siu mai shape
- Flatten the top of the siu mai with the butter knife and place it on a tray lined with baking paper
- Repeat for the rest of the filling and skins, you should make 20 siu mai
- Meanwhile, line a steamer with a circle of baking paper, make sure there are holes cut in the baking paper to prevent condensation and the siu mai sticking
- Heat a large pot or wok filled halfway with water
- Place your desired amount of siu mai in the steamer and steam for 10-12 minutes
- Store any leftover siu mai in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 2 weeks
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dumplings
- Method: Intermediate
- Cuisine: Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5 Siu Mai
- Calories: 562
- Sugar: 0.3 g
- Sodium: 1298 mg
- Fat: 7.9 g
- Carbohydrates: 86.8 g
- Protein: 32.7 g
- Cholesterol: 88.2 mg