Recipe courtesy of Jet Tila
Recipe courtesy of Jet Tila
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Sew Mai Dumplings
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- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 1 hr 30 min (includes chilling time)
- Active: 30 min
- Yield: 8 to 10 dumplings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 9 servings
- Calories
- 289
- Total Fat
- 10 g
- Saturated Fat
- 3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 31 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Protein
- 17 g
- Cholesterol
- 72 mg
- Sodium
- 515 mg
Dim sum literally translates to "fill the heart." I love filling my belly with this Cantonese breakfast! It originated in little tea houses in southern China that served steamed and fried bites with your choice of tea and is the modern version of a culinary swap meet. Masses of people all competing for fresh cooked bites of food auctioned off carts. These are my favorite type of dumpling. Shaped like drums, stuffed with shrimp and pork, they are the best.
- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 1 hr 30 min (includes chilling time)
- Active: 30 min
- Yield: 8 to 10 dumplings
-
- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 9 servings
- Calories
- 289
- Total Fat
- 10 g
- Saturated Fat
- 3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 31 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Protein
- 17 g
- Cholesterol
- 72 mg
- Sodium
- 515 mg
Ingredients
Directions
- For the filling: Reconstitute the mushrooms in hot water for 30 minutes. Rinse them, remove the stems and chop them into small dice.
- In a large bowl, combine the mushrooms with the pork, shrimp, oyster sauce, sesame oil, sugar, cornstarch, salt and pepper and mix until well combined. (You may also use a mixer with a paddle attachment.) Cover the mixture and let it rest for at least 1 hour and up to overnight in the refrigerator.
- To assemble the dumplings: Lay a dumpling skin on your work surface. Place about 2 tablespoons filling in the center. Hold the filling in place with your fingers and use the other hand to twist the skin around the filling. While twisting, make sure to flatten the top of the filling into the skin. Place the bottom of the dumpling on the work surface and flatten it out. Repeat this process until all the filling is gone.
- Steam the dumplings in a steamer basket on high heat until cooked through, about 7 minutes.
- I love eating these with soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, and hot mustard.
