# Shanghai Sheng Jian Bao

These crispy-based Shanghai sheng jian bao are juicy and delicious, totally worth the time and effort.

- Total time: 60 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Lunch
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 250 g plain flour
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp instant dried yeast
- 140 ml lukewarm water
- 250 g pork mince
- 1 bunch spring onions, finely chopped
- 0.25 whole Chinese cabbage, finely chopped
- 1 whole egg
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 pinch white pepper
- 1 pinch sugar
- 0.5 tsp salt
- chicken stock jelly
- olive oil
- black vinegar

## Instructions

1. To make the dough, combine flour, yeast, sugar, and water in a bowl.
2. Knead the dough until it's smooth.
3. Cover the dough with a damp tea towel and let it rise for 45 minutes to an hour.
4. While the dough is rising, chop the cabbage.
5. Salt the cabbage to remove extra water.
6. Combine the cabbage with pork mince, spring onions, egg, soy sauce, sesame oil, white pepper, sugar, salt, and grated ginger.
7. If desired, turn homemade chicken stock into jelly using gelatin, chop it, and add to the filling mix.
8. Mix the filling thoroughly.
9. Divide the dough into equal pieces and roll them into balls.
10. Let the dough balls rise for an extra 5 minutes.
11. Roll out each dough ball into a flat wrapper.
12. Fill each wrapper with a spoonful of the juicy filling.
13. Wrap and seal the dumplings, placing them seam side down in a pan.
14. Pour some olive oil on the dumplings.
15. Add water to the pan.
16. Cover the pan and let the steam cook the dumplings for 6-7 minutes.
17. Sprinkle with spring onions and sesame seeds while there's still some steam left.
18. Carefully turn the dumplings over to brown the other side.
19. Serve with Chinese black vinegar.

## Equipment

- bowl
- damp tea towel
- chopping board
- knife
- grater
- pan
- lid
- rolling pin
- chopsticks
- spoon

## Tips

- For an extra step, turn some homemade chicken stock into jelly with the help of gelatin, then cut it up and mix it into the filling. Once cooked, it will melt and make the dumpling extra juicy.
- Don't worry too much about how the dumpling looks when sealing, because once it's sealed, place it seam-side down.
- The best way to serve is to have it with Chinese black vinegar.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM1tMoGa/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/74a5624e-e3b8-4da9-a0b1-1611c6cadb16
- Extracted: 2025-09-17

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