Siu Mai

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Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Chop the pork shoulder with a cleaver.
  2. 2Chop the prawns.
  3. 3In a bowl, mix the chopped pork and prawns.
  4. 4Add salt to the mixture and knead until the protein comes out and sticks to your hands.
  5. 5Add the pork fat or pork lard to the bowl.
  6. 6Add chicken powder, white pepper, sugar, sesame oil, cooking wine to the bowl.
  7. 7Add yam yam and starch to the bowl.
  8. 8Add prawns and shiitake mushrooms to the bowl.
  9. 9Mix all the ingredients.
  10. 10Place a wonton wrapper on your palm. Use a fork to scoop out some of the mixture and place it in the center of the wonton wrapper.
  11. 11Fold the wonton wrapper and press it together to create the siu mai shape.
  12. 12Add a bit of fish roe on top of the siu mai.
  13. 13Steam the siu mai.

Ingredients

  • 1 pork shoulder
  • 1 prawns
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pork fat or pork lard
  • 1 pinch chicken powder
  • 1 pinch white pepper
  • 1 pinch sugar
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp cooking wine
  • 1 pinch yam yam
  • 1 tbsp starch
  • 1 shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 Wonton wrappers
  • 1 fish roe

Equipment

Chopping boardDouble CleaverKnifeBowlForkSteamer