# Siu Mai

This recipe shows you how to make siu mai, exactly like dim sim.

- Total time: 1 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Appetizer
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- Chopping board
- Double Cleaver
- Knife
- Bowl
- Fork
- Steamer

## Source

- Original video: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/3NV9A7Dd39E
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/d2a5d0ac-da8a-4484-b241-653ed11992b3
- Extracted: 2025-01-08

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