Chinese steamed meat dumplings (Shumai)

Source : Mix Chopped Onion Chopped Leak And Starch Add All The Ingredients Add Your Preferred Meat And Knead Well With Hands This Finger Shape Is Import...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : December 6, 2025

Step:

  1. Mix chopped onion, chopped leak and starch.

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  2. Add all the ingredients (*), add your preferred meat and knead well with hands.

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  3. This finger shape is important when wrapping the dumplings. You can support the bottom of the dumplings with your middle finger. Place a dumpling wrap into your hand, fill it with meat by using a spoon.

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  4. Make some whole in a parchment paper(baking paper), place the dumplings into a steamer. Cover with a lid and steam them for 15 mins with middle heat.

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  5. When they are well cooked, enjoy with dipping into soy sauce! (You can also mix soy sauce with "Karashi" which is a Japanese mustard.)

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Ingredients

  1. 40 dumpling skin(Shumai skin)
  2. 500 g minced pork or minced chicken
  3. 1/2 chopped onion
  4. 1/2 chopped leak
  5. 3 table spoon starch
  6. 1 tea spoon cooking sake (*)
  7. 2 table spoon sugar (*)
  8. To taste salt (*)
  9. To taste pepper (*)
  10. 1 table spoon soy sauce (*)
  11. 1/2 tea spoon sesame oil (*)
  12. 1 tea spoon grained ginger (*)
  13. <Sauce>
  14. Soy sauce
  15. Karashi (Japanese mustard)

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