Shanghainese Dumpling Recipe (Dim Sum)

Submitted by MarraMamba

"These are a combination of shrimp and chicken or beef(your preference) If you don't want to make them look like little bags, then feel free to just fold them as you would a potsticker."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Yields: 10 dumplings

ingredients

• Ingredients

• 450 g Chinese cabbage
• 150 g prawns, chopped finely
• 50 wonton skins
• 100 g skinless chicken (chopped finely or beef with no fat)

• Seasoning

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1⁄2 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon ginger juice (20 g ginger, pounded and mix with 2 tbsp of water)
• black mushroom, sliced thinly and fried with small amount of oil in a non-stick pan. (or bean curd) (optional)

• Sauce

• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 6 red chilies, pounded
• 1⁄2 inch gingerroot
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1⁄2 cup boiling water

directions

1. Blanch cabbage until soft and slice thinly.
2. Mix meat, cabbage and prawn with seasoning.
3. Scoop 1 tsp of the mixed ingredients onto the wanton skin.
4. Apply a small amount of water at the side of the wanton skin, gather up the skin to make a little "purse" out of them, and tie with a chive, or thin layer of a green onion.
5. Boil water in a pot and cook dumplings for 3 - 5 minutes.
6. Scoop dumplings and place on a plate.

7. Serve with sauce:

8. Combine all ingredients together with boiling water.
9. 10 dumplings/ Serves 5.

Reviews

[loof751]

These little dumplings were really good! I used shrimp only (no chicken) but otherwise made as specified. I have to admit I was a little intimidated at first but this recipe was really easy and the dumplings turned out great! Thanks for sharing!