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Recipe

Pork Dumplings (Shiu Mai)

Servings:Yields about 5 dozen shiu mai.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. ground pork
  • 1 cup thinly sliced napa cabbage, plus extra leaves for lining the steamer
  • 1/2 cup chopped scallions (both white and green parts)
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1-1/2 Tbs. soy sauce
  • 1 Tbs. finely chopped garlic
  • 1 Tbs. rice vinegar
  • 1 Tbs. cornstarch; more for dusting
  • 2 tsp. finely chopped fresh ginger
  • 1-1/2 tsp. Asian sesame oil
  • 1 tsp. granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 large egg white
  • 55 to 60 shiu mai wrappers or wonton wrappers
  • Soy Dipping Sauce, for serving

Nutritional Information

  • Nutritional Sample Size per piece
  • Calories (kcal) : 40
  • Fat Calories (kcal): 10
  • Fat (g): 1.5
  • Saturated Fat (g): 0
  • Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 0
  • Monounsaturated Fat (g): 0.5
  • Cholesterol (mg): 5
  • Sodium (mg): 80
  • Carbohydrates (g): 5
  • Fiber (g): 0
  • Protein (g): 2

Preparation

  • In a large bowl, stir together the pork, sliced cabbage, scallions, cilantro, soy sauce, garlic, rice vinegar, 1 Tbs. cornstarch, ginger, sesame oil, sugar, pepper, and egg white.

Assemble the shiu mai:

  • Sprinkle a rimmed baking sheet liberally with cornstarch. Set a small bowl of water on the work surface. If the wrappers are larger than 3 inches across in any direction, trim them with a cookie cutter to 3-inch rounds. Otherwise, leave as squares or rectangles.
  • Working with one wrapper at a time, and keeping the remaining wrappers covered with plastic wrap so they don’t dry out, place a heaping teaspoon of the pork filling in the center of the wrapper. Using a pastry brush or your fingers, dab a bit of water around the edge of the wrapper to moisten. Crimp the wrapper up and around the filling, squeezing slightly with your fingers to bring the wrapper together like a beggar’s pouch.
  • Place on the cornstarch-coated baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap, and repeat with the remaining wrappers and filling until you run out of one or the other. You can steam the shiu mai immediately or freeze and steam them later (see Make-Ahead Tips, below).

Steam the shiu mai:

  • Set up a steamer with 2 inches of water in the bottom. Line the basket with cabbage leaves to keep the shiu mai from sticking. Set over medium-high heat and cover. When steam begins to escape from the steamer, remove from the heat and carefully take off the lid. Arrange the shiu mai in the steamer so that they don’t touch, as they will stick together (you’ll have to cook them in batches). Cover the steamer and return to medium-high heat. Steam until the pork is cooked through (cut into one to check), 5 to 7 minutes. Serve with the dipping sauce.

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Freeze the uncooked shiu mai on the baking sheet. When frozen, transfer them to an airtight container, setting parchment or plastic wrap between layers, or seal them in a plastic bag. Store in the freezer, where they’ll keep for about a month. Do not thaw the shiu mai before steaming; cooking time will be 10 to 12 minutes.

Shrimp & Scallop Shiu Mai: Instead of the ground pork, you can use 1/2 lb. peeled and deveined shrimp and 1/2 lb. dry-packed, fresh sea scallops (with the tough muscle removed). Pulse the shrimp and scallops in a food processor until almost smooth, about 12 pulses. Use this mixture instead of the ground pork in the shiu mai recipe.

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  • mavee125| 08/27/2021

    I love this pork dumplings recipe. It's so tasty delicious and flavorful! The kids love it, too! Glad I got to get all my needed (favorite) authentic Asian ingredients in Karman Foods. The recipe has been extra flavorful! Cravings solved! Will definitely be making it again on the weekend.

  • Mall0mar| 07/03/2020

    These were great! I think the dipping sauce could have been a little sweeter, but that’s easy to fix. Once you get your rhythm, things go smoothly. It does help to have a couple of extra hands to put formed dumplings right into the steamer as they’re formed. I wasn’t sure if just dumplings would be enough for dinner, and we had planned to serve Asian Chicken and Rice Noodle Salad (FC #129) as well, using leftover roast chicken. Although the salad was completely prepped, (we left the rice noodles for the last second) we never got to it. The dumplings were that good!

  • sk88| 06/26/2010

    Scallop and shrimp variation made the best dumplings we've ever had. The pork version is good but not nearly as delicious as the seafood variation.

  • lantonow| 05/03/2010

    Don't be put off by all the ingredients that go into these. They're well worth the chopping. Great blending of flavors. I finally used the last few that I made around the holidays. I had frozen the extras. They steamed beautifully. I even froze the leftover dipping sauce and reheated it for the leftover dumplings. Great treat to have in the freezer!

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