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Dim-Sum Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow)

One of the most famous Chinese dim-sum dish--shrimp dumplings. Those little shrimp dumplings have transparent outside, fresh and pink inside.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 376 kcal
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Chinese

Ingredients

  • One small section of carrots
For the dough
  • 1 cup wheat starch
  • a small pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoons tapioca starch or flour
  • 3/4 cup of boiling water
  • 2 teaspoons lard , or around 1 teaspoons of cooking oil
For the filling
  • 150 g raw shrimp , rinsed, tails removed, chopped
  • 1 inch root ginger , finely chopped or grated
  • 2 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoons Chinese cooking wine
  • 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
  • 1 dash of white pepper powder
  • 3 spring onions , finely chopped

Instructions

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  1. In a large bowl, combine the wheat starch, tapioca starch and the salt. Slowly stir in the boiling water and you can see there is no dry flour in the bowl. Set aside for around 5 minutes.
  2. Add some lard (or not) and knead the flour into a dough until smooth. If you are using cooking oil, add the oil in the middle of your kneading process. Set the dough aside.
  3. Peel fresh shrimp and devein. Finely mince the shrimp and add cooking wine, soy sauce, pepper powder and chopped ginger firstly. Stir the filling in one direction until you get a paste like texture. Set aside to marinate for around 10 minutes.
  4. Get the dough out and knead around another 4~5 minutes to punch the air out and then roll the dough into a cylinder around 1 inch and then cut it into small sections around 1 inch diameter.
  5. Roll the small sections out to thin round wrappers one by one.
  6. Add chopped spring onions in the shrimp meat and mix well. Wrap the dumplings one by one.
  7. Slice some carrots slices and put the carrots slices firstly in your steamer and then place the dumplings on the carrots slices one by one.
  8. Put the steamer in wok, bring water to a boiling and steam for around 10 minutes.

Notes

  • You can add some pork fat in the filling.

Nutrition Information

Calories 376kcal (19%) Carbohydrates 55g (18%) Protein 23g (46%) Fat 5g (8%) Cholesterol 189mg (63%) Sodium 2494mg (104%) Potassium 227mg (6%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 1g (2%) Vitamin A 4500IU (90%) Vitamin C 8.3mg (9%) Calcium 150mg (15%) Iron 5.1mg (28%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 2Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 376

% Daily Value*

Calories 376kcal 19%
Carbohydrates 55g 18%
Protein 23g 46%
Fat 5g 8%
Cholesterol 189mg 63%
Sodium 2494mg 104%
Potassium 227mg 5%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 1g 2%
Vitamin A 4500IU 90%
Vitamin C 8.3mg 9%
Calcium 150mg 15%
Iron 5.1mg 28%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.