Steamed Dumplings

Name: Steamed Dumplings (Cheng chiao)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2-½ cups wheat flour; ⅔ cup boiling water; ⅓ cup cold water; 10 oz. pork (ground or chopped); ½ chopped bamboo shoots (or cabbage); 1 tablespoon chopped green onion; 1 teaspoon chopped ginger; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 10 oz. pork (ground or chopped); 4 oz. shrimp (shelled); 5 dried black mushrooms (soaked); ½ chopped bamboo shoots (or cabbage); 2 tablespoons sesame oil; 2 teaspoons salt

Cheng chiao

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

2-½ cups wheat flour
⅔ cup boiling water
⅓ cup

Asia
Taiwan
Snack

Method

Place flour in a large bowl, add boiling water and mix well. Add cold water, knead dough with hand until thoroughly mixed. Cover and let sit for at least 15 minutes.
Place ground or chopped pork in bowl. Add the shrimp (cut into small cubes) and mushrooms (after soaking, cut into small cubes), bamboo shoot (cooked and chopped). Mix well, add green, onion, ginge