Pork Dumpling Soup

Name: Pork Dumpling Soup (Siu Kow)
Yield: Makes 12–20 dumplings or serves 4–6 as part of a multicourse meal
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1½ teaspoons oil; 1 teaspoon Chinese rice wine or sherry; 1 tablespoon finely chopped green onion (scallion); 1 tablespoon finely chopped green onion (scallion); 4 oz (100 g) shelled and deveined raw shrimp, cut into small pieces; 2 peeled fresh or canned water chestnuts, minced; 1 small wood ear mushroom; 6 oz (175 g) ground pork; 1 green onion (scallion), trimmed and cut into small rounds, to garnish; 1 green onion (scallion), trimmed and cut into small rounds, to garnish; 1 pack store-bought siu kow or wonton wrappers; 4 cups (1 liter) water; 1 pack store-bought siu kow or wonton wrappers; Salt, to taste; 1 cup (250 ml) water; 3 dashes white pepper; ½ teaspoon salt; 1¾ cups (425 ml) homemade Chicken Stock or 1 can (14 oz/400 g) store-bought chicken broth; 1¾ cups (425 ml) homemade Chicken Stock or 1 can (14 oz/400 g) store-bought chicken broth; ½ teaspoon sesame oil; 1 teaspoon Chinese rice wine or sherry; ½ teaspoon fish sauce; ¾ teaspoon chicken bouillon powder

Siu Kow

Preparation info

Makes 12–20 dumplings or serves
4–6
as part of a multicourse meal

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Easy Chinese Recipes

By Bee Yinn Low

Published 2011

About

Siu Kow is the Cantonese pronunciation of dumplings, or shui jiao in Chinese. In English, it literally translates to “water dumplings”—which in this case, it’s aptly named because the dish is commonly served as a soup dish at Cantonese noodle shops or delis. I love Pork Dumpling (Siu Kow) Soup and often have it at Sam Woo Restaurant, which has a few branches in the Los Angeles Metro Area. Their siu kow is legendary—filled with the perfect ratio of ground pork, sh

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