Name: Shu Mai
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: Serves 6 to 8 as an appetizer or snack
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons oil; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ egg white; 1 tablespoon all-purpose cornstarch; 1 teaspoon peeled and minced fresh ginger; ⅛ teaspoon white pepper; ½ teaspoon dark sesame oil; 4 medium dried black mushrooms; 8 oz (250 g) shelled and deveined medium-sized raw shrimp; 2 tablespoons finely chopped carrot; 4 tablespoons finely chopped onion; 10 oz (330 g) ground chicken breast; 18 round dumpling wrappers; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; ½ teaspoon sugar; 1 tablespoon water; 1 tablespoon chopped green onion (scallion), white and green parts

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8
as an appetizer or snack

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Katie Chin's Everyday Chinese Cookbook

By Katie Chin

Published 2016

About

Oh my, Shu Mai! This is my favorite dim sum dumpling because it’s so yummy, healthy (it’s steamed) and cute. My mother was an incredible seamstress, on top of being a master chef, so she made the pleating on her shu mai look effortless. It has taken me, however, several years to perfect my shu mai pleating. In fact, my mother once asked me, “Why are you so slow?” on camera while I was making shu mai for a Food Network special in China. She was hard on me, but it was always out