Name: Har Dor See
Yield: 32 dumplings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 egg; 2 teaspoons oyster sauce; 4 to 5 cups peanut oil for deep-fat frying; 18 slices good white bread (see note); ¼ pound pork fat, cut into very fine dice; 3½ tablespoons cornstarch; Pinch of white pepper; 1 teaspoon white wine; ½ pound onions, cut into very fine dice (see note); 1 egg, beaten; 1 teaspoon ginger juice (see note); 1½ teaspoons salt; 1¼ teaspoons sugar; ½ pound raw shrimp, shelled, deveined, washed, dried thoroughly, and chopped fine; 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Har Dor See

Shrimp Toast

Preparation info

32
dumplings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Dim Sum Book

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1982

About

Cantonese chefs created this dim sum with a slightly Western touch. The use of bread, not a traditionally common foodstuff in southern China, makes them unique, and thus, as you might expect, shrimp toast is a great favorite of both non-Chinese people and Chinese people alike.

Ingredients

½ pound raw shrimp, shelled, deveined, washed, dried thoroughly, and chopped fine
¼ pound pork fat, cut into very fine dice

Asia
China
Starter

Method

In a bowl, combine the shrimp, pork fat, onions, and the ginger juice mixed with white wine from the small dish. Immediately add salt, sugar, sesame oil, oyster sauce, white pepper, egg, and cornstarch. With chopsticks or wooden spoon, stir in one direction until the mixture is thoroughly combined. Refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours or until the mix

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