How To Make Shrimp Shumai
Forget about Chinese takeout or eating out at dim sum restaurants just for a basket of shrimp shumai! Make this dim sum classic at home in 5 easy steps. The ingredients take about 10 minutes to prepare while steaming the assembled shumai takes about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- Wonton wrappers (approximately 22 pieces)
- 200 g shrimp
- 100 g pork
- 2 g salt
- 2 g white pepper powder
- 2 g chicken bouillon powder
- 2 g garlic powder
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp cooking wine (I recommend using Shaoxing Wine for this)
- 1 tsp oyster sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 50 g chopped shiitake mushrooms
- 100 g corn kernels
- Topping: Extra whole shrimp (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Put the pork and peeled and deveined shrimp in a food processor. Blend until you form a smooth paste.
- 2
Season with salt, white pepper, chicken bouillon powder, garlic powder, light soy sauce, cooking wine, oyster sauce, and sesame oil. Mix well.
- 3
Cut the shiitake mushrooms into small bits.
- 4
Mix the chopped mushrooms and corn into the meat mixture. If using canned corn, be sure to drain any excess liquid.
- 5
Take your wonton wrappers and place a teaspoon of filling in the center. Wrap the filling by pulling up the edges of the wrapper, giving you a basket-like shape. For decoration, consider topping it with shrimp, peeled and deveined, without the heads.
- 6
Line the steamer basket with parchment paper, place the shumai, and steam for 8 to 10 minutes until cooked.