Steamed Siu Mai

Name: Steamed Siu Mai
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 30 siu mai wrappers or round wonton wrappers; 300g pork mince; 200g prawns, finely chopped; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 tsp ginger, minced; 1 spring onion, minced; 1 tbsp cornflour; masago or carrot to garnish on top

Open-topped dim sum dumplings with pork and prawn filling, topped with fish roe. Squeezing the wrapper gently up around the filling with a loose fist is the technique that gives siu mai their distinctive open-top cup shape.

Total time

40 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Chinese

Ingredients

30siu mai wrappers or round wonton wrappers

300gpork mince

200gprawns, finely chopped

2 tbspsoy sauce

1 tspsesame oil

1 tspginger, minced

1spring onion, minced

1 tbspcornflour

masago or carrotto garnish on top

Instructions

Combine pork, prawn, soy, sesame, ginger, spring onion and cornflour. Mix well.

Place a wrapper in one hand. Add a tablespoon of filling.

Squeeze wrapper up around filling to form a cup shape with an open top.

Top with a little masago or carrot dot.

Steam 8–9 minutes until cooked through. Serve with soy sauce.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

271

Protein

32g

Fat

14.2g

Carbs

Fiber

0.2g

Sodium

514mg

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