DIM SUM - Chiuchow Dumpling Recipe

pork

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: tofu

Chicken is leaner while tofu offers a plant-based option.

shrimp

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: fish

Fish can be a more affordable protein alternative.

dumpling wrappers

🥗Healthier: whole wheat wrappers

💰Cheaper: potato dough

Whole wheat adds fiber, while potato dough can be more budget-friendly.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil is healthier, while canola oil is often less expensive.

Soak 4 pieces of dried shiitake mushrooms in room temperature water for 2 hours, then slice them after squeezing out the water.

Dice 1/2 cup of jicama and set aside.

Prepare 1 tablespoon of preserved daikon radish, diced if not pre-diced.

Finely dice 10 ounces of ground pork and marinate with 2 teaspoons soy sauce, 2 teaspoons fish sauce, 1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon satay sauce, 1 teaspoon sugar, and white pepper to taste.

Finely dice 1 shallot, smash and dice 2 cloves of garlic, and finely mince 1 1/2 teaspoons of ginger.

Heat a wok and add cooking oil along with the aromatics (shallot, garlic, ginger) and stir for a few seconds.

Add diced shiitake mushrooms, preserved radish, and tofu, and stir for a couple of minutes.

Add diced jicama and stir for another minute.

Push the mixture to the side and add the marinated ground pork, stirring to cook through.

Drizzle in cornstarch water made from the mushroom soaking liquid to bind the filling together and set aside to cool completely.

Dice 1/2 stalk of celery and combine with 1 1/2 cups of garlic chives and a drizzle of toasted sesame oil.

Mix the chives and celery with the cooled filling.

Prepare the dumpling wrappers using a mixture of starches (wheat starch, tapioca starch, cornstarch) and water, cooking until a dough forms.

Knead the dough until smooth and divide into 24 pieces, rolling each into a wrapper about 3.5 inches in diameter.

Fill each wrapper with about 2.5 tablespoons of filling, wet the edges, fold, and pinch to seal.

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