Har Gow
Total Time: 1 hourYield: 6 Servings
Source: thewoksoflife.com
Category: Chinese
Ingredients
8 ounces Shrimp (peeled, deveined, chopped)1 teaspoon Oyster Sauce
2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil
1⁄4 teaspoon White Pepper
1 teaspoon Sesame Oil
1⁄4 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Sugar
1⁄2 teaspoon Ginger (grated)
1⁄4 cup Bamboo Shoots (finely chopped)
1 cup Wheat Starch
1⁄2 cup Cornstarch
1 1⁄4 cup Water (boiling)
Directions
- Mix shrimp, oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, white pepper, sesame oil, salt, sugar and ginger together; whip in one direction for a few minutes until the mixture starts to look sticky. Now add the chopped bamboo shoots, and mix everything together. Cover and refrigerate while preparing the dough.
- Mix the wheat starch and cornstarch in a mixing bowl. Slowly add in the boiling water, while stirring rapidly. Now add in 1 tablespoon oil and continue to stir. Knead the dough for a couple of minutes, until it turns into a smooth dough ball.
- Roll the dough into a long cylinder, and divide it into 18 equal pieces. Cover the dough pieces with a damp paper towel.
- Turn on the stove to pre-boil the water in the steamer. Take one piece of dough and roll it into a 3” diameter circle. Add a spoonful of filling and fold the dumpling in half then pleat with your finger on top. Continue assembling until all the dumplings are made.
- Once the water in the steamer is boiled, steam the shrimp dumplings for 6 minutes using high heat and serve hot. Make sure that they each have an inch and a half to expand during the cooking process.