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Shumai Recipe - Japanese Recipe

By Setsuko Yoshizuka, About.com

Shumai Dumplings

Shumai Dumplings

Photo (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 pound ground pork
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 small onion
  • 1/2 tbsp grated fresh ginger
  • 2 tbsp potato starch
  • 20 shumai wrappers
  • 1/4 tsp pepper

Preparation:

Chop onion well. Put the finely chopped onion and pork in a bowl. Add salt and pepper in the bowl and mix well by hands. Add potato starch and ginger in the meat mixture. Put a spoonful of the meat in the center of a shumai wrapper. Fold the four corners of the wrapper up and make a small ball. Heat a steamer. Steam shumai dumpling on high heat for 15 minutes. Serve sumai with soysauce and karashi mustard.

Makes 4 servings.

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