Crystal Shrimp Dumplings

Overview

Shrimp dumplings are extremely nutritious, with white and thin skin, translucent shape, and slightly visible indentations. They have a springy texture and are smooth and tender. They are one of the classic tea snacks in Guangdong and a must-try snack for drinking tea!

Tags

• dumplings
• chengfen
• cooking wine
• olive oil
• onions
• pork
• shrimp meat
• starch
• carrot
• ginger
• pepper
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Thawed shrimp meat

   

2. 2 Chengfen, starch

   

3. 3 Prepared pork filling, shrimp meat, minced carrots, onion and ginger

   

4. 4 Put the pork stuffing and shrimp meat into a large bowl, add minced carrots, minced onions and ginger, pepper, salt, cooking wine, chicken essence, stir

   

5. 5 Stir vigorously

   

6. 6 Grab the minced meat and pound it into the bowl about thirty times until the minced meat is chewy. When you eat it, it will taste very elastic and smooth

   

7. 7 Add starch, starch and appropriate amount of salt into a container and mix well

   

8. 8 Pour in boiling water and stir until there is no dry powder (do not pour the water all at once, pour it in slowly and stir while pouring)

   

9. 9 Cover and simmer for 5 minutes

   

10. 10 Add a small amount of olive oil (I didn't have cooked lard)

    

11. 11 Knead into a smooth dough

    

12. 12 Place on a kneading mat and knead into a long strip, cut into pieces

    

13. 13 Roll it into a round piece and fill it with filling

    

14. 14 Place the wrapped dumplings into a steamer basket lined with carrot slices

    

15. 15 Boil water and steam over low heat for 5 minutes (it will break easily if steamed over high heat)

    

16. 16 out of the cage

    

17. 17 The shrimp dumplings are plump and slightly transparent (the skin is thickened, but not transparent enough)