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Siu mai

Open-topped parcels of pork and prawn, steamed in the basket they arrive in.

Siu mai
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Pork and prawn

45 minutes · serves 4 · Medium

What you need

  • 300g minced pork
  • 150g raw prawns, roughly chopped
  • 4 dried shiitake, soaked and diced
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • White pepper
  • 30 wonton wrappers
  • Roe or diced carrot, to top

What you do

  1. 1Mix the pork with the soy, sesame oil, sugar, cornflour and pepper, then beat it in one direction for a full minute until it turns sticky.
  2. 2Fold in the prawn and mushroom. Chill for 20 minutes.
  3. 3Press a wrapper into the circle of your thumb and finger, drop in a spoonful, squeeze the middle and flatten the top.
  4. 4Steam over high heat for 9 minutes.
  5. 5Eat straight from the basket with chilli oil.

Pork only

35 minutes · serves 3 · Easy

What you need

  • 400g minced pork
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • Sesame oil
  • Cornflour
  • Shiitake
  • Wonton wrappers

What you do

  1. 1Same filling method, pork only, mushrooms for texture.
  2. 2Fill, steam 9 minutes.