Steamed Chinese Chive Dumplings
If you love the mild garlicky fragrance of Chinese chives (jiu cai 韭菜), you'll definitely want to try these delicious steamed Chinese chive dumplings.
Ingredients
- 200 g minced pork - ground pork
- 200 g prawn paste
- 400 g Chinese chives
Seasoning
- 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp chicken powder
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1-2 tsp pepper
- 1.5 tbsp cooking oil** - to be added last
Instructions
- Cut Chinese chives into small pieces (leave out the white part) and weigh to about 300 grams
- Place minced pork and prawn paste together with the seasoning into a bowl. Using a pair of chopsticks and stir well (in one direction) until the meat becomes sticky, about 2-3 minutes.
- Then drop in the Chinese chives with 1.5 tablespoon of cooking oil, stir mixture well again for another minute. Cover the pork mixture with cling wrap and place inside the refrigerator for later use (can prepare the filling a few hours ahead).
- Place about 1 tablespoon chive mixture in the middle of the wrapper and moisten the edge with little water (or moisten the wrapper before adding in the filling). Fold it up and seal, then place the top side down. Repeat the same until you use up the ingredients (makes about 30 pieces).**watch video for wrapping**
- Place a clean piece of parchment paper in the steamer and place chive dumplings on top, then brush with some cooking oil, cover lid and steam at high heat for about 12 minutes. Serve hot immediately.
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