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    Dim-Sum Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow)

    Last Modified: November 10, 2018 by Elaine| 28 Comments

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    Shrimp dumpling is one of the most famous dim sum dishes. I am not familiar with dim sum previously. However in the past two years, I am having so many dim sum dishes and fall in love with those little lovely foods.

    Shrimp dumpling has a relatively transparent wrapper and then pink shrimp meat can even be seen from the outside. The transparent wrapper is due to the flour used for the wrapper dough. Instead of usually flour, wheat starch is used and only a small section of flour is added. The more wheat starch used in the dough, the more transparent the wrapper will be.

    Dim-sum Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow)

    Dim-sum Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow)

    Boiling water should be used in the dough. In Chinese, we name this way of making dough as 烫面 which mean hot flour. However after stir the water in, let the flour bowl set aside for at least 5 minutes to cool down a little bit.

    The traditional version calls for lard in the wrapper dough, if you do not have some or you really do not like lard, replace it with cooking oil. However lard should be added at the very beginning of the kneading process, while cooking oil should be added in the middle size of the process.

    Dim-sum Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow)

    Besides for the meat filling part, I skip the pork fat. But you can add some. The meat should be marinated firstly. I highly recommend adding the spring onion just before wrapping the dumpling so that the water in the spring onions can be kept. For how to fold dumplings, check this post: pot-stickers .

    Dim-sum Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow)

    Dim-sum Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow)

    Dim-Sum Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow)

    Elaine
    One of the most famous Chinese dim-sum dish--shrimp dumplings. Those little shrimp dumplings have transparent outside, fresh and pink inside.
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course dim sum
    Cuisine Cantonese
    Servings 2
    Calories 376 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • One small section of carrots

    For the dough

    • 1 cup wheat starch
    • a small pinch of salt
    • 2 teaspoons tapioca starch or flour
    • ¾ cup of boiling water
    • 2 teaspoons lard , or around 1 teaspoons of cooking oil

    For the filling

    • 150 g raw shrimp , rinsed, tails removed, chopped
    • 1 inch root ginger , finely chopped or grated
    • 2 teaspoons sesame oil
    • 2 teaspoons Chinese cooking wine
    • 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
    • 1 dash of white pepper powder
    • 3 spring onions , finely chopped

    Instructions
     

    • In a large bowl, combine the wheat starch, tapioca starch and the salt. Slowly stir in the boiling water and you can see there is no dry flour in the bowl. Set aside for around 5 minutes.
    • Add some lard (or not) and knead the flour into a dough until smooth. If you are using cooking oil, add the oil in the middle of your kneading process. Set the dough aside.
    • Peel fresh shrimp and devein. Finely mince the shrimp and add cooking wine, soy sauce, pepper powder and chopped ginger firstly. Stir the filling in one direction until you get a paste like texture. Set aside to marinate for around 10 minutes.
    • Get the dough out and knead around another 4~5 minutes to punch the air out and then roll the dough into a cylinder around 1 inch and then cut it into small sections around 1 inch diameter.
    • Roll the small sections out to thin round wrappers one by one.
    • Add chopped spring onions in the shrimp meat and mix well. Wrap the dumplings one by one.
    • Slice some carrots slices and put the carrots slices firstly in your steamer and then place the dumplings on the carrots slices one by one.
    • Put the steamer in wok, bring water to a boiling and steam for around 10 minutes.

    Notes

    You can add some pork fat in the filling.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 376kcalCarbohydrates: 55gProtein: 23gFat: 5gCholesterol: 189mgSodium: 2494mgPotassium: 227mgFiber: 3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 4500IUVitamin C: 8.3mgCalcium: 150mgIron: 5.1mg
    Keyword Dumpling, Har Gow
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    Dim-sum Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gow)

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    Comments

    1. Leo Racine

      October 31, 2016 at 9:57 am

      Dear Elaine,

      Thank you so much for posting this recipe Very delicious. I found the dough easy to work. I love the translucent color. Hao Chi. Keep up the good work

      Leo (the late bloomer) ;).

      Reply
    2. fery irawan

      January 15, 2017 at 6:13 pm

      hai,..thank you
      whith this recipe i can lern to make of delicius har gow

      Reply
    3. Som soti magar

      August 02, 2018 at 12:47 am

      I like it's

      Reply
    4. James Bordoshuk

      January 30, 2019 at 3:10 am

      how many dumplings does this recipe make?

      Reply
      • Elaine

        January 30, 2019 at 8:28 pm

        around 15 ones.

        Reply
    5. garrick crabbe

      August 06, 2019 at 8:34 am

      love your work and recipies.

      Reply
      • Elaine

        August 06, 2019 at 9:53 am

        Thank you!

        Reply
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