How to Make Any-night-of-the-week Authentic Shrimp Dumplings

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, authentic shrimp dumplings. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Authentic Shrimp Dumplings is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Authentic Shrimp Dumplings is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have authentic shrimp dumplings using 15 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Authentic Shrimp Dumplings:

1. Prepare Filling:
2. Prepare 270 grams Shrimp
3. Make ready 50 grams Sliced pork belly (with plenty of fat)
4. Get 50 grams Bamboo shoot
5. Take 1 and 1/2 teaspoons Salt
6. Take 1 tsp Sugar
7. Get 2 tsp each Sake, sesame oil
8. Get 1/2 tsp Grated ginger
9. Make ready 1 dash Pepper
10. Prepare Dumpling skins:
11. Take 140 grams Wheat starch
12. Get 30 grams Tapioca flour (or katakuriko)
13. Prepare 1 tsp Vegetable oil
14. Make ready 1 pinch Salt
15. Make ready 170 ml Boiling water

Instructions to make Authentic Shrimp Dumplings:

1. Peel and devein the shrimp, rub 1 teaspoon of salt (not included in the ingredients list) into the shrimp, rinse, and drain in a sieve to remove any excess moisture.
2. Cut the shrimp from Step 1 into dices smaller than 1 cm, mince the pork fat, and roughly chop the bamboo shoot.
3. Put all the ingredients from Step 2 and the seasonings into a bowl, and mix with chopsticks, stirring in one direction until it becomes sticky.
4. For the dumpling skin: Put the wheat starch, tapioca flour (or katakuriko), and salt in a bowl, while mixing with a rubber spatula, gradually pour in the boiling water, and combine well.
5. Once the dough comes together, transfer to a working surface, knead while adding vegetable oil until it becomes sticky, similar to the consistency of mochi.
6. Cover the dough with a damp kitchen towel, and set aside for about 5 minutes.
7. Divide the dough into 3 equal portions, form each dough into a 3 cm stick shape, and divide the dough into 12 g equal portions. Roll each portion into balls, and cover with a damp kitchen towel to prevent it from drying out.
8. Flatten out the dough from Step 7 with the palms of your hands, and quickly shape them into a 6 cm diameter circle with your fingers.
9. Boil water for the steamer.
10. Place about 1 tablespoon of the filling in the middle of a dumpling skin, hold the middle, and make pleats by folding the edges in towards the center.
11. Once the water comes to a boil, line the steamer with parchment paper, put the shrimp dumplings in the steamer, steam over high heat for 7-8 minutes, and enjoy!

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