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Har Gow
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Har Gow (Shrimp Dumplings)

Har Gow is the very popular Hong Kong-style Dim Sum. Let's learn how to make shrimp dumplings from scratch, and enjoy it at home.
Prep Time45 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time53 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: Dim Sum, Seafood, Traditional
Servings: 12 pieces
Calories: 47kcal

Ingredients

🦐 Filling

  • 100 g Shrimp
  • 20 g Pork Fat
  • 3 pcs Water Chestnut
  • Some Spring Onion
  • Some Minced Ginger
  • 1 tbsp Egg Whites
  • 0.25 tsp Salt
  • 0.25 tsp Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Oyster Sauce
  • 1 tsp Cooking Wine
  • 0.25 tsp Sesame Oil
  • 1 tsp Corn Starch
  • Little Pepper

🥟 Skin Dough

  • 30 g Wheat Starch
  • 30 g Tapioca Starch
  • 65 ml Boiling Water
  • 0.25 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Cooking Oil

Instructions

🦐 Filling

  • Chop the ginger, spring onions and water chestnuts into small pieces.
  • Cut the shrimp in half and put it in a bowl for later use, and the rest minced with the back of the knife become shrimp paste.
  • Chop the pork fat into small pieces then add in shrimp paste.
  • Add egg whites, sugar and salt to the shrimp paste and stir the mixture in one direction until it forms a sticky paste.
  • Add the ginger, spring onion and water chestnuts, pepper, oyster sauce, sesame oil and corn starch to the paste. Stir well and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes marinated.

🥟 Skin Dough

  • Add wheat starch, tapioca starch and salt to the bowl, then pour in boiling water and stir well.
  • When the dough is not so hot, pour in the oil and knead it by hand and rest for 10 minutes.
  • Divided the dough into 12 pieces, each about 10 grams.
  • You can use a knife/plate/wood stick to press the dough into flat and then wrap it into a dumpling shape.
  • After water boiling, steam on high heat for 8 minutes, and enjoy while hot.

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Notes

💡Tips:
  1. If the dough is too moist or too sticky, you can add some tapioca starch.
  2. You can made more shrimp dumplings at one time and freeze them directly. When you want to eat, just take it out of the freezer and directly steam it for at least 12 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1piece | Calories: 47kcal | Carbohydrates: 5.4g | Protein: 2.3g | Fat: 1.7g | Saturated Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 130mg | Potassium: 20mg | Sugar: 0.2g | Calcium: 9mg