Easy Step-by-Step Guide on How to Make Shumai (燒賣). Tasty Chinese dim sum shrimp shumai dumplings.
Pat dry shrimp with paper towel. Put chopped shrimp in a medium mixing bowl. Add in cornstarch and salt.
Place ground pork in a large mixing bowl. Add in all the seasonings and other ingredients.
Mix pork with hands, then throw it against mixing bowl until it resembles a paste-like consistency. Put it in the fridge. Repeat step with seasoned shrimp.
Finely chop green onions & shiitake mushrooms. Use a microplane grater to grate ginger.
Pour all siu mai ingredients into the ground pork paste mixing bowl. Mix it with hands until blended.
Place a wonton wrapper on one hand, then scoop the mixed paste on it. Wrap shrimp shumai into a cylinder shape with an open top.
Place shrimp & pork shumai in a bamboo steamer with parchment liner. Close bamboo steamer lid. Cook shumai dumplings.
Remove bamboo steamer from pot. Enjoy tasty shrimp shumai dumplings immediately.