Chicken Dim Sum
This is a Chinese dish, and there is hundreds of types of Dim Sum, which are bite size dumplings normally steamed. This is on my to cook list.
Ingredients
For the Dough
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup boiling water
- salt, to taste
For the Filling
- 250 grams minced chicken
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 small carrot, finely minced or grated
- 6 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 2 spring onion, chopped
- 1 leek, finely chopped, optional
- salt and pepper, to taste
For the Dipping Sauce
- 4 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 2-3 red Bird's Eye chilies, seeded and finly chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon spring onion, chopped
Instructions
- First make the dough. In a large bowl mix the flour and salt. Now add boiling water gradually and start mixing it using a wooden spoon. When the dough becomes cool enough to handle, start kneading it with hand. Add some dry flour if it gets sticky and continue kneading until it becomes soft. Cover it with a damp kitchen towel and keep it aside for 30 minutes.
- Now prepare the filling. Add chicken, carrot, leek (if using), garlic, spring onion in a large bowl and mix them together. Season with soy sauce, salt and black pepper to taste and mix well. Set aside.
- Now to make the dim sum casing. Take the dough and knead it again. Take small ball of dough of about 1 inch diameter. Roll it into a thin circle about 2 inches diameter and about 1/8 of an inch thick. Make sure the casing is thin, else it will not cook thoroughly and will not let the chicken cook evenly.
- To stuff the dim sum, place about 1 tablespoon of filling and place in the center of the circle, shape it by gathering up the edges and forming a cylinder but do not crimp it on the top.
- Once all the dim sums are shaped, steam them on medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes. Keep the steamer covered during steaming.
- While the dim sums are steaming, make the dipping sauce by mixing all the Sipping Sauce ingredients in a bowl until well combined, set aside.
- You can check by inserting a toothpick in the center of a dim sum and it should come out clean, isn't that cool? When cooked through, take them out and garnish with the chopped greens of spring onions. Serve hot along with the dipping sauce.
Notes
Low cost for 250 grams of minced chicken.
Variant: In place of chicken, use chopped shrimp to make Shrimp Dim Sum, same steps as listed, how easy is that?
Provided courtesy of good friend, Stephen Connell.
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