We made two recipes from Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking tonight. First was the Siu Mai shown above -- it's the first time we tried making it! This was made with pork, so it's for Sheu and not me. ;) I formed the dumplings for him. The Siu Mai shape is harder to make than gyoza, so after about 14 of these, I switched to making the gyoza shape instead. The recipe made about 30 dumplings total (most of which went into the freezer!).
The filling contains: ground pork, black mushrooms, bamboo shoots, slightly beaten egg, green onion, soy sauce, salt, minced ginger, sugar, cornstarch, sesame oil, white pepper. There's a bit of grated carrot on top. We steamed them in our rice cooker.
While I was slaving over the Siu Mai, Sheu was slaving over Mandarin Green Onion Pancakes. They are actually kind of complicated to make! It involves kneading and rolling out the dough, rolling it up with green onions and cilantro inside, making a coil shape, then rolling it out again. Whew! Here's a picture of Sheu frying up the pancakes:
Click on the photos for a closer look!
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