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The cheap and cheerful yellow siu mai sold on skewers at every snack stall: springy fish paste in a thin yellow wrapper, drowned in soy sauce and chilli oil.
Level 2 · Home cook
Basic heat control and timing. Typical weeknight cooking.
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Shopping:1 supermarket·1 world-foods aisle·3 Chinese supermarket
Prep 30 min·Cook 10 min·Rest 30 min
Put the fish paste, pork, salt, sugar and white pepper in a bowl. Stir hard in one direction for 3 minutes, then lift and slap the mixture back into the bowl about 20 times until very sticky.
300 g Seasoned fish paste (dace)60 g Fatty pork mince (20% fat)¼ tsp Salt1 tsp Sugar½ tsp White pepper
Add the iced water in two lots, stirring until each is absorbed, then mix in the tapioca starch and sesame oil.
2 tbsp Iced water1½ tbsp Tapioca starch1 tsp Sesame oil
Cover and chill the filling so it firms up and is easier to wrap.
300 g Seasoned fish paste (dace)
Make a circle with your thumb and index finger, lay a wrapper over it and press in a heaped tablespoon of filling. Squeeze gently into a cylinder, open at the top, and smooth the top flat with a wet spoon.
24 pieces Round yellow siu mai wrappers300 g Seasoned fish paste (dace)
Mum's tip媽媽小貼士
Tap the base on the board so the siu mai stands up straight.Brush the steamer plate with oil (or line with baking paper) and stand the siu mai on it, 1 cm apart.
1 tbsp Cooking oil (for the steamer)24 pieces Round yellow siu mai wrappers
Steam over boiling water on high heat until the filling is firm and springy.
300 g Seasoned fish paste (dace)24 pieces Round yellow siu mai wrappers
Thread 4 or 5 onto bamboo skewers, or pile into a bowl, and pour over the soy sauce and chilli oil.
2 tbsp Light soy sauceto taste Chilli oil
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Level 2 · Home cook
Basic heat control and timing. Typical weeknight cooking.
Freeze uncooked on a tray, then bag; steam from frozen for 12 minutes. Cooked ones keep 2 days in the fridge.