Shaomai (Chinese dumpling) is basically Chinese dim sum, which is pork meat wrapped in a skin made from flour.
In my recipe I used ground chicken meat and summer rolls skin, which is made from rice starch and tapioca starch. The taste is definitely amazing, and it is healthy and gluten-free!
It takes about 60 minutes to prepare and cook this recipe, but it is worth the effort because this dumpling has great quality protein and vitamins, and it is very delicious! You can have this as a main dish with rice because rice is a great match!
You can get summer rolls skin at many grocery stores in the US so please try it!!
{Ingredients (15 pieces)}
1 small Onion
3 Dried Shiitake Mushrooms
4 Tbsp. Potato Starch or Corn Starch
½ lb. Ground Chicken
½ tsp. Salt
1 Tbsp. Cooking Sake
1 Tbsp. Soy Sauce REDUCED SODIUM [Gluten Free] (Organic)
½ Tbsp. Pure Sesame Oil
1 tsp. grated Ginger
4 pieces Rice Paper Skin (made from rice and tapioca)
Some Green leaves such as cabbage (for keeping dumplings from sticking)
Here is my recipe in PDF (7 MB): Chicken Dumpling
July 23, 2015 at 6:22 pm
Ooo yummy!
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July 23, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Thank you!! It really is!! 🙂
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August 15, 2015 at 12:09 am
Great new concept on a traditional oriental food!
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September 20, 2016 at 10:22 am
Wow. I want to try making this! 😍
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September 20, 2016 at 2:33 pm
Thank you!! Hope you enjoy cooking this dumplings 🙂
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September 20, 2016 at 10:24 am
Although I do not have sake. Is there a substitute I can use?
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September 20, 2016 at 2:43 pm
You can use a dry white wine. The flavor of dish is going to be slightly different.
If you can look for cooking sake on online shop or at an Asian market, it would be the best. You can enjoy exactly Japanese taste.
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September 20, 2016 at 5:42 pm
Are there non-liquor substitute? Or will this alter the taste a lot?
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September 20, 2016 at 5:55 pm
Okay then you can use chicken broth or stock. I usually use chicken broth or stock instead if I don’t want to add liquor to dishes. It doesn’t make the taste so different but the flavor of dish is different. I have never tried to cook with chicken broth or stock for this recipe but it works I am sure.
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September 20, 2016 at 6:15 pm
Thank you so much for your tips! I will give it a try and let you know how it goes! ^.^
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September 20, 2016 at 7:39 pm
Thank you too!!! I hope you enjoy cooking 🙂
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