Siomai

Ingredients

• ³/₄ pound ground pork
• ¹/₄ pound raw shelled shrimp, ground
• 1-¹/₂ tablespoon soy sauce
• ¹/₂ tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
• ¹/₂ tablespoon sesame oil
• ¹/₂ tablespoon sugar
• Dash of pepper
• 1 egg white
• 1-¹/₂ tablespoon cornstarch
• won-ton skins

Cooking Instructions

1. To make filling: Mix together ground pork, ground shrimp, soy sauce, rice wine or sherry, sesame oil, sugar, pepper and egg white until mixture is well blended and smoth.
2. Stir in cornstarch.
3. Place in a storage bag and cut one corner big enough for the content to squeeze through.
4. Place about 1 tbsp or so of filling in the middle of wonton skin and gather the skin around the filling.
5. Dip a teaspoon in water and use to smooth the surface of the meat.
6. Garnish by placing a green pea or chopped egg yolk on top of meat.
7. Repeat with the rest of the wonton/filling. Line a steamer with a damp cloth; steam over high heat 5 minutes or until done.
8. Dip : soy sauce, kalamansi, chili garlic