DIM SUM - Shrimp Dumplings Recipe (Cantonese Har Gow)

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Har Gow is one of the most iconic dim sum dishes in Guangzhou tea house restaurants. Cantonese people love to eat it for breakfast or brunch. We have a saying called “一盅两件” which means - 1 pot of tea and 2 dim sum dishes. Har Gow is a dish that everybody orders every time. In this post, I will show you how to make the Authentic Har Gow in including the transparent Har gow skin.
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*INGREDIENTS FOR THE SKIN (enough to make 30 shrimp dumplings)*
- 6 ounces (174 grams) of wheat starch (澄粉) [Amazon Link: geni.us/JTyAd]
- 1.5 ounce (43 grams) of cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp of salt
- 1 tsp of vegetable oil
- 6.5 ounces (184 grams) of hot water
*INGREDIENTS FOR THE FILLING*
- 10 ounces (283 grams) of peeled shrimp
- 8 ounces (226 grams) of ground pork
- 1/2 cup of minced baby bamboo shoot (笋丁) [Native Forest Bamboo Shoots: geni.us/wRpj]
- 1/2 cup of minced carrot
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp of grated ginger
- 1 tsp of grated garlic
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 2 tsp of sesame oil
- 1 tsp of sugar
- 1 tbsp of soy sauce
- 1/4 cup of water
*STEP BY STEP*
- First, let’s make the filling. 10 ounces of peeled shrimp - use half of it first. Press it down to make it into sort of paste. Then roughly mince it. You can use a food processor to grind it. But in this way, the texture of the filling will come out better.
- Put the shrimp paste in a mixing bowl. Add 8 ounce of ground pork. Crack in 1 egg. The egg will help to keep the filling moist. Next is the seasoning - 1 tsp of grated ginger, 1 tsp of grated garlic, 2 tsp of sesame oil, 1 tsp of sugar, 1 tbsp of soy sauce, 1/4 cup of water, 1/2 tsp of salt.
- I am using a stander mixer to help me mix the filling. Let it run for about 5 minutes at medium-high speed. This is very helpful. As the machine spins, the meat starts pulling away from the side of the bowl. That means the protein in the meat are being developed which will make your filling turn out with a better texture. Personally, I think this is an important step to create a juicy filling. If you don’t have a stander mixer, you can also do this by your hand. You just mix your filling within 1 direction for 8-10 minutes until you get a sticky gooey consistency.
- Continue adding the rest of the ingredients - 1/2 cup of minced baby bamboo shoot, 1/2 cup of minced carrot, and the other half of the shrimp. Mix everything until well combined. Set it in the fridge.
- Make the wrapper. You need 6 ounces of wheat starch, not wheat flour. They have a totally different texture. Wheat starch is the key to make the beautiful transparent wrapper. Continue adding 1.5 ounces of cornstarch and 1/4 tsp of salt.
- Give that a mix then slowly add in 6.5 ounces of hot water in batches; as hot as possible. At the same time, use chopsticks to stir it. Try to mix it evenly. Then cover it with a plastic film immediately. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
- 5 minutes later, you can start kneading it. It will take about few minutes to make it into a smooth dough. Add 1 tsp of vegetable oil and keep kneading it until the oil is evenly mixed.
- Cut it into 4 pieces; cover the rest with plastic film while you are work 1 piece of dough first.
- Shape one piece into a long even strip. Divide it into small doughs. Make it into a ball shape and flatten it. Roll it into a thin wrapper. The size is about 6 cm across.
- By the way, it is a lot of work to make these transparent dumpling skins. It is totally ok to use regular dumpling skin. But it will look different and taste little different. Just be aware of that
- Put in about 1 tbsp of filling; make sure there is at least 1 pieces of shrimp in it. Fold the wrapper in half. Pinch the middle to stick together. Start from 1 side to make pleats. Then do the other side. It is pretty easy. Once you are done, put it on top of a piece of carrot to prevent sticky.
- Now that the dumplings are freshly made, put the steamer above boiling water. Steam it on high heat for 5 minutes. And you are done.

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One of the best videos on making homemade Har Gow dim-sum at home. What I like are the kitchen tools used in simplifying the process. The mixer apparatus, the circular pattern cutting board, the circular round cutter, the anti-stick carrot base pieces, etc.. The end results are very clean and professional shrimp Har Gow as good as any high-end Chinese dim-sum restaurant. I've also enjoyed the unique methods and preparations that the author used with her culinary experience. A 3-piece set of these delicious shrimp morsels sell for $3 at any dim-sum take-out shop in SF Chinatown, and Clement Street Chinatown. For $10 of ingredients - minus the shrimp - you can make 2 dozen/24 pieces at home. It makes economic cent$ to learn these techniques at home. Thank you !!

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This is so good! I thought the next step would be "now get your pre-made wrappers out of their packaging", but you actually made the entire thing! I'll give this a shot one day.

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Who doesn’t adore Chinese dumplings, and Chinese food in general. Thank you so much for the easy to follow recipe. Pork and Prawn are gorgeous, I also love Scallop and Shiitake. A dipping sauce I like to make is, white wine vinegar, grated garlic and ginger, soy sauce, little Chinese sweet chilli sauce, sesame oil.

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Using the carrot at the base worked fantastic. Yummy thankyou

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This recipe is amazing! Thank you! Wheat starch is not than easy to find here, so I used potato starch. It worked but the skins turned completely transparent and too chewy. The dough was very hard to work with. But then.... I found wheat starch! It worked perfectly! Making the dough was like playing! So supple and soft, and after steaming - perfect, soft beautifully translucent and delicious! Here in Taiwan, most dim sum places serve spicy yellow mustard. I would say if you need any condiment, a tiny dip in that mustard or a drop of very wheat heavy, clean tasting, very light soy sauce, a little sweetened (I didn't put sugar in the filling) can also work, because the dumplings are too delicately flavored for heavy sauce. Wonderful recipe!

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I really enjoy the taste and texture of this dumpling ,the skin is my favourite type

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Yummy! I love the fact that you have shown us how to make the wrap, thanks

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Wow, just learned that your pleating method is so easy! Thanks so much.

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I have tried this before with all purpose flour they definitely look different. Still tasty 😋 going to try wheat flour next time. Thank you gorgeous 😘

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I made the shrimp egg foo young and loved it.

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Any suggestions on how to keep the rolled dough from cracking when you fold it? I ended up folding it while it was placed on a piece of plastic which also prevented it from sticking to my hands. Any suggests are greatly appreciated.

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Hello thank you for sharing ♥️♥️♥️ just want to know if I can use corn starch and tapioca starch instead of wheat starch because wheat starch is hard to come by here

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Sari, no you can't substitute wheat starch.

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I love all dumplings

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The dim sum restaurant (Kam Fung) we go make their har gow with whole shrimps (I believe they don't contain pork), they are big and very tasty ;)

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It's an amazing recepie dear.. Thank you very much

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Hi Mandy, love your cooking channel, I will attempt to make this soon, just wondering if I can substitute baby bamboo shoots with some other vegetables, would that affect the taste of the dumplings? Thanks 🙏

[@SoupedUpRecipes]

yes, you can use different vegetables. Carrot will be a good choice because the color. The skin is transparent so you can see some carrot color through, which should make a nice presentation.

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I made them today , i used a flat oiled spatula to squash the pastry down into a round shape . I put too much salt in mine 🙄, can’t wait to try again

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Super easy to make and very tasty. I will use this Jade Bridge Vinegar again.The sauce will make a good dipping sauce for Chinese dumplings and pot stickers.

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Can I freeze the leftover dumling?thank you very much for the ricipe.

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Can’t remember in my life time that I had Har Gow with pork in it. Har means prawn in Cantonese.

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Yes, you can make a lot at a time and freeze but I wouldn’t recommend that because shrimp should be eaten when it is fresh. Also, the dumpling skin will be less gooey if you freeze it. Well, even though I don’t suggest that here is how to save it: leave space between the dumplings and freeze them. When you want to eat it again, Take it out. Don’t need to defrost. Put it above cold water and turn the heat to high. Once it comes to a boil, keep steaming it for another 3 minutes. And you can eat.

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wow, thanksss, ive been browsing a lot on how to make that unique juicy dumpling that does not dry out, i learned a thing or 2 in this video, how to make that beautiful trasluscent wrap, how to wrap it like a pro, and most importantly, the adding of water to the mixture and how to make it so it's not watery when you wrap them +1 subs :)

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I love the Taro Beehive Dumplings

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I wanted to make a smaller portion and used proportion one fifth of the flour and everything else but the flour just crumble and not elastic enough to roll thinly

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Ohhhh looks delicious. How about adding msg to the filling?

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Can you use other starches? I can't eat wheat. What do you recommend?

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