Siu Mai Cook-off II

[Gastro888]

Only really seen them in Shanghai where they are commonly sold on the streets. Haven't seen them in the North/Beijing

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I don't know my Chinese geography as well as I should, but I sorta considered everything north of Fuzhou as being "northern"

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haha, interesting! I consider everything from Shanghai down as "south."

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Funny, I consider anything that's not Cantonese as Northern! Hey, Toishan is alllll the way down South....

[ellencho]

So I finally made my siu mai. They turned out pretty good, I used the 1:1 pork/shrimp ratio that everyone else used in this cook-off.

This is my filling. 1 lb pork, 1 lb shrimp, 1 egg, 1 pack of shiitakes diced, 1 Tb sesame oil, 1Tb soy sauce, 1 Tb rice wine vinegar - doesn't get much easier does it?

Here's my finished product.

I thought they turned out pretty decent. The flavor was good. I think I lost a bit of moisture by using a less fatty portion of shoulder so I made myself a little dipping sauce from the same wet ingredients used to season the filling, as well as a good amount of sriracha.

[SuzySushi]

So I finally made my siu mai.  They turned out pretty good, I used the 1:1 pork/shrimp ratio that everyone else used in this cook-off.

Here's my finished product. 

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Mmmmmnnnn... I could do with some of those now!

I'm curious as to why the wrappers are so yellow. Which brand & type did you use? Is it an egg dough, or does it use food coloring?

[ellencho]

Actually I have no clue SS, they were store-bought and yellow but I'm not sure what the source of the color is and unfortunately I'll never know because I threw out the wrapper.

Edited May 12, 2005 by ellencho (log)

[jo-mel]

I've read package ingredients on yellow wrappers, and have seen 'food coloring' on them.

Is the Yangzi the unofficial dividing line between north and south? I'd

been told that homes across the river from Nanjing had central heating, but in Nanjing, homes didn't have it. Any truth?

[BarbaraY]

Now you made me do it, too.

I made a small batch each of pork and shrimp. Will post a pic as soon as I figure out how to do it on this site.

[BarbaraY]

Testing to see if I got it right.

[amandasmom971]

Testing to see if I got it right.

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It didn't work.

This is what comes up:

HTTP Status 404 - /pictur.gif

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type Status report

message /pictur.gif

description The requested resource (/pictur.gif) is not available.

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Apache Tomcat/4.1.

[BarbaraY]

Still learning my way around this board. I'll get yet.:D