Easy Skillet Pork Shumai

Name: Easy Skillet Pork Shumai
Yield: Makes 30 pieces
Ingredients: 7 oz ground pork (200 g); 30 shumai wrappers; 1 onion; 4 tablespoons potato starch (about 32 g); 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon cooking sake; 1 teaspoon grated garlic; 1/3 teaspoon sesame oil; as needed Vegetable oil,; 1/2 cup water (100 ml)

chibiai @cook_40087801

No steamer needed! Make these easily in a skillet.
Use ingredients you already have at home to make a big, budget-friendly batch.
They freeze well and are perfect for lunchboxes too.

Recipe background:
I wanted juicy shumai, so I made them with what I had at home.

No steamer needed! Make these easily in a skillet.
Use ingredients you already have at home to make a big, budget-friendly batch.
They freeze well and are perfect for lunchboxes too.

Recipe background:
I wanted juicy shumai, so I made them with what I had at home.

chibiai @cook_40087801

No steamer needed! Make these easily in a skillet.
Use ingredients you already have at home to make a big, budget-friendly batch.
They freeze well and are perfect for lunchboxes too.

Recipe background:
I wanted juicy shumai, so I made them with what I had at home.

No steamer needed! Make these easily in a skillet.
Use ingredients you already have at home to make a big, budget-friendly batch.
They freeze well and are perfect for lunchboxes too.

Recipe background:
I wanted juicy shumai, so I made them with what I had at home.

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Ingredients

Makes 30 pieces

7 ozground pork (200 g)
30shumai wrappers
1onion
4 tablespoonspotato starch (about 32 g)
2 tablespoonssoy sauce
1 tablespoonsugar
1 teaspoonsalt
1 teaspooncooking sake
1 teaspoongrated garlic
1/3 teaspoonsesame oil
as neededVegetable oil,
1/2 cupwater (100 ml)

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Steps

1

Add all the seasonings marked with ● to the ground pork and mix well until sticky.
2

Finely chop the onion, coat it evenly with potato starch, then add to the pork mixture and mix thoroughly.
3

Make a circle with your thumb and index finger, place a shumai wrapper on top, and press the filling into the center to shape.
4

Fold any excess wrapper edges over the top to seal.
5

Arrange the shumai in a skillet lightly coated with vegetable oil. Pour water around the edge of the pan and steam-fry over medium heat.
6

Once the water boils, cook over medium heat for 10–15 minutes until done.
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2009.9.6
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2009.9.6
Reached 10 user reports! Thank you to everyone who tried it.
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2010.3.13
Reached 100 user reports! Thank you to everyone who tried and repeated this recipe.