You can recreate your own chicken and shrimp dimsum recipe at home. The ingredients are available in supermarkets and traditional markets, and the procedure to make it is simple. It might require a little bit of patience.
Dimsum itself is a classic Chinese cuisine. It was originally meant as small, bite-sized dishes, but in Indonesia it has adapted and has been recognized as wrapped meat dough with fillings, which is made like shumai and steamed. The fillings also vary, including chicken, shrimp, and squid. Many people enjoy this dish due to its savory flavor and soft texture.
As previously mentioned, you can make your own delicious chicken and shrimp dimsum at home. Find the recipe in the section below.
Ingredients of Chicken and Shrimp Dimsum
- 250 grams of Frosala peeled shrimp
- 500 grams of fillet chicken
- 1 egg, well beaten
- 1 spring onion, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic
- ½ carrot
- 3 tbsp of tapioca flour
- 2 tbsp of sesame oil
- 2 tbsp of oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp of savory soy sauce
- 1 tsp of sugar
- 1 tsp of pepper powder
- Dimsum wrapper
How to Make Chicken and Shrimp Dimsum
- Blend or grind the shrimp, chicken fillet, and garlic using a blender or food processor.
- Mix the ground shrimp, chicken fillet, and garlic with sliced spring onions, sugar, pepper powder, savory soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sesame oil.
- Add the beaten egg and tapioca flour. Stir well and adjust the taste.
- Grate the carrot with a cheese grater.
- Prepare the dimsum wrappers then put the dough into each wrapper. Top each dimsum with grated carrot.
- Coat the bottom of the steamer with cooking oil to prevent it from sticking.
- Steam the dimsum for 20-25 minutes.
- Once cooked, take out the dimsum and serve.
How to Serve
Chicken and shrimp dimsum is perfect to be served warm at brunch or as an afternoon snack. You can pair it with sauce to give a spicy and sweet flavor. This dimsum sauce can be easily created at home using the recipe provided below.
Sauce ingredients:
- 6 tbsp of chili sauce
- 4 tbsp of tomato sauce
- 1 tsp of sugar
- 1 tsp of mushroom stock
- 100 ml of water
- ½ tbsp of cornstarch, dissolved in water
- Salt
How to make dimsum sauce:
- Mix the chili sauce, tomato sauce, sugar, mushroom stock, and water in a pan then stir well.
- Cook the sauce until boiling
- Add the cornstarch solution and stir well until thickened.
- Pour the sauce into a small bowl.
- Serve the sauce as a dip for the dimsum.
Recipe variations
This chicken and shrimp dimsum can easily be recreated with other ingredients. For example, you may add sliced black jelly mushroom as the topping. Besides, you can also add chopped squid in the dimsum filling to enrich the flavor and texture.
Can’t wait to try homemade chicken and shrimp dimsum? With this easy-to-follow recipe and readily available ingredients, you can serve this soft and savory dish at home.
To make it even more delectable, make sure to use Frosala shrimp. Its quality and freshness are unquestionable as each of them has undergone the same-day freezing process since it was harvested from the farm. You are free to cook your own favorite shrimp dish with it.
What are you waiting for? Order Frosala shrimp today!
