Fat and lean meat stuffing Carrot
How to make Chengdu snack steamed dumplings Chengdu Snack Steamed Dumplings Illustration 1

Step 1

The fat and lean meat fillings you buy need to be chopped into minced meat. Chengdu snack steamed dumplings recipe illustration 2

Step 2

Rinse the pepper aniseed ingredients with boiling water and let cool until set aside. Chengdu Snack Steamed Dumplings Illustration 3

Step 3

Chop carrots, onions and ginger and set aside. Chengdu snack steamed dumplings recipe illustration 4

Step 4

Use Sichuan peppercorn water to adjust the meat filling, adding only a little of the Sichuan peppercorn water at a time, and then stir vigorously in one direction. Use up the pepper water in several batches. Finally, the best condition is to make the meat filling sticky and elastic. Chengdu Snack Steamed Dumplings Illustration 5

Step 5

Add the chopped carrots, green onions and ginger and stir in one direction. Chengdu snack steamed dumplings recipe illustration 6

Step 6

Pour in light soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar, salt, chicken essence, and then move it in one directionStir toward. Chengdu snack steamed dumplings recipe 7

Step 7

Finally, pour some sesame oil. The amount of sesame oil depends on whether the meat filling is fat or not. If the meat filling is thin, add more oil. If the meat filling has a lot of vegetables, add more oil. If you don’t like sesame oil, you can also add salad oil or olive oil. The meat filling is ready. Chengdu snack steamed dumplings recipe 8

Step 8

The dumpling skins you buy are very thick and need to be processed. Stick a thin layer of dry noodles on the dumpling wrappers, and then stack five dumpling wrappers on top of each other. Use the end of a rolling pin to press the edge of the pastry around to make it thinner. Illustration of Chengdu Snack Steamed Dumplings 9

Step 9

Then roll out the dumpling skin. This is a comparison between the dumpling skin after enlargement and before. Then peel off five dumpling skins. Chengdu Snack Steamed Dumplings Illustration 10

Step 10

Wrap it into this shape. Chengdu Snack Steamed Dumplings Illustration 11

Step 11

I also packed some shaomai. For the wrapping method, you can refer to my Shaomai recipe.Chengdu snack steamed dumplings recipe 12

Step 12

Steam it for 20 minutes and it will be done. Chengdu snack steamed dumplings recipe 13

Step 13

These are siomai. Cooking tips for Chengdu snack steamed dumplings

There are two secrets to delicious dumpling fillings: 1. The meat filling absorbs more soup; 2. The meat filling is elastic. If you want the soup to be more juicy, chop the meat filling very finely and mince it into minced meat, so that it has a stronger ability to absorb water. In addition, when adjusting the filling, add less water each time, so that the water can be eaten bit by bit to make it more hydrated. To make the meat filling elastic, use a little more force when stirring and stir more. This is what I think.