Hakka Meat Dumpling Recipe

 

      Ingredients
  • Glutinous rice (soaked for 2 hours, drained) - 1 kilograms
  • Meat (pork or chicken) - 600 grams
  • Mushrooms ( soaked and diced) - 50 grams
  • Dried chestnuts (soaked and boiled) - 20 pieces
  • Dried prawns (soaked and fried) - 150 grams
  • Peanuts (soaked over night) - 200 grams
  • Salted egg yolks (halved) - 10 pieces
  • Dried cuttlefish (cleaned and diced) - 1 piece
  • Bamboo leaves - 40 pieces
  • Garlic (chopped) - 2 cloves
  • Cooking oil - 5 tablespoons

 

      Seasoning

  • Oyster sauce - ½ tablespoon
  • Dark soy sauce - 1 tablespoon
  • light soy sauce - 2 tablespoons
  • Pepper - ½ tablespoon
  • Five spices powder - 2 teaspoon
  • Salt and sugar

     Method

  • Heat up 3 tbsp of oil and stir-fry chopped garlic until fragrant. Add glutinous rice, peanuts, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, ½ tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tbsp light soy sauce, ½ tbsp dark soy sauce, 1½ tsp five spices powder, 1 tsp pepper, 3 tbsp water and stir well then set aside.
  • Heat another 2 tbsp of oil, stir-fry garlic until fragrant. Add mushrooms, pork or chicken then mix well. Add1 tbsp salt, 1 tbsp light soy sauce, ½ tbsp dark soy sauce, ½ tsp five spices powder, ½ tbsp pepper, stir-fry until dish dried up and set aside.
  • Fold 2 pieces of bamboo leave into a cone shape, fill 1 tbsp of glutinous rice , and top with meat, mushroom, dried prawns, chestnut and egg yolk each 1 piece then close with 1 tbsp of glutinous rice.
  • Press the bamboo leaves and form into the dumpling shape as shown in the image, tie and secure with hemp or string.
  • Bring 1 big pot of water to boil, dip all wrapped dumplings into the boil water and make sure water is enough to cover all dumplings. Bring to boil again and cook for 3½ hours.
  • Dish out and hang all dumplings drain and dry. Serve hot.

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