How to make Jade Shaomai

After working five days a week, you should be exhausted. When you have a weekend off, you will definitely curl up on the sofa or bed, and your lunch and dinner will be either instant noodles or takeout. As someone like you, are you really not worried about dying young? So, learn to cook something for yourself while you are still healthy. Now, I will teach you how to make jade siu mai.

1.1 Soak glutinous rice for half an hour in advance

2.2 Prepare the main fillings required

3.1212 Keep the water level of the soaked glutinous rice above the rice, put it in the steamer and steam the glutinous rice.

4.2121 Chop ginger and garlic, peel and dice water chestnuts, dice carrots, chop dried shrimps, and set aside

5.1 Add minced meat and stir fry until it changes color

6.2 Add appropriate amount of oil to the pot and sauté the minced ginger and garlic

7.1 After that, add chopped water chestnuts and chopped dried shrimps.

8.2 Add carrot cubes and green beans and continue to stir fry

9. Add the steamed and cooled glutinous rice and stir-fry.

10. Pour in an appropriate amount of light soy sauce and stir-fry until evenly colored.

11. Add sugar to enhance the flavor

12. Add appropriate amount of salt to taste

13. After frying evenly, you can pack it out for later use

14. Prepare the ingredients for the siomai wrapper

15. Wash the spinach and remove the roots

16. Boil water in a pot, add spinach and blanch until soft. Remove immediately.

17. Mix the flour and cornstarch in a container

18. Put the blanched spinach into a blender and blend it into a puree. Slowly pour the puree into the flour.

19. Slowly mix and knead into a smooth dough

20. Divide the dough into small pieces, roll them into round shapes, and fill them with glutinous rice fillings.

21. Just pinch it slightly at the mouth

22. Put the steamer on high heat and boil the water, then turn to medium-low heat for about 8 minutes

The method of making Jade Shaomai has been introduced, but everyone’s understanding and mastery of it is different. Below you can try it according to your own understanding.