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Har Gow
Photo: Lars Blankers

Har Gow

20 ingredients 13 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1347
Calories
76g
Protein
48g
Fat
146g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pork 100g cooked 242
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Sesame 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Lard 1 tbsp (12.8g) 115
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Green Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
White Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Wheat not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Salad not in our table 0
Bamboo Shoots not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • Har Gow Dough:
  • 2 TB Potato starch
  • 1 cup Wheat starch
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup boiling water, plus 3 TB Boiling water
  • 1 tsp Lard
  • Filling:
  • Wheat starch for dusting
  • 1/2 lb Raw shrimp, peeled and -chopped
  • 1/4 lb Precooked salad shrimp, -chopped
  • 2 ounces Pork fat, chopped fine
  • 1/4 cup Bamboo shoots, chopped
  • 1/4 tsp Ground white pepper
  • 1/4 tsp Grated fresh ginger
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Sesame oil
  • 1 TB Chopped green onion
  • 1 Egg white
  • 1 TB Dry sherry
  • 1 TB Cornstarch

Directions

1

Place all filling ingredients in a bowl and mix well ,by hand until the ingredients form a smooth and rather firm stuffing.

2

This will take about 2 minutes.

3

Dough:Measure both starches and salt into a small mixing bowl.

4

Quickly pour the boiling water into the starches while stirring with chopsticks until you get a partially cooked dough.

5

Do not overwork the dough. Quickly add the lard in little pinches and then knead until smooth.

6

When the dough is smooth, after about 2 minutes' kneading, cover it with the mixing bowl and allow it to rest for 15 minutes before shaping.

7

To shape the dumplings, pull just a bit more than 1 tsp of dough from the ball.

8

Keep the remainder of the dough covered with the bowl. Roll the small amount into a ball and place onto a floured marble board.

9

Roll out into a circle about 3 inches in diameter.

10

Place 1 t of the shrimp filling in the center of the circle of dough and fold over into a half-moon.

11

Use a tiny bit of water for sealing the edges. Be sure to gently press out all the air.

12

If you wish, you can form little pleats in the dough for added decoration.

13

Steam on an oiled bamboo steaming rack for 12 minutes.

Recipe sourced from fandom

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