Rice Noodle Rolls with Shrimp (Har Cheong Fun)
This recipe is my take on a very common Dim Sum dish, consisting of fresh shrimp wrapped in rice noodle rolls, which are then steamed and served with a light, sweetish soy sauce. You can make the rice noodle rolls yourself if you like, but it's a tricky proposition and time consuming if you're a novice, so I just buy the rolls premade from the 99 Ranch Market (most Asian markets will stock this in the same section where they have their other rice noodle products). Just make s
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Bell Peppers with Pork & Shrimp Filling and Black Bean Sauce
Stuffed bell peppers are de rigueur in the pantheon of Dim Sum fare. Oftentimes the stuffing consists of shrimp paste, but I prefer a combo of shrimp and fatty ground pork. The key to the filling is to have a paste-like versus crumbly texture, and I use a food processor in pulse mode to achieve this.
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1 hour ago1 min read
Shiitake Mushrooms Stuffed with Shrimp, Ground Pork and Oyster Sauce
A popular dim sum dish and tasty appetizer. You can always use fresh shiitake mushrooms but rehydrated dried shiitakes have a distinctively earthy flavor which I prefer. The filling is a classic combination of shrimp and ground pork, a bit of fresh ginger and garlic, chopped napa cabbage, minced water chestnuts (for texture) and seasoned with sesame oil, black pepper, soy sauce, a pinch of sugar and rice wine.
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3 hours ago1 min read