Ingredients

• 2 pounds ground pork
• 1/3 cup chopped water chestnuts or turnips (singkamas)
• 1/3 cup chopped carrots
• 2 medium minced onions
• bunch of spring onions
• 1 egg
• 5 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 50 pcs. large or 100 pcs. small wanton or siomai wrapper
• soy sauce, calamansi or lemon, sesame oil and chilli paste (for the sauce)

Chilli Paste:

• 1/2 cup chillies (Siling Labuyo)
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 3 cloves garlic minced

Method

• Mix all the ingredients for the filling in a bowl.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon of mixture into each wrapper. Fold and seal.
• Meanwhile, boil water and brush steamer with oil.
• When the water gets to a rolling boil, arrange the siomai in the steamer and let stand for 15-20 minutes, longer for larger pieces.
• Serve with soy sauce, calamansi and sesame oil.  Chilli paste is optional.

Chilli Paste:
Combine chopped chillies and minced garlic then simmer for around 20 minutes or till most of the water has evaporated. Add oil, simmer and stir well.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 at 7:03 am and is filed under Pork.