Main Ingredients:
Flour: 800g; Chive Flowers: 20g; Clams: 300g; Chives: 100g; Ground Pork: 200g.
Seasonings:
Premium Soy Sauce: 1 tbsp; Oyster Sauce: 0.5 tbsp; Corn Oil: 1 tbsp; Fresh Chicken Broth: 0.5 tbsp; Salt: 1 tsp.
Taste: Savory; Cooking Method: Steaming; Time: 45 minutes; Difficulty: Advanced.
Step-by-Step Cooking Instructions for Lotus Flower Steamed Dumplings
Make sure to buy fresh live clams. After washing them with clean water, freeze them in the refrigerator for about 2 hours. The clams will magically open up. Use a small knife to remove the clam meat (this method ensures the best freshness and flavor).
Marinate the ground pork with premium soy sauce and oyster sauce for an hour. Wash the chive flowers and prepare the cleaned clam meat.
Chop the chives into small pieces. If you prefer a larger texture, leave the clam meat as is and add it to the filling. Marinate the ground pork until flavorful.
When adding seasonings, there is a specific order to follow. Chives prefer to be cooked in oil first to release their flavor, so they must be mixed with oil to coat the filling completely before adding salt and fresh chicken broth for flavor.
Doesn’t the mixed filling look tempting?
Place the flour in a container, add water gradually, and start kneading the dough. Let the dough rest for about half an hour. Take a small portion of the dough, roll it into a long strip, then cut it into small pieces and roll them into round dumpling wrappers.
Shape the dumpling wrappers into squares for a more aesthetically pleasing presentation.
Place the filling in the center of the dumpling wrapper, moisten the edges with a little water.
Prepare chive flowers to make the flower shape.
Fold the dumpling wrapper in half, place a chive flower in the center, then fold the remaining two sides to form a flower shape (due to a temporary issue with the phone, two images were not completed).
Bring water to a boil in a steamer. Steam the prepared lotus flower dumplings over high heat for 8 minutes.
Beautiful lotus flower steamed dumplings are ready to be served. Decorate with carrot butterfly knots for a perfect presentation.
Create different decorative shapes.
These steamed dumplings have a chewy texture and are full of delicious filling.
This is a steamed dumpling that expresses deep affection.
So beautiful that it’s hard to look away.
I am completely enchanted by this beautiful breakfast.
