Filipino style SIOMAI (dumplings) with Sauce

Hello everyone!

This popular SIOMAI (Filipino dumpling recipe) has made its way to every Filipino's heart. You can find this everywhere in the Philippines from restaurants to food courts in mall and even in Bus stations or in sidewalks. Lots of stores, stalls, diners, restaurants who serve them with different yummy flavors. This is traditionally cooked through steaming, siomai nowadays are also served fried complemented with soy sauce and kalamansi (filipino native lime). Most people choose pork but because I don't eat pork, I made a recipe that can fit to pork, beef or seafood lovers. From time to time I make the mouth watering beef recipe for me and my husband and he really do love it.

Why don't you give a try! (I made the recipe simple and easy to understand so no worries)

Ingredients:

1 lb ground pork/chicken/beef (sirloin)/shrimp or crab meat 1 cup finely chopped red onion 3 cloves garlic finely chopped 1 cup finely chopped carrot 1 Tbsp cornstarch 2 eggs 1 Tbsp soy sauce 2 tsp sugar 1 tsp sesame oil/olive/vegetable oil (I use virgin olive oil) Ground black pepper to taste 1/2 cup Minced Spring Onions (Optional) 25 - 30 pcs wonton wrappers

Fried Garlic:

5 cloves garlic 2 tsp cooking oil (I use virgin olive oil)

Dipping Sauce:

1 Tbsp Kalamansi juice (or lemon juice) 2 Tbsps soy sauce 1 tsp sugar Thai chilies chopped to taste ( any Chili will do or chili flakes)

Cooking Instructions:

1. In a bowl, combine ground pork (or chicken/beef/shrimp/crabmeat), red onion, garlic, carrot, cornstarch, eggs, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and ground black pepper. Mix well using your hands to make sure all ingredients are well combined. 2. In the center of the wonton wrapper, put about a teaspoonful of the meat mixture and close it up by gently squeezing it in your hand. Flatten the top with the back of the spoon and bottom as you place it on a plate. 3. Boil a pot of water. Then spray some cooking spray on the steamer to keep the dumplings from sticking. (We have a rice cooker with steamer and that really works good for me) 4. Steam for 20 minutes (pork/chicken/shrimp/crabmeat). (Add another 10 min. for beef)