In the Kitchen: Homemade Pork Siomai Recipe

In the Kitchen will be the category where I will post some of the recipes I cook for my family. I promise you these are super-duper easy recipes because I’m really not an expert in the kitchen plus the fact that I don’t want recipes with so many steps/how-tos. Just 4-6 instructions, anything more than that, I skip the page of my recipe book and look for simpler recipes. So newbies in the kitchen, I hope you’ll try my recipes or suggestions and let’s share kitchen secrets!

This quarantine has left us with no choice but to cook to satisfy our cravings. Last week, I wanted to eat dimsum… chicken feet, xiao long bao, hakaw, bean curd rolls… That’s why in my last grocery run, I looked for frozen siomai but as expected, the frozen goods section were wiped out. But good news is, there are lots of siomai/molo wrappers. When life gives you siomai wrappers, what would you do? Make homemade siomai!

Looking at the pork siomai ingredients, I think I have them all in my pantry. Let’s cook!

How to make Pork Siomai

Ingredients

• 1/2 kg ground pork
• 1 medium size turnips/singkamas, chopped
• 1 medium size carrots, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 medium size onion, chopped
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 egg 
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil (optional)
• siomai/molo wrapper

• Dipping sauce: calamansi, soy sauce, chili garlic

Instructions

1. Mix all the ingredients except for the siomai/molo wrapper in a bowl.
2. Put about 1 to 2 tablespoons of siomai filling in the center of the wrapper. Gather the sides of the wrapper to contain the filling.
3. Brush the steamer with oil to avoid the siomai from sticking to the bottom.
4. Arrange the siomai pieces in the steamer and cook for 30 to 45 minutes. Depends on the size of your siomai.
5. Serve with dipping sauce on the side.

NOTE: You may or may not add the sesame oil in your mixture. The sesame oil adds that Asian aroma but others don’t like it just like my daughter.

Here’s a Pinterest graphic for my Homemade Pork Siomai recipe, I’ll appreciate it if you pin this to your boards 🙂

I was able to make 25-30 pieces out of 1/2 kilo pork giniling. Half a kilo of pork giniling is 100 pesos, that makes each piece around 3 to 5 pesos each depending on the siomai size you’ll make. I think this is a good business idea! But first try my recipe and let your family and friends taste this.

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