shumai
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Shumai () is a type of traditional Chinese dumpling meat made of ground pork. In Cantonese cuisine, it is usually served as a dim sum snack, and is served with an additional serving of soy sauce. In addition to accompanying the Chinese diaspora, variations of shumai can be found in Japan, Southeast Asia, and South America. Variations include the Hawaiian pork hash and the Indonesian siomay. In Australia, it developed into dim sim.
Key facts
- Chinese.y
- sīumáai
- Chinese.h
- sehw mai
- Food.name
- Shumai
- Food.image
- Yellow dim sum in steamer basket.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 230px
- Food.caption
- Shumai in a bamboo steamer
- Food.alternate_name
- Variously spelled shaomai, shui mai, shu mai, sui mai, shui mei, siu mai, shao mai, xíu mại (Vietnamese), siomai (Filipino), siumai (Malaysian), siomay (Indonesian)
- Food.country
- China
- Food.region
- Guangzhou, Guangdong or Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
- Food.course
- Dim sum
- Food.main_ingredient
- seasoned ground pork, whole and chopped mutton, Chinese black mushroom, lye water dough
- Food.variations
- Siomay
- Chinese.t
- 燒賣
- Chinese.s
- 烧卖
- Chinese.l
- to cook and sell
- Chinese.showflag
- jp
- Chinese.p
- shāomài
- Chinese.j
- siu1 maai2
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- Shaomai by Kent Wang in Seattle, Vancouver.jpg
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17 sectionsContents
- Popular Chinese varieties
- Cantonese ''siumaai''
- Hohhot ''shaomai''
- Hunan ''juhua shaomai''
- Jiangnan ''shaomai''
- Uyghur ''shaomai''
- Jiangxi ''Yifeng shaomai''
- Variants from other countries
- Japanese ''shūmai''
- Hawaiian pork hash
- Indonesian ''siomay''
- Philippine ''siomai''
- Thai ''khanom jeeb''
- Vietnamese ''xíu mại''
- History
- Serving
- References
Shumai () is a type of traditional Chinese dumpling meat made of ground pork. In Cantonese cuisine, it is usually served as a dim sum snack, and is served with an additional serving of soy sauce. In addition to accompanying the Chinese diaspora, variations of shumai can be found in Japan, Southeast Asia, and South America. Variations include the Hawaiian pork hash and the Indonesian siomay. In Australia, it developed into dim sim.
==Popular Chinese varieties==