【Yantai】Shepherd's Purse and Pork Steamed Buns

Overview

When I was a child, my favorite thing to eat was the steamed shepherd’s purse buns made by my mother. Rather than calling them steamed buns, it is more appropriate to call them steamed dumplings. When I was a child, I lived in a rural area and supplies were relatively scarce, so steamed buns stuffed with meat fillings could not be eaten often. My hard-working mother often took my sister and me to the fields to pick shepherd's purse. Although shepherd's purse looks inconspicuous, its vitality is extremely tenacious. The shepherd's purse grown in autumn can withstand the test of the extremely cold winter covered with ice and snow. The shepherd's purse picked at this time when the weather warms up next spring is the most delicious of the year. Every time we can pick up a big basket and make dumplings, buns, wontons, and pies. Mom can always change the tricks and make all kinds of delicious food. Whenever my mother makes steamed shepherd's purse buns, which are steaming hot right out of the pot, my sister and I don't even care about scalding them. We stretch out our paws and each grab one, blowing on it while stuffing it into our mouths. As soon as you take a bite, the aroma of the meat and the delicious soup fill your entire mouth. The wonderful taste is simply indescribable. This delicious taste is something you will never forget!

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• steamed buns
• clear water
• flour
• ginger
• green onions
• light soy sauce
• oyster sauce
• peanut oil
• pork
• shepherd's purse
• stock
• pepper
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Knead the dough first: put the flour into a basin and add water a little at a time.

   

2. 2 Knead into a soft and hard dough and let it rest for half an hour.

   

3. 3 While the dough is resting, prepare the filling: add ginger and green onions to the pork and puree in a food processor.

   

4. 4 Add pepper, light soy sauce and appropriate amount of stock and stir evenly in one direction.

   

5. 5 Blanch the washed shepherd's purse in boiling water, chop into small pieces, and add to the minced meat. Add salt, oyster sauce and peanut oil, stir evenly in one direction.

   

6. 6 Take the dough out, roll it into a long strip, and divide it into balls.

   

7. 7 Flatten the small dumpling, roll it into a round sheet with a thick middle and thin edges, and wrap it with the filling.

   

8. 8 Wrap into willow leaf shape.

   

9. 9 Place corn leaves on top, put in a steamer, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium heat and steam for about 12 minutes.

   

10. 10 It tastes best when eaten hot.

    

11. 11 Take a bite and the delicious soup fills your mouth instantly.