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Dim Sum

14 recipes and 1 cooking guide. Make dim sum with har gow, siu mai, char siu bao, rice noodle rolls, sticky rice parcels, turnip cake, spring rolls, and sweets.

Freshly steamed Cantonese char siu bao in a bamboo basket, with snow-white crack-open tops and one bun torn open to show airy crumb and glossy diced barbecue pork filling

Dim SumChar Siu Bao (BBQ Pork Buns, 叉烧包)

Exactly six plain Cantonese cheung fun rice noodle rolls with tender translucent ivory sheets, drizzled with clear dark amber sweet-savory soy sauce and finished with white sesame

Dim SumCheung Fun, Steamed Rice Noodle Rolls (肠粉)

Exactly fifteen Cantonese dim sum chicken feet arranged in three rows of five, coated in a glossy dark fermented-black-bean glaze with garlic, ginger, and dried chili

Dim SumChicken Feet, Dim Sum Style (豉汁凤爪)

Eight deep-golden Cantonese spring rolls on a warm-white platter, with one cut open to show pork, diced shrimp, carrot, bean sprouts, Chinese chives, shiitake, scallion, and mung-bean vermicelli

Dim SumChinese Spring Rolls (春卷), Deep-Fried or Air-Fried

Freshly steamed Cantonese har gow in a bamboo steamer, with translucent pleated wrappers showing pink whole shrimp and chives, each dumpling resting on a carrot slice

Dim SumHar gow: dim sum shrimp dumplings (虾饺)

Bamboo steamer holding opaque flour-wrapper dumplings and translucent crystal dumplings on round carrot slices

Dim SumHow to Make Steamed Dumplings, Two Methods (蒸饺)

Shanghai xiao long bao with thin translucent wrappers and fine sealed pleats, freshly steamed on perforated parchment in a bamboo basket beside black rice vinegar and julienned ginger

Dim SumHow to make Xiao Long Bao (小笼包, Soup Dumplings)

Exactly eight Cantonese lo mai gai portions: seven neat lotus-leaf parcels and one opened parcel revealing glossy seasoned glutinous rice with chicken, lap cheong, shiitake, and dried shrimp

Dim SumLo Mai Gai (Dim Sum Sticky Rice Chicken)

Deep-golden sesame balls with an even white-sesame crust and a hollow chewy shell around red bean paste

Dim SumSesame Balls (Jian Dui/煎堆)

Pan-fried pork buns with pale pleated tops, white sesame and scallion, crisp deep-golden bottoms and a fully cooked juicy pork center

Dim SumSheng Jian Bao: Pan-fried pork buns (生煎包)

Golden triangular shrimp toast with an embedded sesame crust, crisp bread and a springy shrimp filling

Dim SumShrimp Toast (蝦多士), Pan-fried or Air-fried

Freshly steamed Cantonese siu mai in a bamboo steamer, with open yellow wrappers around pork and shrimp filling flecked with mushroom, topped with minced carrot and resting on individual carrot slices

Dim SumSiu Mai (Shumai, 烧卖)

Smooth white steamed custard buns in a bamboo basket with one cut open to show the creamy yellow filling

Dim SumSteamed Custard Buns (Nai Wong Bao, 奶黄包)

A Cantonese dim sum spread with har gow, siu mai, steamed buns, spring rolls, sesame balls, dipping sauces and tea around bamboo steamers

Dim SumTop 15 Dim Sum Recipes

Pan-fried Cantonese turnip cake slices with crisp deep-golden faces and a tender white daikon interior flecked with lap cheong, dried shrimp, and shiitake, finished with sesame and scallion

Dim SumTurnip Cake (Lo Bak Go, 萝卜糕)