Har Gow (Crystal Skin Shrimp Dumplings) Recipe

Har Gow (Crystal Skin Shrimp Dumplings) Recipe

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesHar Gow (Crystal Skin Shrimp Dumplings) Recipe

Har gow a dish of plump shrimp wrapped in thin elastic translucent dough is perhaps the most popular dim sum classic of all.

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Har Gow Dim Sum Shrimp Dumplings (虾饺)

Serious Eats / Robby Lozano

With bright pink chunks of plump shrimp wrapped in a thin stretchy translucent dough har gow—crystal-skinned shrimp dumplings—is perhaps the most popular dim sum classic of all. You might think that getting those shrimp so plump and the skin so delicate would require a lot of complicated techniques but it’s actually a lot easier than it looks. This particular recipe is a combination of tricks and techniques that I learned from watching my parents and uncle make har gow since I was a little kid.

Let's start with the filling.