Chinese Dim Sum Recipes

Chinese Dim Sum Recipes

Dim sum is a famous Chinese cuisine which contains wide range of light dishes which normally served in the morning till afternoon together with Chinese tea as breakfast or brunch. Dim sum dishes always come in small portions and served in small bamboo or metal baskets, or plates.

Traditional dim sum includes various types of dumplings such as shrimp dumpling, pork dumpling, and pot stickers; various steamed buns such as Char Siu Bao (Roast Pork Steamed Bun), and Lin Yong Bao (Lotus Seed Steamed Bun); steamed vegetables, congee porridge, rice noodle rolls, roast meats, soups and desserts. Most of the dim sum are steamed food. However, they do serve some fried food such as spring rolls, turnip cake, and water chestnut cake as well.

Dim sum is a Cantonese dish, and it is one of the most famous Chinese cuisine which has been widely spread to other parts of the world. You can easily find Chinese restaurants serving dim sum in Western countries. In this section, you will find not only the recipes for the familiar dim sum you have in restaurants, but also the not-so-common recipes. And in Western countries, sometimes, the recipes might have been altered to suit the Westerners and thus, you might not taste the authentic Chinese dim sum in the restaurants.

Making dim sum can be a complicated process, and the "results" might not be as good as you've seen from the restaurants, especially for the first few attempts. But, by following the recipes provided below, you can make your own authentic Chinese dim sum wherever you are and whenever you like, as it gives easy to follow instructions and explanations. You don't have to be disappointed with limited range of dim sum available in your local area anymore, you don't have to spend hour to queue for seats on weekend mornings for your families to yum cha (Cantonese term used to mean drink tea with dim sum). You can just make your own dim sum, and Chinese tea, and enjoy the yum cha session comfortably at home with families and friends.

 

Chinese Dim Sum Recipes

Shrimps in Rice Rolls Shrimps Siu Mai Chinese Crystal Pastries Date-shaped Taro with Preserved Fruit Sweet Walnut Pastries Cured Meat with Turnip Cake Small Steamed Pork Buns Crystal Shrimp Dumplings Steamed Beef In Rice Flour Rolls Steamed Dumplings (Hai Tung Fruit) Stir Fry Ho Fun With Shrimps Fried Rice Noodles With Beef Cantonese Style Fried Noodles Congee with Thousand-Year-Egg and Meat Balls Frog Congee Pork & Glutinous Rice Dumplings

Kales in Oyster Sauce Shark's Fin Dumplings Minced Raw Fish Congee Steamed Spareribs with Fermented Beans and Chilies Crispy Meat Floss Rolls Ham Shao Mai Pork Shao Mai Shrimp Dumplings Chicken Claws With Fermented Bean Sauce Seasonal Vegetable Beef Balls Yam Cake Spinach Noodles with Shrimps Singapore Style Fried Rice Noodles Abalone Congee Chicken with Glutinous Rice in Lotus Leaf Package

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