This Japanese Siomai is really easy and simple to make. Two of the most well-loved Asian dishes, Sushi and Siomai, combined into one!
Another great and easy recipe I got from my best sis-in-law! Japanese Siomai can be served as starters or even as the main dish itself. It also requires very simple ingredients.
You just roll it like you would a regular sushi with the crab sticks as the filling. Then cut them into the desired size.
Then you steam them like you would Siomai.
One of the highlights of this dish is actually the dipping sauce. You can adjust it from slightly spicy to really hot and spicy! I personally liked the crunch that the roasted garlic adds to the mix, but you can also already combine all the ingredients for the dipping sauce in one bowl and let each flavor blends and fuse together.
Japanese Siomai Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ pound ground pork
- 1 small carrot - grated
- ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ⅛ cup flour
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 5-6 pieces crab sticks
- 2 pieces nori wrap
DIPPING SAUCE
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon chili flakes (adjust as desired)
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 5 big cloves garlic - minced
- 1 tablespoon oil
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients, except for the last two, in a bowl. Mix until well blended. Cover and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.
- Lay a Nori wrap on a flat surface. Spread the meat filling evenly, filling a quarter of the wrap. See photos above.
- Arrange crab sticks/surimi at the middle of the meat lengthwise. Wrap like you would a sushi. Cut into 8 pieces each roll.
- Steam for 30-45 minutes or until meat is cooked.
- While waiting, prepare the dipping sauce. In a small pan over medium heat, add oil and garlic. Cook garlic, stirring often, until browned and crisp.
- Combine the other ingredients in a bowl.
- You may serve them separately, topping the Japanese Siomai with fried garlic and then the sauce or you may also add the sauce to the pot of browned garlic and let it cook for another minute.
Nutrition
Sr. Carm Rodriguez FMA says
Very easy-delicious ! Easy to prepare! Thanks Bebs! Am following your recipes!
Cha says
Thank you for this. I used to buy these when I was in college and have been craving. Will try this recipe 🙂
Bebs says
You are welcome, Cha.
Cy says
Hi, Bebs! Thanks for sharing this recipe. My siomai pieces unravel a little during the steaming – I still need to practice the art of rolling – otherwise they turned out great 🙂
Bebs says
I get you, Cy. Took me also some practice to get it right.
Alma says
Thanks for sharing this recipe
Bebs says
You are welcome Alma.
Thomas says
Cool to see the recipe and thanks for sharing! Btw how you calculate nutrition fact? Thanks
Bebs says
Hi Thomas, my recipe plugin does it automatically calculating for the whole recipe then dividing to the number of serving I put in there...
Hendi says
good evening Bebs,
about this recipe, can i replace "crab stick" with another ingredient? can you give suggestions..
thank you
Bebs says
Hi Hendi, you can use shrimps if you prefer that but you can also just skip it altogether.
Zara says
Thank you for this recipe. I have already tried this. Can you also make an easy version of takoyaki. 🙂 My family loves takoyaki and I can't seem to find an easy recipe on this. Thank you in advance. :*
Bebs says
I will add it to my list Zara!