How to cook Kikiam

A street food recipe for you to try at home. 

Kikiam is of chinese origin and has been an all time favorite as a snack or even as part of the meal. 

If you go to china town is soemthing that probably every chinese restaurant would have as part of their menu.

Ingredients are simple yet its packed with Lots of flavor. 

INGREDIENTS: 

1 Kilo ground pork 

1/4 kilo ground shrimp 

1 carrot medium size diced 

1 white Onion dice 

1 large Onion leaks cut into small pieces 

2 Tbs Oyster sauce 

1Tsp liquid seasoning or 1 tsp chicken powder 

1 Tbs brown sugar 

1 Tbs sesame oil 

1/2 tsp 5 spice powder (you can put half initially then do a proof tasting by cooking a small amount. if you want more flavor add ) 

salt and pepper to taste 

 INSTRUCTION: 

Put all ingredients together and mix with the ladle or spatula by folding and turning it in one direction i.e. clockwise. 

I mentioned clockwise so you develop a web of meat binding to each other. 

Best way to do it is by hand. blenders or processors make it easy but the authentic once are never done by machine. 

I've tried it but it always comes out too consistently smooth. 

So do it by hand. 

 let it rest for at least an hour. Then get half a tsp of meat and pan fry to taste if you added enough seasoning. 

I normally adjust on the 5 spice depending on its strength. Preparing the Taope "bean curd wrapper" 

INGREDIENTS: 

10-12 pcs Taope wrapper 

1 tsp corn starch 

half cup water basting brush 

Instruction: 

 A. Rememeber, proof taste before wrapping. if your satified with the flavor then your ready to wrap 

 B. Dissolve the corn starch in half a cup of plain water (this will serve as your sealer) 

1.  Lay the Taope wrapper on a plate 
2. On one end of the wrapper, add 3 heaping table spoons of filling across the edge of the wrapper or divide filling into 12 to accommodate all 12 wrappers 
3. Arrange the filling to a large sausage like form across the edge of the wrapper and roll a quarter way of the filling to cover the filling with wrapper 
4. Paint the remaining 3/4 sheet with cornstarch water (this will allow the wrapper to roll easier when forming the Kikiam) 
5. Then roll all the way to the end (slight slide and press gently across the wrapped filling for even distribution)  

Sauce

1 Tsp 

2 Tbs oyster sauce 

3 Tbs sugar

1/2 Onion diced

1 Tbs cooking oil

INSTRUCTION:

Mix cornstarch, oyster sauce, sugar and 3/4 cup water

fry onions till golden brown

then add the mixture until it thicken

Note: 
You can freeze this and directly cook it on a frying pan even if it was frozen, just make sure you cook it on low flame to prevent it from burning. if thawed then cook normally on medium heat until you get the desired color That's it!  

Enjoy eating your home made KiKiam.