Steamed Chicken Siomai
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
Philippines
October 30, 2021 4:16pm CST
A real challenge hunting for healthy food diet is. One finds a good dish but after eating the same over and over again, the taste refuses to accept.
Good thing my daughter doesn't get tired of checking out possible alternates for our daily nourishment.
Yesterday, I found some cute dumplings on my counter table. So I sliced calamansi right away for dip.
Whoa! The tender dumplings were so satisfying that after devouring all that in the picture, I fell on a two-hour afternoon nap.
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11 responses
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
30 Oct 21
Your meal looks so delicious, what a wonderful treat!
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
1 Nov 21
Yes, a truly very tasty treat. Can consume without feeling guilty.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
1 Nov 21
@kobesbuddy Yup. The family eats together when everyone's at home. Mostly, I eat alone.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
1 Nov 21
@eileenleyva And you enjoy this luscious meal with your family:)
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
5 Nov 21
Available at S n R in affordable packs. There's also chicken siopao and shrimp hacao. All you have to do is to steam at home.
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@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
8 Nov 21
@eileenleyva I see there's no near S&R store in my place. Too bad. Anyway I might see one in other stores perhaps.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
9 Nov 21
@rsa101 A healthy option would be home cooking. Sometimes, my daughter simply steam the ground chicken mixed with onions and carrots and raisins on the stove and we also get that sumptuous siomai taste. No salt nor pepper added. We just dip in calamansi.
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@May2k8 (19788)
• Indonesia
9 Nov 21
@eileenleyva Here, indeed, fish siomai are different from fish balls that only use flour without soy.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
10 Nov 21
@May2k8 Oh, I remember now. There are dumplings called sharks' fin. That must be the fish siomai.
Yup, the siomai and the fish balls are two different preparations.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
8 Nov 21
I have not eaten fish siomai but probably you meant the fish balls and squid balls, another type of dumpling that is fried in deep oil instead of being steamed. The dip is also different. The siomai is dipped in soy and citrus while the fish balls in sticky sauce stirred from brown sugar, flour and soy.
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One of my favourite food.@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
8 Nov 21
@thelme55 That is good. My daughter does the same especially for me. No salt nor spices.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
1 Nov 21
Dumplings are ground meat mixed with shrimp and onions shaped round in egg wrappers and steamed for half-an-hour.
In my country, dumplings are available in the grocery. We just have to steam it in the home.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
30 Oct 21
They look very tasty and comforting Eileen.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
1 Nov 21
Very thankful for the chicken dumplings. Tastes real good.
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
1 Nov 21
Everybody loves dumplings, I think. Just by looking, we do get hungry at once.
