How to Make Shanghai Xiaochuntniu Soup Dumplings

Ingredients:

150 grams of ground meat,two eggs, shrimp 50 grams,dough wrappers for dumplings half a catty (approximately 250 grams), scallions,ginger, a few, an additional egg,cubes of preserved vegetable, several slices,steps: 1. Chop the shrimp, scallions, and ginger, mix them with the ground meat (preferably a mix of lean and fat meat), and stir to form a paste.
2. Beat the eggs into a thin batter, pour half of it into the meat paste mixture. Add salt and monosodium glutamate according to taste.

3. The filling is ready; take some dumpling wrappers, place an appropriate amount of filling in the center, and pinch the edges tightly (make sure they are sealed well).
4. Heat a cast-iron pan, add a small amount of oil. Tilt the pan to evenly coat the oil on the walls, pour in the egg batter, quickly rotate the pan so that the egg sticks to the wall in the shortest time possible.5. Prepare a pot with boiling water. When the water is boiling, add the dumplings and when they come back to a boil again after adding some cold water (cooked dumplings should float on the surface). 6. For the soup base: fold the egg pancake several times, slice it into threads, mix with scallion slices, preserved vegetable threads, salt, chicken essence, and sesame oil, place in a sea bowl, pour in boiling water, add cooked dumplings, resulting in a delicious Shanghai-style small dumplings soup.
Form the dumpling filling, remove it.Make small wontons. Place an appropriate amount of filling in the center of the wrapper, and pinch the corners (make sure to pinch tightly! Don't let them fall apart when cooking!).
Heat a wok over medium heat, add a little oil. Tilt the wok to spread the oil evenly. Pour in the egg mixture, quickly stir and rotate the wok so that the eggs stick to the sides of the pan. The eggs are done when they firm up.
Prepare a pot with boiling water. Once the water comes back to a boil, add the small wontons. Add a little cold water when it boils again (the cooked wontons should float on the surface).
Prepare the broth: take the just-made egg cake fold it in half, then fold it again and cut into strips with a knife, mix with chopped green onions, pickled mustard greens, salt,MSG and a little sesame oil. Place this mixture in a bowl, pour in boiling water, add the cooked wontons, and you have a delicious Shanghai Xiao Wontons that is both visually appealing and flavorful.