Chicken momos
Chicken momos, from above
Non vegTibet

Chicken momos

Juicy chicken dumplings pleated by hand, steamed till glossy. Fold fifty, freeze forty.

75 minTime
20 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Pleats and steam2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySteamed chicken momos with a spicy chutney.
The original
341kcalsame
20 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
75minutessame

Chicken momos.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

5 servings
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups
Water½ cup
Chicken mince (ground chicken)400 g chicken mince
Onion1, finely chopped
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)4, chopped
Garlic3 cloves, minced
Ginger2.5 cm, grated
Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful
Soy sauce2 tsp
Black pepper½ tsp
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Knead the flour, a pinch of salt and water into a firm dough. Rest 20 minutes covered.
  2. 2Mix the chicken with onion, spring onion, garlic, ginger, coriander, soy, pepper, oil and salt. Stir hard in one direction.
  3. 3Roll small discs thin at the edges, fill with a spoon of filling and pleat shut.
  4. 4Steam on an oiled steamer until the wrappers turn translucent and the filling is cooked through with no pink remaining.
  5. 5To freeze, freeze uncooked on a tray, then bag. Steam from frozen for 15 minutes.
Serve it like this

Serve hot in a steamer basket or plate with red momo chutney and a bowl of clear soup.

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What goes with Chicken momos: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

With a main Vegetable thukpa35 min
On the side Momo chutney20 min
On the side Hot and sour soup30 min
To drink Masala chai10 min
To drink South Indian filter coffee20 min
Something sweet Puran poli90 min
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