Kikiam

It is originally called que-kiam in Chinese. Here in Philippines, kikiam is widely used especially in street food cart signage. It is made up of ground pork with vegetable and spices wrapped with bean curd sheets or tawpe. Kikiam comes in a large and small size in street food carts together with sweet and spicy sauce. I like eating kikiam with rice. Knowing that rice is the staple food here, I think every street food you name can be partnered with rice. To tell you frankly, I haven’t seen a tawpe wrapper in my life. I suggest you to look one in leading oriental stores and or maybe in leading supermarkets. I’ll let you know if I buy one in the near future.

INGREDIENTS:

½ kilo ground pork

3 tablespoons of soy paste

Tawpe wrappers or bean curd sheets

1 large onion, minced

1 carrot, minced

1 egg, beaten

6 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

1 tablespoon of salt and sugar

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

Cornstarch cooked in warm water to make paste

Cooking oil

PROCEDURE:

1. Prepare tawpe wrappers by soaking it into water for five minutes. Drain.
2. In a bowl, mix pork, soy paste, onion, carrots, egg, sugar, salt and pepper. Mix until it blends well with other ingredients.
3. Lay a protion of the mixture onto tawpe wrapper. Shape the mixture like a log and brush the tawpe wrapper with paste.
4. Fold the sides inward and roll it tightly.
5. Repeat it for the rest of the mixture and tawpe wrappers.
6. Heat the cooking oil in a skillet and carefully put the meat mixture covered in tawpe wrapper.
7. Cook kikiam for 6-8 minutes in medium heat. Do not over crowd the kikiam.
8. Drain onto paper towels each of the kikiam.
9. Serve it with sweet and sour sauce.

Kikiam can be bought in a kilo and half a kilo packs in public market.

NUTRITIONAL CONTENT:

CALORIES: 164

FAT: 8.6 g

CARBS: 5.8 g

PROTEIN: 15 g

SODIUM: 90 mg

*Based on conventional kikiam.

Nutritional Content Source: http://www.livestrong.com