Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, bao buns. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Bao Buns is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Bao Buns is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Bao Buns; The first time I had Bao (in the form of Gua Bao - or Pork Belly Bao) at a restaurant, made me totally fall in love with them. Soft, fluffy and stuffed full of all my favourite things. I make them pretty often now, as a weekend treat, and the kids love to take in leftover bao for their packed lunches at school. The word "bao" in Chinese (包) essentially means bun, so the phrase "bao bun" is not very descriptive.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have bao buns using 29 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Bao Buns:
- Take Prep time 3 hrs
- Prepare Cook time 12-15 mnts
- Get 15 Yields
- Take Dough:
- Prepare 300 gm flour
- Take 125 gm cornflour
- Prepare 3 tbsp sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp instant yeast
- Make ready 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 60 ml vegetable oil
- Get 180 ml warm water
- Take Chicken:
- Prepare 600 gm chicken breast cut into thin strips
- Prepare 1 tsp chilli flakes
- Prepare 2 tsp grated garlic
- Take 3 tbsp lemon juice
- Take 1 tsp cumin powder
- Get 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- Make ready 2 tbsp hoisin sauce
- Get 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Get To taste salt
- Get 2 tbsp oil
- Take Filling:
- Prepare Sesame seeds
- Take 1/4 cup cabbage shredded
- Take 1 cucumber cut into fine julian
- Take Handful fresh coriander
- Prepare Chopped pickled carrots
- Get Roasted crushed peanuts
Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the liquids. Stir with a spoon and then use your hands to knead until the dough comes together. Bao means Buns so calling it bao buns doesn't make sense but it is such a cute name! Bao is steamed buns and it can be many different shapes and it can be by itself or filled with sweet/savory filling.
Instructions to make Bao Buns:
- Prepare all the ingredients. In a bowl add the ingredients for the dough and knead smoothly. Cover and let it sit in a warm place for about 2 hrs. After 2 hrs, knead the dough for 2 mnts to release the air.
- Roll out the dough upto 1 cm thick. Using a round cutter, cut out circles, place them on a tray lined with cupcake liners. Lift up each circle, fold such that it forms a "The" shape but do not press. Be as gentle as you can. Keep the tray covered with a cloth in a warm place for the buns to proof for 30 mnts.
- Transfer to a steamer and let them steam for 12 to 15 minutes. Your buns will look like as shown in the picture.
- In a wok add ginger garlic paste, Sizzle till fragrant. Add in the sauces and simmer till bubbles appear. Turn the flame to high and add the chicken strips. Stir and cook on high only so the chicken does not release water and remains tender. No water should remain. Turn off the heat and start assembling.
- To assemble the bao buns, open the bun as shown in the picture above. Put in the chicken strips, cabbage, cucumber, carrot, sprinkle coriander, peanuts, sesame seeds and enjoy. This is comfort food for me, I hope you like it too.
Bao means Buns so calling it bao buns doesn't make sense but it is such a cute name! Bao is steamed buns and it can be many different shapes and it can be by itself or filled with sweet/savory filling. I shared mantou, my original steamed bun recipe a long ago. It's very similar but this recipe is an upgraded version of the old one. Another note: as yeast is used as a raising agent in bao buns, do not use self-raising cake flour which is commonly available in the UK.
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