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Chinese steamed pork buns (baozi)
If you feel that the steamed pork buns from the neighborhood Chinese place could be better, that the bread is not fluffy enough and there isn’t sufficient meat filling, perhaps it’s time that you try making this dim sum favorite at home.
Course
Breakfast
,
Snack
Cuisine
Chinese
Keyword
Steamed
Prep Time
30
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
minutes
Proofing the dough
1
hour
hour
10
minutes
minutes
Total Time
2
hours
hours
Servings
16
pork buns
Equipment
Stand mixer, (optional but recommended)
16 pieces 2" x 2" greaseproof paper
Steamer
Ingredients
Dough
2
teaspoons
instant yeast
1 ¼
cups
full-fat milk
2
cups
all-purpose flour
plus more for dusting
⅛
teaspoon
salt
2
tablespoons
sugar
2
tablespoons
vegetable oil
divided
Pork Filling
250
grams
ground pork
(8.8 oz)
½
cup
finely sliced chives
⅓
cup
chopped carrot
1
tablespoon
chopped garlic
½
teaspoon
chopped ginger
½
teaspoon
salt
¼
teaspoon
pepper
½
teaspoon
ground coriander
¼
teaspoon
five-spice powder
1
tablespoon
soy sauce
1
tablespoon
oyster sauce
½
teaspoon
sesame seed oil
½
cup
chopped jicama or water chestnuts
Instructions
Make the dough
Disperse the yeast in the milk and set aside.
In the bowl of your stand mixer, measure the flour, add salt and sugar and whisk.
Make a well in the center, pour in the milk-yeast mixture and one tablespoon oil.
Mix everything together with a wooden spoon just until no longer wet.
Attach the dough hook and knead the dough until smooth, about 10 minutes.
Pinch a piece of dough to feel if it is soft and elastic. If not, knead for another minute.
Coat the inside of a large bowl with the remaining tablespoon of oil.
Dust your work surface with flour, dump in the dough and form into a ball.
Place the dough in the prepared bowl, rolling it around to coat the entire surface with oil.
Cover the bowl with cling film and leave the dough to rise until double in volume, about an hour.
Make the pork filling
While the dough rises, place the ground pork, chives, carrot, garlic, ginger, salt and pepper in a bowl, and mix well.
Add the ground coriander, five-spice powder, soy sauce, oyster sauce and sesame seed oil, and stir to combine.
Add the chopped jicama and mix until evenly distributed.
Make the pork buns
Punch down the dough, put back into the mixer and knead (at lowest speed) for about two minutes.
Sprinkle flour on your work surface, dump in the dough and roll unto a log about a foot long and three inches wide.
Cut the log into halves vertically then cut each half into eight equal pieces.
Take a piece of dough and flatten into a disc about ⅛ inch thick using a rolling pin.
Place the dough on the palm of one hand and drop a tablespoon of filling at the center.
Using the thumb and forefinger of your free hand, fold and pinch the edges of the dough.
With your other hand cupping the filled dough, turn it around slowly while your other hand continues folding and pinching the edges.
Continue turning, folding and pinching until the filling is sealed.
Lay the sealed dough on a piece of greaseproof paper.
Repeat until all pieces of dough have been filled.
Steam the pork buns
Arrange the buns in steamer baskets, cover loosely with cling film and leave to rise for about ten minutes.
Arrange the baskets over the steamer pot and cook the pork buns over briskly boiling water for 20 minutes.
Serve your steamed pork buns immediately.