"Baozi (Bāo Zi 包子) being a member in the Chinese dumpling family is well-known for its round shape and beautiful pleats. It is often described as a type of "bun with filling", because of its soft skin made in the same way as Mantou. You can cook the Baozi in the traditional way, to steam; or to steam-fry, a popular way origin from Shanghai called 生煎 (Shēng Jiān, meaning steam & fry) in Chinese."
STEAM-FRIED BAOZI WITH BEEF AND ONION FILLING
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Prep time: 40mins
Cook time: 20mins
Serves or Makes: 4
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ingredients
The Dough
- 400 gram Dough flour
- 4 gram Dough dried yeast
- 200 gram Dough water
Method
The Dough
Step 1
Melt the yeast in water. Then add the water little by little into the flour, at the same time stir the flour with the chopsticks to mix it well.
Step 2
Knead the flour into a dough. You should look for a dough with solid and soft texture and at the same time non-sticky to the fingers. Rest it for 15 minutes.
Step 3
(15 minutes later) Knead the dough again until the surface turns smooth. Cover and rest it until its size doubles.
ingredients
The Filling - Group 1
- 500 gram Minced beef
- 1 teaspoon Grated ginger
- 1 teasopon Five spice powder
- 1 piece Scallion (chopped)
- 1 teasopon Sichuan pepper powder
- 4 tablepoons Water
ingredients
The Filling - Group 2
- 350 gram Onion
- 1 tabelspoons Oyster sauce
- 5 tablepoons Soy sauce
- 1 tabelspoons Dark soy sauce
- 2 tablepoons Sesame oil
- 2 tablepoons Sunflower oil
The Filling
Step 1
Mix all the ingredients in Group 1 together. Keep stirring towards the same direction until the liquid is well absorbed by the beef.
Step 2
Chop the onion into small pieces.
Step 3
Heat up a wok with some sunflower oil. Add in the chopped onion and stir-fry it until its color turns golden brown.
Step 4
Add in all the rest ingredients in Group 2 and mix well.
Step 5
Leave the onion to cool down, then mix it with the beef prepared in Step 1.
Assembling The Baozi
Step 1
Take the dough and keep kneading it in order to squeeze out all the air from the fermentation.
Step 2
Roll the dough into a log, then divide the log into small pieces (around 15g each) using a knife.
Step 3
Roll each piece into a disk shape using a rolling pin.
Step 4
Fold the Baozi following the guide in my Youtube video: https://youtu.be/sxPBt2krKkY
Step 5
Lay the Baozi on a surface leaving some space among each other. Rest them for 40 - 60 minutes.
Cooking
Step 1
Heat up a skillet with a layer of sunflower oil.
Step 2
Lay the Baozi inside the skillet and pan-fry them with medium-low heat for one minute until the bottoms turn golden brown.
Step 3
Add in hot water into the skillet covering half of the Baozi.
Step 4
Cover the lid and let the steam cook the Baozi inside the skillet for 6 - 8 minutes.
Step 5
(6-8 minutes later) when the water is all evaporated, turn off the heat and take out the Baozi.
Step 6
Sprinkle some chopped scallion and sesame. Enjoy it!