STEAM-FRIED BAOZI WITH BEEF AND ONION FILLING

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STEAM-FRIED BAOZI WITH BEEF AND ONION FILLING
"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."
-- @cinaintavola
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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!

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