Banh Bao (Vietnamese Steamed Pork Bun)

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"Banh bao (Vietnamese Steamed Pork Bun) is a kind of dumpling in Vietnam"
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Prep time 20mins
Cook time 45mins

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ingredients

  • 7 ounces flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon dry yeast
  • 3 1/2 ounces char siu meat
  • 4 ounces water
  • 25 gram sugar
  • 1 ounce cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce

Method

  • Step 1

    .Slice pork into small pieces

  • Step 2

    Put all the ingredients for the filling into a pot Simmer the mixture on the stove

  • Step 3

    To make dough, combine all the necessary ingredients by hand or using mixing machine until the wet dough is finished.

  • Step 4

    Cover it by plastic wrap and let it expand in about 4 to 6 hours or keep it overnight in the fridge

  • Step 5

    To make sweet dough, scramble dough with 80 grams of sugar by using machine

  • Step 6

    Knead until sugar dissolves and you can feel that dough is sticky and wet.

  • Step 7

    Put dough into a pot, sift flour and ammonium bicarbonate to diminish shred After that, pour this flour mixture into the dough above Knead them together to combine the dry and wet flour

  • Step 8

    When the mixture becomes harmonious, add butter and knead in about 5 minutes (or longer) After finishing, leave it in about 20 minutes

  • Step 9

    Place dough on a plane and roll it to become a long cylinder Cut it into equal parts

  • Step 10

    Spread dough gently and flatten it by hand Put 1 to 1.5 teaspoon of filling into the center of crust made above.

  • Step 11

    Spread dough gently and flatten it by hand Put 1 to 1.5 teaspoon of filling into the center of crust made above.

  • Step 12

    After making all the dumplings, let them be relaxed in 30 minutes After that, steam them with high temperature in about 10 minutes. When you turn of the heat, cover them and wait for about 2 more minutes before taking them out and enjoying

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