Vegan Cha Siu Bao
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
12 buns
ingredients
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For the bun
- 1⁄4 cup unbleached cane sugar
- 1 3⁄4 cups warm water
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast (quick-rise or conventional)
- 6 1⁄2 cups unbleached flour
- 2 tablespoons non-hydrogenated margarine
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
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For the filling
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 cups seitan, cut into small pieces
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1⁄4 cup hot chili sauce
- 1⁄4 cup vegan sour cream
directions
- In a small bowl, dissolve cane sugar in warm water. Mix gently and add yeast. Allow mixture to rest for 10 minutes.
- In a larger bowl, knead together the flour and margarine until mixture resembles small beads. Add yeast mixture and mix gently with a spoon. On a floured cutting board, knead dough until it's smooth and pliable. Form into a ball and place back into a larger bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for about two hours.
- In a medium skillet over medium-high heat, heat vegetable oil. Add seitan, salt, and pepper, and pan-fry for about 3 minutes on each side. In a medium bowl, mix hoisin sauce, chili sauce, and sour cream. Add fried seitan and set aside.
- On a cutting board sprinkled with baking powder, divide dough into 12 flat rounds. In the center of each round, add a heaping tablespoon of the seitan mixture. Pull the sides of the rounds up to completely encase the seitan mixture and twist the dough to seal.
- Fill a large saucepan 1/4 of the way with water, place over high heat, and bring to a boil. In a metal colander over the pot seam buns for about 15 minutes.
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I'm a 24 year old who works in the Chicago theater community. I have a little bit of a food obsession and love to plan meals, cook for myself, cook for my girlfriend, and cook for large groups of people.
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