Vietnamese Steamed Buns (banh Bao)

"Can be frozen before steaming. Keep in freezer for 1-2 months."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
30-40 buns
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ingredients

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directions

  • Submerge mushroom in hot water until softened. Take them out, dry and finely juliene. Reserve water.
  • Heat some oil in a skillet, put in onions and let it sweat for a while. Stir in the rest of filling except boiled eggs and BBQ pork. Season with fish sauce and pepper to taste.
  • Add sugar to milk to dissolve. Add flour one cup at a time, after each time kneed the dough before adding the next cup. Put dough into a large mixing bowl, put a damp cheese cloth over to prevent drying out.
  • Cut a handful of dough (size to your choice), roll out thin (use bread roller or the smaller dumpling roller). Add a spoonful of filling, 1 piece of egg, BBQ pork. Seal dough tight around filling and put on a cut-out piece of parchment paper. Steam buns for about 15 minutes. These buns freeze pretty well as well, if you want to make a big batch at a time.

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  1. This is difficult to master the first time around. I ended up watching videos on YouTube to see the process to assemble the bun. Made it look easy.<br/><br/>Clarification for this recipe: Cook down the onions, but do not cook the other ingredients ahead of time. Ground pork should be raw going in to the bun.<br/><br/>My dough didn't really rise like I expected it might. Still seemed to work okay. I made about 25 smaller buns using this recipe.<br/><br/>Given the time time-consuming nature of this dish, I'm inclined to stick to buying these in restaurants rather than make them on my own in the future.
     
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