Char Siu Bao

Steamed buns filled with sweet barbecue pork.

Ingredients

• 4 cups Flour
• 2 tsp Yeast
• ½ cup Sugar
• 1 cup Milk
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 400 g Roast pork
• 2 tbsp Oyster sauce
• 2 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 tbsp Sesame oil
• 2 tbsp Cornstarch
• 1 Onion
• 2 tbsp Oil

Method

1. Make the dough — Knead flour, yeast, sugar, milk and oil into a soft white dough and prove 1 hour.
2. Make the filling — Dice the char siu and cook with onion, oyster and soy sauces, thickening with cornstarch; cool completely.
3. Add baking powder — Knead it into the risen dough — this is what gives the buns their split-open crown.
4. Fill — Roll discs thicker in the centre, add cold filling, and pleat closed.
5. Prove again — Rest on paper squares 30 minutes.
6. Steam — Steam 12 minutes over high heat without lifting the lid.
7. Char Siu Bao is ready — Serve hot.

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