Banh Bao

Name: Banh Bao
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 400g plain flour; 7g instant yeast; 2 tbsp sugar; 200ml warm milk; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 300g pork mince; 2 Chinese sausages, diced; 6 quail eggs, hard-boiled; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp soy sauce

Vietnamese steamed buns filled with pork, quail egg and Chinese sausage.

Total time

105 min

Prep

90 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Vietnamese

Ingredients

400gplain flour

7ginstant yeast

2 tbspsugar

200mlwarm milk

1 tbspvegetable oil

300gpork mince

2Chinese sausages, diced

6quail eggs, hard-boiled

2 tbspoyster sauce

1 tbspsoy sauce

Instructions

Mix flour, yeast, sugar, milk and oil into a dough. Knead smooth. Prove 1 hour.

Season pork mince with oyster and soy sauce. Cook until done.

Divide dough into 12 balls. Flatten, fill with pork, sausage and a quail egg. Seal well.

Prove 30 minutes.

Steam on parchment 12–15 minutes until puffed and cooked.

Serve warm.