Steamed Pork Buns (Baozi)

Name: Steamed Pork Buns (Baozi)
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 300g plain flour; 5g instant yeast; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 150ml warm water; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 300g char siu pork, diced small; 2 tbsp hoisin sauce; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 tbsp cornflour with 3 tbsp water

Fluffy steamed buns filled with sweet char siu pork — Cantonese dim sum staple.

Total time

95 min

Prep

80 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Chinese

Ingredients

300gplain flour

5ginstant yeast

1 tbspsugar

1 tspbaking powder

150mlwarm water

1 tbspvegetable oil

300gchar siu pork, diced small

2 tbsphoisin sauce

1 tbspoyster sauce

1 tspsesame oil

1 tbspcornflour with 3 tbsp water

Instructions

Mix flour, yeast, sugar, baking powder, water and oil. Knead 10 minutes. Prove 1 hour.

Cook char siu filling with hoisin, oyster sauce and sesame oil. Thicken with cornflour slurry. Cool.

Divide dough into 12 balls. Flatten each, place filling in centre. Pleat edges to seal.

Prove 20 minutes.

Steam on parchment 12–14 minutes until puffed and cooked through.