Baking

Char Siu Bao

Name: Char Siu Bao
Total time: 3h
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: Dough: 400g bao flour, 6g yeast, 40g sugar, 220ml milk, 20g lard; Filling: 300g char siu, diced; Sauce: 2 tbsp oyster sauce, 2 tbsp hoisin, 1 tbsp soy, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp cornflour, 150ml water

Cantonese dim sum steamed buns with a snowy fluffy dough splitting open around sweet-savoury diced char siu pork.

3h 12 servings Medium

Ingredients

• Dough: 400g bao flour, 6g yeast, 40g sugar, 220ml milk, 20g lard
• Filling: 300g char siu, diced
• Sauce: 2 tbsp oyster sauce, 2 tbsp hoisin, 1 tbsp soy, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp cornflour, 150ml water

Method

Step 1 of 425%

Prove dough 1 hr.

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1
Prove dough 1 hr.
2
Cook filling sauce with pork; cool.
3
Wrap 30g filling in 40g dough rounds; pleat closed.
4
Rest 30 min; steam over high heat 12 min.