Appetizer

Shengjianbao

Name: Shengjianbao
Total time: 3h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: Dough: 300g flour, 5g yeast, 150ml water, 1 tsp sugar; 350g minced pork; Pork skin aspic, diced; Ginger, scallion, soy, sesame oil; Oil, sesame seeds, scallion for finishing

Shanghai pan-fried buns — leavened dough enclosing juicy pork and aspic, crisped on the bottom and finished with sesame and scallion.

3h 4 servings Hard

Ingredients

• Dough: 300g flour, 5g yeast, 150ml water, 1 tsp sugar
• 350g minced pork
• Pork skin aspic, diced
• Ginger, scallion, soy, sesame oil
• Oil, sesame seeds, scallion for finishing

Method

Step 1 of 425%

Prove dough 1 hr; punch down.

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1
Prove dough 1 hr; punch down.
2
Fill with pork-aspic mix; pleat closed.
3
Fry seam-side up in oil until golden.
4
Add water, cover and steam-fry 10 min; finish with sesame and scallion.