Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Bánh Bao Nướng Nhân Xá Xíu (Baked Char Siu Paus)

Water Dough:
-250g all purpose flour
-80g water
-80g oil
-1/2 tsp 5 spice powder
-1 tsp salt

*Kneed everything together, rest 1/2 hour and divide into 10 portions.

Oil Dough:
-100g all purpose flour
-40-50g oil

*Slowly add oil into flour to make a dough. Divide into 10 portions.

Filling:
-1/2 lb char siu
-1/2 lb minced pork
-1/2 onion
-3 shitake mushrooms
-1 large carrot
-1 chinese sausage
-1/2 tsp: sesame oil, 5 spice powder, oyster sauce, ground pepper
-2 pinches of salt

*Chop char siu, carrots, onion and sausage. Soak mushrooms until warm water for about 1/2 hour or until soft, slice into thin strips. Mix everything together and divide into 10 portions.

What to Do:

Take a portions of the water dough and use it to wrap the oil dough. Roll dough flat and fold into thirds (like folding a letter). Repeat this process a few more times before using the dough to wrap a portion of the filling. Continue with the same process for the remaining dough and filling. Brush wraped paus with eggwash and bake at 350'F until golden, about 20 mins.

3 comments:

  1. White_polar,

    sad to say I didn't take any step by step pictures.

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  2. Anonymous7:08 PM

    tt,

    Hi how are you? It's a long time since I came to your blog.

    The dough will have a tendency to develop gluten if not careful during the rolling /folding stage. Maybe you might try to use 1/2 bread flour+ 1/2 all purpose flour in dough A

    paulfoo78@yahoo.com

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  3. Hi Paul,

    I've been busy but well. Thanks for the tip.

    Take care!

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