Char Siu Bao (Steamed BBQ Pork Buns)

Name: Char Siu Bao (Steamed BBQ Pork Buns)
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 300g plain flour; 7g instant yeast; 1 tsp baking powder; 3 tbsp caster sugar; 160ml warm milk; 1 tbsp oil; 300g char siu pork, diced; 3 tbsp hoisin sauce; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; 2 tsp cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp water

Fluffy Cantonese steamed buns, filled with sweet honey BBQ pork, soft and pillowy on the outside with a rich filling.

Total time

75 min

Prep

60 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Chinese

Ingredients

300gplain flour

7ginstant yeast

1 tspbaking powder

3 tbspcaster sugar

160mlwarm milk

1 tbspoil

300gchar siu pork, diced

3 tbsphoisin sauce

2 tbspoyster sauce

1 tbspsoy sauce

1 tspsesame oil

2 tspcornflour mixed with 2 tbsp water

Instructions

Make filling: fry char siu with hoisin, oyster sauce, soy. Thicken with cornflour. Cool.

Make dough: mix flour, yeast, baking powder, sugar, milk and oil. Knead. Rest 45 minutes.

Divide into 12 balls. Press flat.

Fill each with pork. Pleat closed.

Place on parchment squares.

Steam 12 minutes over boiling water.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

410

Protein

10.3g

Fat

7.2g

Carbs

75.5g

Fiber

2.7g

Sodium

692mg

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