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Reviewed: Aug. 7, 2008

I made this for the first time today. It was soooo gooood. I did not make it with the BBQ pork because I was a little short on time instead I used some BBQ ribs meat that I got at the store. I removed the meat from the ribs and used that instead. Oh and I added more filling to the dough so it would be fuller. I also did not get all 24 instead I got only 12.

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Reviewed: May 31, 2008

I followed the recipe exactly for the bun part, but like other reviewers have mentioned, I had to use more flour when kneading...it was way too sticky. I placed the seam side down onto the wax paper and at first they didn't look too great but by the time it came to steam them they were all smoothed out. Came out fluffy, moist and delicious. A bit time consuming but worth it. I made a bit of a bigger bun and it made 12. I didn't use the bbq pork recipe and instead picked up 1/2 lb of char siu and I asked for extra sauce. Just chopped it up and mixed with the sauce and stuffed the buns with it. The only bummer is they aren't so good when reheated in the microwave a day later and I even did the damp paper towel trick.

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Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2008

Yummy steamed buns! They were a hit! Next time I'll try other fillings!

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sarahg

	Cooking Level: Intermediate Home Town: Austin, Texas, USA Living In: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2008

Good buns, but I would suggest making more dough than listed. They come out beautiful at first but as the dough runs out they get smaller and the thin skin bursts when closing up the bun. But other than that good job! PS: Or, instead of making more dough, cut the meat smaller. I cut them about half the size of my pinky finger.

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KitchenAndy

	Cooking Level: Beginning Living In: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Reviewed: Jan. 9, 2007

Made plenty for four or five eaters, about 17 medium buns. Do not use bread flour; even with the AP suggested it was more glutinous/chewy than I'd like, though that might be because I only had bread machine (fast rise) yeast! I skipped the first dough step, as per the yeast directions, and just mixed everything all the ingredients from step 1 AND step 2 together at once before leaving it for 3 hours in microwave. This worked fine. Left filling mixed overnight in the fridge. I subbed ordinary onions for shallots which wasn't good - the almost-raw onions caused indigestion. Could use green onions. Cooked with a saucepan and steamer set, doesn't have to be a wok. Do 15 minutes at most or they get chewy. Very good flavour, dough texture was a tad off, but it'll be our recipe...for when we have lots of time, haha. Oh, the filling is very sweet, which is how I like it, but if you want more savoury, just be sure to use a sweetish BBQ sauce and then leave out the white sugar entirely.

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OCTOVUS


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Reviewed: Jul. 10, 2006

I loved these! My husband lived in Taiwan for a couple of years and he thought they were close to how he use to eat them. I'm so glad I tried this recipe. I am going to make these often.

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gooberette

	Cooking Level: Intermediate Home Town: Brigham City, Utah, USA Living In: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2006

I modified this recipe to be vegetarian- my husband has never had bao because he's veg. (whereas I am a dim sum fanatic), so I decided to fix this problem. I made the bao using seitan (cut up very finely and marinaded overnight) as a substitute for the pork- and he nearly polished off all 12 bao that I made! =) I also cheated and used a store bought flour recipe- which actually turned out really well. You can find it at most Asian food stores. The brand I used was 'D and D Gold product' on the front, in addition to some pics. of bao, it says, 'Bot Lam Bahn Bao Saigon', in big letters. =) With the premixed flour, it only took me about 2 hours once I had the dough mixed to make the bao. (20 minutes to cook each round of 4 bao) I'm sooo happy! Thanks for the awesome recipe!!

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ENDLESSSKY

	Home Town: Los Osos, California, USA
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Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2006

Carol certainly has some really good recipes on this site. This time I combined her two filling recipes for her buns using both the pork and the shrimp. I had leftover frozen fresh ham from our Christmas dinner, which when I sauteed it with the shrimp, used Hoisen Sauce. I absolutely love that stuff. The buns were incredible, however, because I don't remember what I did last time, I should have sprayed the waxed paper with PAM because they really stuck. I had to reseal them which of course was not so fun. Anyway, these babies were so incredible and once more, I thank you Carol for a tremendous asian dinner tonight!!!!

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LINDA MCLEAN

	Cooking Level: Expert Home Town: Livingston, New Jersey, USA Living In: Flanders, New Jersey, USA
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Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2004

Add the first step which is grind or finely chop pork, then add other ingredients. This is very different from the Char Siu pork I have had but this is tasty. Kids will like the little buns and the sweet taste. I made this in my pressure cooker and put the buns on the rack and took the gasket out of the pressure cooker. It worked fine as a steamer.

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Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2004

I have wanting to try this at home for a long time! Thanks

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DCASE81

	Cooking Level: Expert Home Town: Braintree, Essex, England, U.K. Living In: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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