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Chinese Steamed Buns With BBQ Pork Filling
SUBMITTED BY:
Carol chi-wa Chung
PHOTO BY:
Lydia
"This is a simple recipe for Char-Siu Bau. A wok equipped with a stainless steel steam plate, a plate with holes to allow steam to pass, is required to make these tasty buns."
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PREP TIME
50 Min
COOK TIME
30 Min
READY IN
4 Hrs
Original recipe yield 24 steamed buns
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1/2 pound boneless pork loin roast
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
3 tablespoons shallots, chopped
1/3 cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon white sugar
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DIRECTIONS
Mix together pork, barbecue sauce, shallots, flour, chicken stock, soy sauce, oil, and sugar. Chill in refrigerator for at least 6 hours.
Prepare dough for Chinese Steamed Buns.
Shape dough into balls. Roll each out into a circle, (like Won-Ton wrappers). Put 1 tablespoonful of prepared meat mixture in the center of each circle, and wrap dough around filling. Place seams down onto wax paper squares. Let stand until doubled, about 30 minutes.
Bring water to a boil in wok, and reduce heat to medium; the water should still be boiling. Place steam-plate on a small wire rack in the middle of the wok. Transfer as many buns on wax paper as will comfortably fit onto steam-plate leaving 1 to 2 inches between the buns. At least 2 inches space should be left between steam-plate and the wok. Cover wok with lid. Steam buns over boiling water for 15 to 20 minutes.
REMOVE LID BEFORE you turn off heat, or else water will drip back onto bun surface and produce yellowish "blisters" on bun surfaces. Continue steaming batches of buns until all are cooked.
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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by Fastcooker
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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 on Apr. 5, 2006 by
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ENDLESSSKY
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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Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2004 by
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Jan. 25, 2004
I have wanting to try this at home for a long time! Thanks
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I have wanting to try this at home for a long time! Thanks
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Reviewed on Jan. 18, 2006 by
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LINDA MCLEAN
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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Reviewed on Jul. 10, 2006 by
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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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I loved these! My husband lived in Taiwan for a couple of years and he thought they were...
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Reviewed on Jan. 9, 2007 by OCTOVUS
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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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Made plenty for four or five eaters, about 17 medium buns. Do not use bread flour; even with...
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Reviewed on Jul. 11, 2006 by
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sapphireml
Jul. 11, 2006
MMMMMMM Yummy!!! I was craving for "dim sum" from my home country and was really happy when I found this recipe. Tried it today and wow!!!!! it was really good.....just like the steamed buns from back home. My husband thought they were delicious too. I made the dough by hand and had to add about 1 more cup of flour like one reviewer did. Thanks so much for the recipe, Carol. Now, I don't feel so homesick. :)
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MMMMMMM Yummy!!! I was craving for "dim sum" from my home country and was really happy when I...
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Reviewed on May 31, 2008 by ErikaEats
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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 on Jan. 13, 2008 by
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Jan. 13, 2008
Yummy steamed buns! They were a hit! Next time I'll try other fillings!
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Yummy steamed buns! They were a hit! Next time I'll try other fillings!
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Reviewed on Aug. 7, 2008 by cesilu
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cesilu
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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I made this for the first time today. It was soooo gooood. I did not make it