I am not sure how to make a beautiful picture of Bakpao. Every time I look at Bakpao, it just reminds me of silicone breast implants :-D.
Bakpao is very known in the Netherlands. It is however not something Dutch. It is more Indonesian but I think originally Chinese?
I do not eat Bakpao that often, but maybe once a year I like to make it.
The Dough
Mix yeast with half of the prepared warm water(200 gram) and the honey. I say 200 grams of water because it is more precise to weight the water. 200 ml water equals to 200 grams of water. Stir well and leave it for 10 minutes. You can also use sugar if you don't have honey.
After 10 minutes, mix everything in a large bowl and knead the dough for 15 minutes.
- Leave the dough in an air tight container for 60 minutes.
- While waiting we make the chicken filling. I forgot to make a picture of the chicken. But I just used 300 grams of boiled shredded chicken breast.
Chicken filling
So we have boiled the chicken and shredded the 300 grams of chicken breast. We now take a pan and fry the onions and garlic for a 5 minutes.
Add the remaining ingredients including the shredded chicken and stir for about 5 minutes.
Back to the Dough
- Prepare parchment paper, cut 8 circles out of it for the buns.
- After one hour the dough has risen and is ready!
- Split the dough in 8.
- Take 1 piece of dough and make it flat with your hand.
- Add 2 or 3 full table spoon of chicken filling. My husband wanted more meat and less bread, so I put 3 FULL table spoon of chicken filling :-).
- Close the bun and do the same with the remaining 7 dough pieces.
- Put the buns in the steamer. I did not put all buns at the same time, because the buns will rise while steaming. I put 2 above and 2 below. Make sure they have enough space between. Leave the buns steaming for 20 minutes.
Now they are ready to be eaten!
Enjoy your Bakpao! If you are about to make Bakpao and have questions, I am always willing to answer ;-). Don't forget to post your Bakpao in the comment below ;-).
Yummy! They look super delish! Have you been making these for awhile? <3 @fathin-shihab
Thanks @awarenessraiser! Yes, I've been making these already for a while. Maybe 5 times, every year once. :-)
Looks really yummy :-) Resteemed :-)
Thank you! :-)
looks delicious
Thanks @defjukie!
Those look delicious. I have a bamboo steamer that sits atop of a pan of boiling water. Do you think that would work? I have never seen a steamer like yours.
Thank you @melinda010100 . Your steamer is perfect! Thats how they usually do it :-). No worries, you can use your bamboo steamer ! My steamer also uses water underneath.
My grandkids are coming next week and these might be fun to make with them. ( And most likely something they would like.) It seems that every culture has some sort of meat filled dumpling, doesn't it?
Kids love playing with dough! I believe there are also chocolate buns. I think you can fill it with anything.
Oh! Chocolate!
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STOPHi, i like to read your blog. Oh, you like to cook too? I am in Indonesia like bakpao green beans or chocolate.
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I don't know, I think these look pretty beautiful to me. But also I'm really hungry...
Hahaha! Happy you find them beautiful ;-). You can just grab it from the screen :-D.
Resteemed do I don't loose this!
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wow Great Step by step recipe this looks to be delicious mouth watering haha
Thanks @blazing. Happy you like it. Feel free to try it out yourself one day ;-)
Ahh that looks incredible. I had my first bao buns a few weeks ago stuffed with General Tso's chicken. I might have to try this!
Yes, you should. Make sure the yeast has risen. Just follow the steps:-). Thanks dor reading
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