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Bao Dough

Prep: 120 Mins

Cook: 12 Mins

This brilliant bao dough recipe from Chef Jeremy Pang will teach you how to make the Asian street-food sensation of soft, fluffy steamed bao buns - from scratch!

IngredientsMethod

The Dry Mix

  • 530g middle gluten wheat flour (swapsies, plain flour/all-purpose flour), plus extra for dusting
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 7g fast action dried yeast
  • 40g caster sugar
  • 15g baking powder

The Liquid

  • 50ml milk
  • 200 - 250ml warm water (depending on how humid your room feels- if the air feels very dry you’ll want to add a little more water, but if it is very humid, less is required)
  • 25ml vegetable or sunflower oil

Preparing The Bao Buns

1. Put ‘The Dry Mix’ ingredients into the bowl of a free-standing mixer fitted with a dough hook attached (if available).

2. Mix ‘The Liquid’ ingredients together into a measuring jug. Then slowly pour the liquid into the mixer while kneading on a low speed for around 2 minutes until all the water is mixed into the flour. Once combined, turn the speed up to high for a further 2 minutes until the dough has a smooth yet tacky feel to it.

3. Once the dough has been well kneaded, dust with 2 tablespoons of flour, scraping off any additional dough on the sides of the bowl.

4. Shape the dough into a rough ball, and then coat it lightly with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil; put the dough back into the bowl and cover with a damp cloth to leave aside in a warm, preferably moist, draft-free location (such as inside a room temperature oven) for 1 – 1.5 hours.

5. Once the dough has doubled in size, you can then shape it into whatever shape you wish before steaming.

Steaming The Bao Buns

6. Steaming time will vary between 8 – 15 minutes depending on the shape and size of your finished buns (the thinner the bun, the shorter the steaming time).

How To Make Steamed Bao Buns

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The Dry Mix

  • 530g middle gluten wheat flour (swapsies, plain flour/all-purpose flour), plus extra for dusting
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 7g fast action dried yeast
  • 40g caster sugar
  • 15g baking powder

The Liquid

  • 50ml milk
  • 200 - 250ml warm water (depending on how humid your room feels- if the air feels very dry you’ll want to add a little more water, but if it is very humid, less is required)
  • 25ml vegetable or sunflower oil

Preparing The Bao Buns

1. Put ‘The Dry Mix’ ingredients into the bowl of a free-standing mixer fitted with a dough hook attached (if available).

2. Mix ‘The Liquid’ ingredients together into a measuring jug. Then slowly pour the liquid into the mixer while kneading on a low speed for around 2 minutes until all the water is mixed into the flour. Once combined, turn the speed up to high for a further 2 minutes until the dough has a smooth yet tacky feel to it.

3. Once the dough has been well kneaded, dust with 2 tablespoons of flour, scraping off any additional dough on the sides of the bowl.

4. Shape the dough into a rough ball, and then coat it lightly with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil; put the dough back into the bowl and cover with a damp cloth to leave aside in a warm, preferably moist, draft-free location (such as inside a room temperature oven) for 1 – 1.5 hours.

5. Once the dough has doubled in size, you can then shape it into whatever shape you wish before steaming.

Steaming The Bao Buns

6. Steaming time will vary between 8 – 15 minutes depending on the shape and size of your finished buns (the thinner the bun, the shorter the steaming time).

How To Make Steamed Bao Buns

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