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Baozi

Name: Baozi
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 400g Bread flour; 1.5 tsp Dry yeast; 2 tbsp Sugar; 300g Ground Pork; 150g Napa Cabbage (minced); 1 piece Ginger; 1 tbsp Soy Sauce; 1 tbsp Sesame Oil; 1 tbsp Shaoxing Wine

Snack

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Fluffy steamed buns filled with pork — a staple across China.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Baozi are steamed buns found all over China: soft, leavened dough wrapped around a filling of ground pork and vegetables. The fillings resemble those of dumplings, but yeast in the dough makes them light and puffy. They're a fixture of breakfast stalls and dim sum, with countless regional fillings.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Chinese street early in the morning, commuters hurry along eating baozi as steam billows from the bamboo steamers.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Bread flour 400g
Dry yeast 1.5 tsp
Sugar 2 tbsp
Ground Pork 300g
Napa Cabbage (minced) 150g
Ginger 1 piece
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp
Sesame Oil 1 tbsp
Shaoxing Wine 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix bread flour, yeast, sugar, and lukewarm water, knead, and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
Mix ground pork, napa cabbage, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, and Shaoxing wine for the filling.
Divide the dough, roll into rounds, wrap the filling, and pleat closed.
Arrange in a parchment-lined steamer and let rise again for 20 minutes.
Steam over high heat for 15 minutes.

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