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Ingredients
Bao (Buns)
- 200 g full cream milk
- 2 tsp dried instant yeast
- 20 g sugar
- 350 g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 30 g vegetable oil
Pork filling
- 10 g dried shiitake mushrooms
- boiling water, for soaking
- 2000 g water
- chilled water
- 12 quail eggs (see Tips)
- 2 spring onions/shallots, white part only; green part reserved for garnishing
- 20 sprigs fresh chives, cut into halves
- 2 Chinese sausages (approx. 60 g), cut into pieces (see Tips)
- 500 g pork mince
- 2 tsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
Assembly
- 1000 g water
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1049.9 kJ / 249.9 kcal
- Protein
- 14.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- 24.8 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Saturated Fat
- 3.1 g
- Fibre
- 1.5 g
- Sodium
- 535.6 mg
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