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Ingredients
Dough
- 250 g water
- 1 ½ tsp dried instant yeast
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 230 g baker's flour
- 200 g plain flour
- 50 g white sugar
- 1 tsp salt
Filling
- 5 spring onions/shallots, trimmed and cut into pieces
- 500 g pork mince
- ½ tsp ground white pepper
- 1 tsp white sugar
- ¼ tsp Chinese five spice powder (see Tips)
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine (Chinese cooking wine)
Assembly and steaming
- oil, for greasing
- plain flour, for dusting
- 700 g water
- Nutrition
- per 1 piece
- Calories
- 537.8 kJ / 128 kcal
- Protein
- 6.3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 15.8 g
- Fat
- 4.3 g
- Saturated Fat
- 1.1 g
- Fibre
- 0.6 g
- Sodium
- 274.9 mg
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