Nikuman (Japanese Steamed Pork Buns)

Name: Nikuman (Japanese Steamed Pork Buns)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: Chinese, Japanese
Ingredients: 100 g unbleached cake flour (or pastry flour, low-protein, around 7-8%); 50 g bread flour; 2 ½ tsp sugar; ¼ tsp salt; ¼ tsp instant dry yeast; ½ tsp baking powder; 50 ml water (lukewarm); 25 ml milk (whole milk); 100 g ground pork; 1 tsp lard; 50 g onion (finely diced); 50 g canned bamboo shoots (finely diced); 30 g fresh shiitake mushroom (finely diced); 15 g boiled wood ear mushroom (diced); 1 tsp grated ginger root (or ginger paste); 1 tsp grated garlic (or garlic paste); ½ tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); 1 tsp oyster sauce; 1 tsp yellow miso paste (awase) (awase); ½ tbsp toasted sesame oil; 1 tsp Japanese black vinegar (kurozu); ½ tbsp sake; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp honey; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch ground white pepper; 1 tsp Chinese-style chicken bouillon powder (based on 1 tsp = 200ml soup ratio, scale to your brand's strength); 1 tbsp cold water (for slurry); 1 tsp potato starch (katakuriko) (for slurry)

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:20min

Nikuman is a popular Japanese snack inspired by Chinese baozi. This delicious steamed bun is made with juicy pork and finely chopped vegetables encased in a soft and fluffy dough.

Updated at: Mon, 18 May 2026 08:35:58 GMT