Char Sui Bao

Name: Char Sui Bao
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 4 h
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 80 g heavy cream; 240 g whole milk; 1 large egg; 65 g sugar; 65 g cake flour; 420 g bread flour; 10 g instant yeast; 9 g salt; 1 kg, pork shoulder, boneless; 40 g sugar; 10 g salt; 1 tbsp shaoxing wine; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp hoisin sauce; 2 tsp molasses; 1/2 tsp 5 spice powder; 1/2 tsp white pepper; 1/2 tsp sesame oil; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tbsp maltose; 50 g onion; 2 tbsp sugar; 2 tsp soy sauce; 2 tsp dark soy sauce; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; 3/4 cup chicken stock; 2 tbsp corn starch, dissolved in 1 tbsp water; egg wash; sesame seeds

11 steps

Prep:2hCook:2h

Looking for a savory and satisfying snack or meal? Look no further than char siu bao! These fluffy buns are filled with succulent and flavorful barbecue pork, making them the perfect combination of sweet and savory. Indulge in this classic Cantonese dish and experience the deliciousness for yourself!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:30:56 GMT

Ingredients

8 servings

Milk Bread Dough

80gheavy cream

240gwhole milk

1egg

large

65gsugar

65gcake flour

420gbread flour

10ginstant yeast

9gsalt

Char Siu

Instructions

Milk Bread

Step 1

Add room temperature cream, milk, egg, yeast and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with a hook attachment then add the flours and salt. Mix on low speed for 15 minutes until dough has formed together and is slightly sticky.

heavy cream80g

whole milk240g

sugar65g

instant yeast10g

egg1

Step 2

Place dough onto a clean surface and shape the dough into a ball and proof it for 60-90 minutes until the dough has doubled in size. Punch the air out of the dough and cut into 16 equal pieces.

Char Siu

Step 3

Cut the pork shoulder into 3" thick strips

pork shoulder1kg

Step 4

Combine the sugar, salt, shaoxing wine, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, molasses, 5-spice, white pepper, sesame oil, and minced garlic. Reserve 2 tbsps of the marinade and rub the pork with the rest of the marinade. Marinate the pork for at least 1 hour.

sugar40g

salt10g

shaoxing wine1 Tbsp

soy sauce1 Tbsp

hoisin sauce1 Tbsp

molasses2 tsp

5 spice powder½ tsp

white pepper½ tsp

sesame oil½ tsp

cloves garlic3

Step 5

Preheat oven to 457 F and place the marinated pork on a baking rack set over a foiled baking sheet. Pour about 1 cup of water into the tray and roast the pork for 20 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 375 F and flip the pork.

OvenPreheat

Step 6

Rotate the pan to get an even browning and roast for another 15 minutes. Mix the 2 tbsp of reserved marinade with maltose and baste the pork with the mixture. Flip and roast for another 10 minutes.

maltose2 Tbsp

Step 7

Remove the pork once it has reached an internal temperature of 150 F. Allow the pork to rest.

Char Siu Bao

Step 8

Dice 2 cups worth of the char siu into small cubes. In a pan, sweat the diced onions and add the sugar, soy sauces, oyster sauce, and sesame oil. Once the mixture is bubbling, add chicken stock and corn starch slurry, Reduce until thickened. Stir in diced char siu.