Xi'an Steamed Buns
Xi'an Steamed Buns

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Xi'an Steamed Buns is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Xi'an Steamed Buns is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

The president waited in line, ordered his meal—six pork and green onion steamed buns, liver soup. Please the buns into a lined steamer. Add cold water to your wok or steel steamer.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook xi'an steamed buns using 32 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Xi'an Steamed Buns:
  1. Get Filling
  2. Prepare Fresh Carrot for texture and color inside optional
  3. Prepare 1/2 lb Pork
  4. Prepare 1/4 c Kimchi
  5. Get 1 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
  6. Prepare 2 tbsp Ponzu Sauce
  7. Take 1 tbsp Honey (Orange blossom if possible)
  8. Prepare 1 tsp Chinese All Spice
  9. Take Red Chili Flakes to preferred spice
  10. Get 1/2 tsp Rice Wine Vinegar
  11. Get Plain Dough for Marbled Steam Buns
  12. Prepare 560 g Plain Flour
  13. Make ready 11 g Instant Dry Yeast
  14. Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt(optional)
  15. Take 1 tsp Baking Powder
  16. Make ready 30 g Fine Sugar
  17. Take 30 g Vegetable Oil
  18. Prepare 320 g Whole Milk
  19. Take Darker Dough for Marbled Steamed Buns
  20. Get 280 g Plain Flour
  21. Take 5.5 g Instant Dry Yeast
  22. Make ready 1 tsp Baking Ppwder
  23. Prepare 15 g Fine Sugar
  24. Take 3 pg Vegetable Oil
  25. Get 160 g Whole Milk
  26. Get 1 1/2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
  27. Get Dipping Sauce
  28. Prepare 1 tbsp Ponzu Sauce
  29. Prepare 1 tsp Honey
  30. Take Medium Pinch of Kimchi
  31. Prepare Pinch Nutmeg
  32. Get Pinch Clove

I stuffed it with red bean paste like what I used to eat at home in Singapore and it tastes way better than that. Xi Jinping's weekend visit to the restaurant was an unusual display of normality for a Chinese communist ruler and is reported to have unleashed a media storm. Steamed buns tend to go firm and hard when they are cold. To regain their softness and fluffiness, you can simply reheat them in the steamer.

Steps to make Xi'an Steamed Buns:
  1. Combine flour, yeast, baking powder, and sugar in a bowl, sift if preferred, into mixer bowl.
  2. Turn on slow speed and gradually add in milk.
  3. Mix for 1 minute, then turn speed up and mix for 6 more minutes.
  4. Knead dough lightly into a dome shape and then place in a lightly greased bowl with damp towel to cover and let rise for 1 1/2-2 1/2 hours.
  5. Combine and repeat above steps for darker dough mixture.
  6. Begin making marinade/sauce for pork by combining all sauce ingredients. Let sit for 30 minutes after combined.
  7. Begin cooking pork when you have about 10 minutes left for your sauce in a wok or pan at high/med-high heat, breaking into small pieces. Cook until done.
  8. Add sauce mixture and cook on high until it coats evenly. Reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
  9. After dough has risen, remove from bowl and flatten, folding the top over itself twice, ending with a log.
  10. Repeat for darker side of the dough.
  11. Cut a small piece of dough from each log, and combine, rolling together. Fold/roll into a spiral, and repeat 3 times.
  12. Form dough back into a ball after combined to desired marble, and roll it flat.
  13. Once relatively flat, grab and lift one side and begin rolling out, spinning dough as you roll.
  14. Place carrot(optional) and pork mixture in the center, and begin pinching the outside together working in a circle motion until completely sealed. Pinch and twist.
  15. Form back into ball, then place on parchment paper.
  16. Fill steamer basket, and then turn heat on high until boiling, then lower to medium-low and cover with lid for 10-12 minutes depending on size of dumpling. (Cover glass and metal lids with towel to prevent condensation drips.
  17. Let sit in pan for 2 minutes, then carefully remove.
  18. Enjoy your perfectly made Xi'an inspired Steamed Buns!

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