Pages

Monday, June 17, 2013

Chicken and Onions Bao (steamed buns) 洋葱鸡肉包

I have been wanting to make a bao ( filled steamed buns) that has the taste from my childhood memory. When I was a kid, I like to buy big bao from a coffee shop that they have very nice chicken and hard-boiled eggs as the filling. Especially they added a lot of onion, very sweet and yummy.

From the recent many food safety cases, we understand that many manufacturers are adding many kind of unhealthy substances to make our foods taste better, more QQ (elastic texture), springy, fluffy, or look white and nice! I started to ask myself do I need to add all these substances or many kind of white powder to make my homemade foods taste nicer? If I like them, then better I buy from them rather do it myself.

So this time, I try to remove away few ingredients from the previous bao dough recipe, just basic ingredients flour, oil, water and yeast,  to my surprised the bao still turn out good ! No doubt it look yellowish not white, but we feel these bao were so homey and original !
My family gave thumbs up to this chicken and onion bao, my son keep saying the chicken filling is yummy and my daughter asked me to open a shop selling bao, ^_^..


IMG_6455 copy
We feel that the onions still not enough! still can add little more..and the chicken still tasted moist after steamed..also don't forgot to add hard-boiled egg too !!

IMG_6415

the bao dough also easy to handle
IMG_6416
That one I tasted was big size bao, but I made into small size so I have hard time to wrap because uneven shape of chicken pieces..If make into big size, then it will be easy to wrap or using debone chicken (I prefer with bone, retain moisture)!

IMG_6418

 A pair of old chopsticks (about 50 years old) given by the crockery shop owner that I often buy things from them..
IMG_6438 copy


IMG_6475 copy


Chicken and Onions Bao (steamed buns) 鸡肉包
(recipe source: by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover)
*makes 16

For chicken and onions filling
IMG_6464 copy 750g chicken thigh (bite size pieces)
1 spring onion, sliced
2 onions (large), wedged

2tbsp light soy sauce
1tsp salt or to taste
1tsp sugar or to taste
pepper
sesame oil
dark caramel sauce, for darker colouring
Water, add when it is necessary

Method

  1. Heat oil in a wok, sauté spring onion till aroma.
  2. Add in chicken pieces and onion, stir to till mix well.
  3. Add in seasonings, continue to cook till chicken tendered over medium heat, add water when it is necessary ( I did not add water at all).
  4. Dish out and set aside to cool

6 hard-boiled eggs, wedged

For the bao dough

500g cake flour
1/2tsp salt
2tsp instant yeast
80g caster sugar
220g water
40g corn oil

  Method
 1. Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl, mix well and knead till smooth and no sticky to hands.
 2. Cover with damp cloth and proof to double in size (30-60mins).
 3. Knock down dough to expel some air, transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead for a while.
 4. Weigh out 55g of the dough and roughly shape into a ball, rest for 15mins.
 5. Flatten and roll out the dough into a circle with a rolling pin. Spoon in filling (1-2pcs chicken and onions, and 1pc of wedged hard-boiled egg) onto the center and pleat up the sides and seal.
 6. Place the bau onto a piece of greaseproof paper, on the rack for steaming. Cover with a piece of damp cloth and let rise for another 10-15 mins.
 7. Steam the bau under rapidly boiling water on high heat for about 10 to 12 mins.
 8. Remove from steamer and serve hot.
 9. Store in the fridge for left over bao, steam again before serve.


39 comments:

  1. Nice yummy bao! Homemade definitely is the best. :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. 嗯,少了添加物反而吃了更健康呢:)

    ReplyDelete
  3. your post inspired me wanna make pau again...so far most of my attempts not that good.

    ReplyDelete
  4. your post inspired me wanna make pau again...so far most of my attempts not that good.

    ReplyDelete
  5. 你的包捏得很美,很有师父的风范!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Sonia~~
    老莎很喜欢生肉包~~ 谢谢您的好分享^^
    很喜欢,尤其加了水煮蛋。。嘿嘿嘿。。。。

    ReplyDelete
  7. 我是最不会做包子的,来你家吃好好吃的包子就好。你开包店我要飞回去助兴哈哈!

    ReplyDelete
  8. luks just yummm..Sonia ! do drop by my blogs too when you get the time :)

    ReplyDelete
  9. Sonia, I tak boleh tahan oredi. I also want to make bao. Never done before so good luck to me :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Your bao still looks small, i fail to make bao but i would give it a try after i look at your delicious onion chicken bao.

    ReplyDelete
  11. 我超爱洋葱。。这“洋葱”鸡包~一定很美味!
    谢谢分享^^

    ReplyDelete
  12. I've made 'man tao' buns lately :D
    I've used regular plain flour for
    the dough, so I'm quite surprised
    to read you've used cake flour for
    it. I might try that out and see
    what texture it gives me! Xx

    ReplyDelete
  13. 我爱吃包包,可以请我吃两粒包包吗?

    ReplyDelete
  14. Nice bao! I love this kind of steamed bao too, hope can try this as soon as possible.

    ReplyDelete
  15. aiya, i saw the chopsticks ;)
    Now very hard to find this type of chopsticks liao, hehe..

    ReplyDelete
  16. Wow. I like bao with half boiled egg and chicken too!!!! Yummy!

    ReplyDelete
  17. Looks good! Even with normal flour, it still looks quite white, not yellowish...

    ReplyDelete
  18. Oh Dear! I miss so many yummy food here :)
    Has been stop blogging for some times. Must kut lak a bit now.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Reserve one yummy bao for my breakfast~

    ReplyDelete
  20. Sonia, indeed, it is not necessary to add any chemicals in homemade bao. I have not try making bao using cake flour, yours turned out very good! it does look white instead of yellowish. I am curious on what bao's texture cake flour can bring out too. Thanks!

    ReplyDelete
  21. Yummy! And your bao turned out looking so white.

    ReplyDelete
  22. Sonia, your pao look so yummy. i agree with you, what we eat now already been adding with so much unhealthy substances, so when we make ours we just want to cur cut cut all this things and hope we can have a more healthy food for our family.

    ReplyDelete
  23. Buns are always my number one among the Chinese dim sum (I am sometimes tempted to take only the transparent dumplings and steamed buns). I have always assumed they were very difficult to prepare, but you make it sound so easy... I love the chicken and onion stuffing idea.

    ReplyDelete
  24. I just wake up and still in bed thought of going browsing and oh....looking at your pau just makes me go so hungry liao. Here I go hungry all the time because of cold weather

    ReplyDelete
  25. hahaha...I been searching high & low for this chopstick but only managed to get the other 冒牌version de.
    Your pao looks so yummy, will try to make some asap.

    ReplyDelete
  26. such a simple yet delicious and healthy recipe!! Thank you for sharing this ~

    ReplyDelete
  27. Sonia , I've been wanting to make some baos for quiet sometime as well :P :D Yours look terrific ! Beautifully-made and I bet it tastes scrumptious ! Yeah , you need to open a shop and sell baos so as macarons lol

    ReplyDelete
  28. Good morning,
    Thanks again for sharing such wonderful paus. I agree with you, there are too many chemicals in those outside food! homecooked the best!

    ReplyDelete
  29. Hi Sonia, I have been making baos basically because of the reasons you mentioned. Slowly, you would prefer home-made baos instead of store-bought esp. with home-cooked bao fillings. They are always unique.

    ReplyDelete
  30. G'day! I have ALWAYS wanted to make my own steam buns, TRUE!
    Not with your recipe and photo, I'll put this on my list to do!
    Cheers! Joanne

    ReplyDelete
  31. that is delicious, steam bun hot and fresh.

    ReplyDelete
  32. Love onion chicken filling! The steamed buns look perfect, Sonia.

    ReplyDelete
  33. Looks very fluffy and delicious, you pleated your bao so well:)

    ReplyDelete
  34. Tes baos sont magnifiques et doivent être délicieux. J'en mangerai avec plaisir.
    See soon

    ReplyDelete
  35. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Chi,
      Your homemade looks great.
      Love the hard boiled egg n the chicken inside.
      Yours look white to me.. Nice!
      mui

      Delete
  36. No baking powder/ double action baking powder needed? Thanks

    ReplyDelete

I may not be able to respond to all of your comment individually due to time constraint, but I do appreciate for every comment left by all of you. Thanks for visiting!
Please identify yourself if you are under Anonymous so I know how to address you.

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.