Homemade Baozi
As you could tell, my baozis were not perfect. You can watch @小高姐的magic ingredients YouTube video: steamed Chinese buns, for a better detailed tutorial.
Just in case you need it. Here is the recipe I used.
Filling:
500g grounded pork/beef/chicken/lamb
1 tsp salt
100g ginger green onion water
1/4 tsp white pepper powder
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1/8 tsp five spice powder
1 tsp sesame oil
5g minced ginger
50g chopped green onions
Mix well
Skin:
Melt 10g sugar and 5g yeast with 270g warm water (about 85F).
Add the yeast water into 500g flour
Add 8g pork oil or vegetable oil into the flour.
Knead the dough for 10 minutes.
Wrap with a plastic wrap.
Let it rest for 1 hour.
My house was at 75F that day. May need to have it rest for a longer time if it’s getting cooler.
Knead the dough again until smooth.
Cut it into 12 portions.
Make baozi.
Let the baozis rest for another 1 hour, they will keep growing bigger.
Steam over high heat for 15 minutes.