Banh Bao (Steamed Pork Buns)

Dessert Vietnamese

Ingredients

Other Meat Veggie Fruit
bot banh bao eggs dried fungus mushroom
oil ground pork shallot
pepper lap xuong (chinese pork sausages)
salt
soy sauce
sugar
whole milk


Instructions

instructions
Marinate ground pork (66% lean) with shallots, salt, pepper, soy sauce, and optionally sliced mushrooms
Cut lap xuong into slices
Hard boil egg and cut into 4 pieces
Mix 1.75 c banh bao flour to 0.25 c sugar
Slowly add 1 c milk and 1 tbsp oil
Knead batter, add more flour to ensure it is not to sticky
Add a little oil before forming balls
Form a ball with dough, the size of stress ball
Flatten the ball, about the size of your hand
Fill with the meat, lap xuong, and a quarter egg
Fold up the edges and pinch while twisting in the middle, take care not to expose any holes
Place onto a flattened muffin cup
Steam for 20 min