Piping Hot Easy Pork Steamed Buns (Nikuman).
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Ingredients of Piping Hot Easy Pork Steamed Buns (Nikuman)
- It’s of The dough:.
- You need 150 grams of Bread (strong) flour.
- It’s 350 grams of Cake flour.
- It’s 40 grams of Sugar.
- You need 1 pinch of Salt.
- You need 1 tbsp of Dry yeast.
- You need 280 ml of Lukewarm water.
- You need of The filling:.
- You need 200 grams of Ground pork.
- It’s 4 of to 5 Dried shiitake mushrooms.
- You need 1 small of Boiled bamboo shoot (canned or vacuum packed).
- It’s 1 of several Green onions.
- It’s 1 of to 1 1 1/2 tablespoons Grated ginger.
- It’s of Seasoning ingredients:.
- It’s 1/2 tbsp of plus Sugar.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of plus Soy sauce.
- You need 2 tbsp of Sesame oil.
- You need 1 dash of Pepper.
Piping Hot Easy Pork Steamed Buns (Nikuman) instructions
- Put the dried shiitake mushrooms in a heatproof container with water and 1 teaspoon of sugar. Microwave for 1 minute at 500 W, and leave for about 10 minutes. This will re-hydrate them quickly. Add lukewarm water to the dough ingredients in a bowl and mix well..
- Knead until it forms a dough ball, then cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let the dough rise for 15 minutes. In the summer you can just do this at room temperature; in the winter, use the dough rising setting of your oven. Make the filling while the dough rises..
- Chop up the bamboo shoot, rehydrated shiitake mushrooms and green onion. Grate the ginger. Combine them all the the ground pork..
- Add the flavoring ingredients, and mix well with a spoon. The filling shouldn't get sticky, so use a spoon rather than your hands..
- Divide into 12 portions, approximately..
- After 15 minutes, the dough increases to about twice its original volume. Divide into 12 portions, approximately again..
- Form the dough into balls, roll flat and wrap around the filling..
- Line a steamer with kitchen parchment paper and steam for 15 to 18 minutes. Wipe the water droplets off the steamer lid occasionally (optional)..
- I steamed the buns for 18 minutes. (They look a bit wonky, but they're homemade.).
- Done!.
- I split one open..
- Addendum: If the dough is sticky, flour your hands and work them around the surface..