Hua Juan Bao / Chinese Steamed Flower Buns
Hua Juan Bao is Chinese Steamed Flower Buns stuffed with Sesame and Spring Onions. These are shaped and steamed and make a fantastic meal anytime. This is supposed to be a popular street food.
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 1 tsp Instant Yeast
- 1 cup Milk heated to 90-95 degrees F
- 3 cups All Purpose Flour
- 6 tbsp Sugar
- 1/4 cup Cooking Oil
For the scallion-sesame glaze
- 3 tbsp Spring Onions chopped scallions green parts only
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Sesame Seeds
Instructions
- In a wide bowl, take the flour, yeast, sugar and add warm milk. Knead well to form a soft pliable dough. I used my food processor and it was very convenient to get the dough done.
- Cover with a cling film and let it rise. I normally preheat my oven and keep it inside for it to rise fast.
- When the dough has doubled, punch it again and divide into balls. I only made half of the the above recipe and I got about 6 buns.
- Mix the chopped spring onions, toasted sesame seeds, and oil in a bowl.
- Roll out each ball into a long oval and cut into long strips using a sharp knife, from the top, leaving 1 inch space, make 1/ 4 inch lines from top to bottom.
- Continue making like these marks leaving 1 / 8 space in between each line.
- Once you are done, brush the spring onions, sesame mix over this.
- Pick up the disc with both hands, twist, and tuck the ends underneath to shape the buns and place on a square of parchment paper.
- Place the shaped buns on the plates and leave to proof again.
- Once it doubles again, steam the buns for 10 to 13 minutes.
- Serve with it’s easy to handle.
Notes
I refrigerated some and warmed it in microwave the next day. I am told these freeze well as well.
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