So very close! Recipe will come once I determine final ratios and steaming issues. (sorry for the suck-tastic photo… it was 8pm and I only have CF bulbs in my kitchen)
Posts Tagged ‘chinese steamed bun’
bao attempt #3
Posted in breads, tagged bao, chinese steamed bun, mantou on March 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
bao attempt #2
Posted in breads, mikan-san, tagged bao, chinese steamed bun, mantou on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The chewiness came out better… but then it turned out that this batch had too much water in it. It was too sticky. A few of them were made into scallion buns for fun.
bao attempt #1
Posted in breads, mikan-san, tagged bao, chinese steamed bun, mantou on March 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Many childhood breakfasts, for me, involved mantou (饅頭). The little soft pillows of steamy goodness cycled in and out of my eating rotation, but mostly appeared during weekends. My family never made them (my mother and my grandmother were never interested in cooking anything that seemed complicated). So, we always bought them frozen in Chinatown [...]
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