Steamed Chicken Bao Buns: Recipe by Lubna’s Kitchen
Cooking Instructions 4 hrs (dough proving time included) 1 🌻making the buns. Place the flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in a bowl and mix together. Add the milk, warm water, and butter to a jug and stir together until the butter melts. Stir the liquid mixture into the flour mixture at first with a spoon, and then with your hands. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 10 minutes. Alternatively, you can do this in a mixer fitted with a dough hook. 2 Place the dough in an oiled bowl. Cover (with clingfilm or a damp tea towel and leave to prove until doubled in size - about 90 minutes - 2 hours). 3 🌻Chicken marinade: Meanwhile, start on the Chicken. Place the chicken in a bowl. Add the buttermilk, salt, pepper and garlic salt. Mix together, cover and place in the fridge to marinade for at least 1 hour. 4 🌻How to Making Buns: After the dough has proved, tip it out of the bowl onto a floured surface. Knead the dough again and split it into 20 balls. Place a piece of baking parchment on your work surface and roll each ball into an oval on top of the parchment, using a rolling pin. 5 Brush the ovals with the olive oil and fold each oval over, using a chopstick in the middle to fold over to leave a little space in the fold. Remove the chopstick and place each bun onto a small piece of baking parchment. 6 Cover each tray with clingfilm or a carrier bag (ensuring the clingfilm doesn't touch the dough - or it will stick) and leave to prove for a further hour, until puffed up. 7 🌻Fry Chicken Heat a large pan with vegetable oil for deep frying Mix together the coating ingredients in a small bowl. Take the chicken out of the fridge. Lift a piece from the buttermilk and allow the excess to drip off. Dredge the chicken in the crispy coating mixture – ensuring it’s fully covered. Place on a tray and repeat until all of the chicken is coated. 8 Once the oil is hot enough, add in 10-12 of the chicken pieces. You can add more or less depending on the size of your pan, just be sure not to overcrowd the chicken. Cook for 3-5 minutes until golden brown and cooked in the middle. 9 You can check this by cutting open a piece of chicken, if it’s no longer pink in the middle, it’s cooked. All cooked chicken keep in tray and set aside. 10 🌻Steamed Buns: Meanwhile, put a large steamer pan on to boil. Working in batches, place the buns in the steamer (you can keep them on the baking parchment and steam for 10 minutes. placing four buns in each layer. Once steamed, place on a warm plate. 11 12 While the chicken and buns are cooking, make the sauce. 13 🌻Sauce: Add the honey, soy sauce, orange juice and zest, sriracha, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, ginger powder, and salt to a bowl. Whisk well. 14 Place all of the cooked chicken in a bowl and warm again in microwave 1-2 mins then pour the sauce over the chicken. Toss together to coat. You can leave the chicken chunks whole, or slice up if you prefer. 15 🌻Assembling: Carefully open the steamed bao buns and stuff with the chicken. Top with slices of onion, cucumber, fresh coriander (cilantro), and sesame seeds before serving. Enjoy! 😃 1 🌻making the buns. Place the flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in a bowl and mix together. Add the milk, warm water, and butter to a jug and stir together until the butter melts. Stir the liquid mixture into the flour mixture at first with a spoon, and then with your hands. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 10 minutes. Alternatively, you can do this in a mixer fitted with a dough hook. 1 🌻making the buns. Place the flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in a bowl and mix together. Add the milk, warm water, and butter to a jug and stir together until the butter melts. Stir the liquid mixture into the flour mixture at first with a spoon, and then with your hands. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for 10 minutes. Alternatively, you can do this in a mixer fitted with a dough hook. 2 Place the dough in an oiled bowl. Cover (with clingfilm or a damp tea towel and leave to prove until doubled in size - about 90 minutes - 2 hours). 2 Place the dough in an oiled bowl. Cover (with clingfilm or a damp tea towel and leave to prove until doubled in size - about 90 minutes - 2 hours). 3 🌻Chicken marinade: Meanwhile, start on the Chicken. Place the chicken in a bowl. Add the buttermilk, salt, pepper and garlic salt. Mix together, cover and place in the fridge to marinade for at least 1 hour. 3 🌻Chicken marinade: Meanwhile, start on the Chicken. Place the chicken in a bowl. Add the buttermilk, salt, pepper and garlic salt. Mix together, cover and place in the fridge to marinade for at least 1 hour. 4 🌻How to Making Buns: After the dough has proved, tip it out of the bowl onto a floured surface. Knead the dough again and split it into 20 balls. Place a piece of baking parchment on your work surface and roll each ball into an oval on top of the parchment, using a rolling pin. 4 🌻How to Making Buns: After the dough has proved, tip it out of the bowl onto a floured surface. Knead the dough again and split it into 20 balls. Place a piece of baking parchment on your work surface and roll each ball into an oval on top of the parchment, using a rolling pin. 5 Brush the ovals with the olive oil and fold each oval over, using a chopstick in the middle to fold over to leave a little space in the fold. Remove the chopstick and place each bun onto a small piece of baking parchment. 5 Brush the ovals with the olive oil and fold each oval over, using a chopstick in the middle to fold over to leave a little space in the fold. Remove the chopstick and place each bun onto a small piece of baking parchment. 6 Cover each tray with clingfilm or a carrier bag (ensuring the clingfilm doesn't touch the dough - or it will stick) and leave to prove for a further hour, until puffed up. 6 Cover each tray with clingfilm or a carrier bag (ensuring the clingfilm doesn't touch the dough - or it will stick) and leave to prove for a further hour, until puffed up. 7 🌻Fry Chicken Heat a large pan with vegetable oil for deep frying Mix together the coating ingredients in a small bowl. Take the chicken out of the fridge. Lift a piece from the buttermilk and allow the excess to drip off. Dredge the chicken in the crispy coating mixture – ensuring it’s fully covered. Place on a tray and repeat until all of the chicken is coated. 7 🌻Fry Chicken Heat a large pan with vegetable oil for deep frying Mix together the coating ingredients in a small bowl. Take the chicken out of the fridge. Lift a piece from the buttermilk and allow the excess to drip off. Dredge the chicken in the crispy coating mixture – ensuring it’s fully covered. Place on a tray and repeat until all of the chicken is coated. 8 Once the oil is hot enough, add in 10-12 of the chicken pieces. You can add more or less depending on the size of your pan, just be sure not to overcrowd the chicken. Cook for 3-5 minutes until golden brown and cooked in the middle. 8 Once the oil is hot enough, add in 10-12 of the chicken pieces. You can add more or less depending on the size of your pan, just be sure not to overcrowd the chicken. Cook for 3-5 minutes until golden brown and cooked in the middle. 9 You can check this by cutting open a piece of chicken, if it’s no longer pink in the middle, it’s cooked. All cooked chicken keep in tray and set aside. 9 You can check this by cutting open a piece of chicken, if it’s no longer pink in the middle, it’s cooked. All cooked chicken keep in tray and set aside. 10 🌻Steamed Buns: Meanwhile, put a large steamer pan on to boil. Working in batches, place the buns in the steamer (you can keep them on the baking parchment and steam for 10 minutes. placing four buns in each layer. Once steamed, place on a warm plate. 10 🌻Steamed Buns: Meanwhile, put a large steamer pan on to boil. Working in batches, place the buns in the steamer (you can keep them on the baking parchment and steam for 10 minutes. placing four buns in each layer. Once steamed, place on a warm plate. 11 11 12 While the chicken and buns are cooking, make the sauce. 12 While the chicken and buns are cooking, make the sauce. 13 🌻Sauce: Add the honey, soy sauce, orange juice and zest, sriracha, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, ginger powder, and salt to a bowl. Whisk well. 13 🌻Sauce: Add the honey, soy sauce, orange juice and zest, sriracha, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, ginger powder, and salt to a bowl. Whisk well. 14 Place all of the cooked chicken in a bowl and warm again in microwave 1-2 mins then pour the sauce over the chicken. Toss together to coat. You can leave the chicken chunks whole, or slice up if you prefer. 14 Place all of the cooked chicken in a bowl and warm again in microwave 1-2 mins then pour the sauce over the chicken. Toss together to coat. You can leave the chicken chunks whole, or slice up if you prefer. 15 🌻Assembling: Carefully open the steamed bao buns and stuff with the chicken. Top with slices of onion, cucumber, fresh coriander (cilantro), and sesame seeds before serving. Enjoy! 😃 15 🌻Assembling: Carefully open the steamed bao buns and stuff with the chicken. Top with slices of onion, cucumber, fresh coriander (cilantro), and sesame seeds before serving. Enjoy! 😃 More Recipes Tteokguk - Rice Cake Dumpling Soup | 10 Minutes Recipe for a Happy New Year 🌞🤍 10 minutes recipeㅣTomato Daisy Pizza 🍕 Watermelon Salad RecipeㅣA Perfect Summer Appetizer 🍉 Flower Garden Salad 🌼 Sweet Spring is Here! Cherry Tomato Tulip Salad 🍅🌷 Tteokguk - Rice Cake Dumpling Soup | 10 Minutes Recipe for a Happy New Year 🌞🤍 10 minutes recipeㅣTomato Daisy Pizza 🍕 Watermelon Salad RecipeㅣA Perfect Summer Appetizer 🍉 Flower Garden Salad 🌼 Sweet Spring is Here! Cherry Tomato Tulip Salad 🍅🌷 Creamy sausage & spinach pasta Steve’s Smokey Crispy Chicken Thighs Stir Fry Chicken Chinese Steamed Egg Steam Eggplant Creamy sausage & spinach pasta Steve’s Smokey Crispy Chicken Thighs Stir Fry Chicken Chinese Steamed Egg Steam Eggplant Chole ragda with potato pattice Mung bean sprouts salad Green Moong Dal Paratha Mint Tea Boiled Egg Sweet Corn Cups Egg Chukka Kachumber salad Stir Fry Chicken Steam Eggplant AbC Soup Chole ragda with potato pattice Mung bean sprouts salad Green Moong Dal Paratha Mint Tea Boiled Egg Sweet Corn Cups Egg Chukka Kachumber salad Stir Fry Chicken Steam Eggplant AbC Soup