Steamed Chicken Buns

People who are foodie like me but very much concern about health and don't want to put extra weight, can opt to dumpling or dim sum dishes. Dim sum or dumplings are basically steamed,very less use of oil or butter and as it is steamed it consists full food value on it. In my family we love dumpling dishes, in my previous blogs I share Pot stickers, khinkali and I also used to make Chicken momo's very often in my daily menus. Today I am going to share another dumpling dish, steamed chicken buns. It is a easy dish, you just need to fermented the flour to make buns and you need chicken meat for filling. I saw this recipe in a cooking documentary, I never thought to make it, but my love for dumplings push me to try this recipe. 

Yield -  8 buns

Preparation time - 30 minutes 

Cooking time -10 minutes

Ingredients:-

For dumplings

3 cups all purpose flour

1 sachet  active yeast

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp castor sugar

1 pinch of salt 

Lukewarm water as needed

For fillings

1 1/2 cups chicken mince

2 cloves garlic paste

1/2 cup onion paste

1 tsp black pepper powder

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 bunch spring onion chopped

Salt for seasoning

Vegetable oil

Method:-

In a small bowl take 1 cup of lukewarm water, add castor sugar, salt, baking powder and yeast.Mix it with fork until foamy.

Preparing yeast mixture

Mix until foamy

In a large bowl add all purpose flour and add yeast mixture on it. Mix well and knead it to a dough. Knead until it smooth. 

Dough

yeast mixture in flour

Cover the dough and place it in a warm place until double in size, approx 1 to 2 hours.

Dough transformed into double

Meat filling

Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, add onion paste, garlic paste and saute. Add chicken mince, black pepper powder, salt,soy sauce, oyster sauce and mix well. Cook until chicken is done add chopped spring onion.

Dough ready for rolling

Divide dough into eight portions

Roll it

Fold it 

After your dough is doubled knead it again for 5 minutes then divide them in equal 8 portions. With a rolling pan roll each portion in 8 cm diameter. Add chicken mince filling, about 2 tbsp. Fold the rolled portion by bringing then together to form like a bun.Do same to the rest.

Ready to steam

In steamer

Heat 2 cups of water in a shallow pan. Arrange baking sheet on the steamer place buns seal side down on the steamer. Cover the steamer and steamed for 10 minutes. 

Steamed chicken bun

Take out in a serving dish and serve hot with soy sauce.

Happy cooking:)