Bao buns

Soft buns with spicy paneer and saucy chicken stuffings.

Course Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine Chinese

Keyword chicken bao buns, paneer bao buns, steamed bao buns

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Servings pieces

Calories 170kcal

Prepare yeast mixture in 200 ml of warm water with 2 tbsp sugar and 2⅓ tbsp of yeast.
Mix them well. To this, add 3½ tbsp oil with 2½ cups of maida.
Then add 3 tbsp of sugar with a tsp of baking powder and salt.
Knead the dough well and let it rest for 10 minutes. Then wrap the dough and let it rest for 2 hrs.
The dough doubles in size. Now dust the dough with a little amount of flour and roll it into a thin sheet.
Make small circular sheets from that using a round cutter. Then apply oil on those sheets and fold them semicircularly.
Then place the semicircular buns on the parchment paper and steam them for 12 minutes at high flame.
Your bao buns are ready!

Take 200 gms of boneless chicken and a tsp of salt with 1/2 tsp black pepper.
Then add a tsp of ginger garlic paste and mix all the ingredients well.
Finally, add 1/4 cup of flour/ maida and coat the spiced chicken pieces well. When done, deep fry the pieces till they turn golden brown.
In the conclusion, mix them with 3 tbsp of barbecue sauce and a tbsp of chilli sauce and stuff the steamed bao buns with these. Finally, drizzle them with a little amount of ketchup and serve the buns!

Take 100 gms of paneer cubes.
To this, add a tsp of salt with a tbsp of schezwan sauce. Mix the ingredients and stuff them in the bao buns.
The bao buns with paneer stuffing are ready!