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Siopao (Filipino Steamed Pork Bun)

Name: Siopao (Filipino Steamed Pork Bun)
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Philippines
Ingredients: all-purpose flour 500 g; instant yeast 7 g; sugar 50 g; warm water 300 ml; pork belly, diced 500 g; pickled turnip, chopped 200 g; garlic, minced 20 g; soy sauce 40 ml; vinegar 30 ml; bay leaves 2 pieces; vegetable oil 30 ml; fine salt 5 g

A soft steamed bun filled with braised pork and pickled vegetables.

100 minutes · 8 servings · Moderate

Siopao is the Filipino steamed bun that fills a whole meal, because the braised filling arrives with enough sauce to soak the bun if you let it. The dough is a sweet enriched type that steams soft against a filling of pork and pickled mustard greens. Eating one in the street with both hands is entirely normal.

Ingredients

all-purpose flour500 g
instant yeast7 g
sugar50 g
warm water300 ml
pork belly, diced500 g
pickled turnip, chopped200 g
garlic, minced20 g
soy sauce40 ml
vinegar30 ml
bay leaves2 pieces
vegetable oil30 ml
fine salt5 g

Directions

1
Braise pork with garlic, soy, vinegar and bay 30 minutes; cool.
2
Mix flour, yeast, sugar and warm water; knead 8 minutes.
3
Rise covered 30 minutes.
4
Wrap filling in dough; rest 10 minutes.
5
Steam 20 minutes until puffy and cooked through.

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