Animal steam buns

To improve my picky kids appetite, i tried to make things into shapes hopefully he would eat it..
These bun is make using any regular steam bun recipe. Please check my other post. After the dough was risen, you just need to shape it into different shapes and steam.

I called them Animal Theme Buns.......

Snail

Piggy

Porcupine

Fish

Bunny

黑芝麻馒头/ Black sesame paste steam bun

These bun tasted great except i put less sugar when mix with the black sesame powder. Thus, it triggers a little bitter. Overall, taste real good and easy to make! I usually make it and serve as a breakfast during weekday as i do not have time to prepare a nice breakfast in the early of the morning everyday.

The way of doing this is the same as you make other steam bun, just you do not put the fillings inside the bun.

First, after the flour has risen double in size, you roll it out flat on a clean surface.

Then, you spread your black sesame powder which has a mixture of oil and sugar on the dough.

Roll the dough from one end to the other end. Then cut into few pieces.

Let it rise for another 10 minutes, and steam.

If you prefer other shape, you can shape the small pieces into your desire shape.

Ham Steam bun

After the christmas lunch, we had a lot of left over ham. I thought of making the steam bun using the ham. Thus, i sliced the ham and chopped it with food processor. Then mix with vegetable, egg and some corn starch.

I did not "fa mian". I used the homestyle biscuit (ready made biscuit dough) to make the bun's skin. It was easy and quick. Now i can make steam bun whenever i feel like too, even after i get off from work :-) Sounds pretty good, eh??

Char Siu Bao~叉烧包

This is the best looking "baozi" that i made so far, i still fail to make a nice looking, pluffy steam bun. I have to try it again with new recipe.

This time, i made char siu bao. I bake the char siu with the char siu sauce. It turned out great. Remember to marinate the pork stew before you bake it, or else the meat won't taste so good !!