Red bean steamed bun (红豆沙包)
Fluffy Chinese steamed buns with sweet homemade red bean paste filling.
Equipment
- Steamer
- Rolling pin
- Grease paper
Ingredients
Ingredients for making bun
- 250 g Medium protein flour/ pau flour all purposed flour would do as well)
- 50 g Caster sugar (Or regular sugar but finely grind)
- 130 ml Warm water
- 1 tbsp Vegetable oil (Or any cooking oil)
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Instant dry yeast
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
Ingredients for making filling
- 100 g Red bean paste
- Sugar (adjust to your liking)
Instructions
Making red bean paste filling
- First, wash 100g of red bean. Bring them to a pot and fill them with enough water to cover them. Boil them until they are soft. Add more water if needed so it does not go dry.
- When the beans are soft enough, add sugar in and keep boiling until it is sticky, creamy, and slightly dry. Remember to keep stirring to prevent it from burning.
- When it is readied, scoop it out and let it cool to room temperature while we work on the steamed bun dough.
Making the bun
- Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Add salt, sugar, and baking powder in.
- Fill a measuring cup with 130ml of warm water. Add the instant dry yeast in. Mix it well.
- Pour the yeast water into the flour and mix them well. Knead it with your hands until they form into a dough.
- Add vegetable oil in and continue to knead it until it is smooth. It should take about 10 minutes or so.
- When the dough is smooth and shiny, let it sit and rise until double in size. It should take about 1 to 2 hours.
Time to make red bean buns
- When the dough is readied and the filling is done. Bring the dough onto a floured table top.
- Roll it into a long log. Cut it into 6 pieces. Form each of them into a small round dough.
- Take one small dough, flatten it with a roller.
- Place it on your palm, Scooped 1/6 of the red bean filling and place it on center.
- Now, while it resting on your palm, make small pinch on the edge of the dough with your another hand. Continue pinching them together until the gap is closed. Finally pinched the top and make it into a round bun shape.
- Do the same for the rest and let it rest for about 1/2 an hour. Remember to place each bun on a cut grease paper.
Time to steam the buns
- After half an hour, the buns will rise a bit. Place your buns in the steamer and steam it for about 10 minutes and we are done!
