Chinese Sausage Buns, Lap Cheung Bao

These are great buns for breakfast, as an appetizer, or a main course.

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Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Main Course

Cuisine Chinese

Ingredients

Mantou Dough

½ cup Water
¼ cup Milk
4 tsp Honey
1 tsp Instant yeast
1½ tsp melted butter
1⅓ tsp peanut or similar oil
2 cups King Arthur All-purpose Flour https://www.amazon.com/King-Arthur-Purpose-Unbleached-Flour/dp/B004G7TQI0/ref=sr_1_10?crid=3SWH0LONBJXZN&keywords=king+arthur+all+purpose+flour&qid=1648422876&s=grocery&sprefix=king+arthur+all+%2Cgrocery%2C88&sr=1-10
1 TBSP Cabber Girl Cornstarch https://www.amazon.com/Clabber-Girl-Corn-Starch-Vegetarian/dp/B005PZLFPE/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1RMKVJY2YENWI&keywords=cornstarch&qid=1648422804&s=grocery&sprefix=cornstarch%2Cgrocery%2C97&sr=1-4
¼ tsp Kosher salt
⅛ tsp Clabber Girl Baking Soda https://www.amazon.com/Clabber-Girl-Baking-Soda-Deodorizing/dp/B07FCVXJ2W/ref=sr_1_2?crid=38241EV19FIHD&keywords=clabber+girl+baking+soda&qid=1648422969&s=grocery&sprefix=clabber+girl+baking+soda%2Cgrocery%2C73&sr=1-2

Lap Cheung Sausage and Marinade

3 TBSP Lee Kun Kee Oyster Sauce https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Kum-Kee-Oyster-Premium/dp/B00KO3F1X4/ref=sr_1_4?crid=A4MSU9ER5NJ2&keywords=oyster+sauce&qid=1648423014&s=grocery&sprefix=oyster+sauce%2Cgrocery%2C90&sr=1-4
3 TBSP Kikkoman Soy Sauce https://www.amazon.com/Kikkoman-Soy-Sauce-10-oz/dp/B0002YB3YG/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1T1VXG964HGXY&keywords=soy+sauce&qid=1648423071&s=grocery&sprefix=soy+sause%2Cgrocery%2C78&sr=1-8
1 TBSP Kadoya Sesame oil https://www.amazon.com/Kadoya-Pure-Sesame-Fluid-Ounce/dp/B002HMN6SC/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2ISZWE9AWDFRE&keywords=sesame+oil&qid=1648423104&s=grocery&sprefix=sesame+oil%2Cgrocery%2C98&sr=1-4
10 Lap Cheung Sausages

Assembly

15+ Small square sheets of parchment paper

Instructions

Mantou Dough

In a small bowl, mix the water, milk, honey and yeast. Mix it well and let the yeast bloom, about 15-20 minutes.
Once the yeast blooms, mix in the butter and peanut oil.
In a large bowl, add the flour, cornstarch, salt and baking soda. Mix well with a whick.
Pour the flour mixture into the yeast liquid using a stand mixture.
Mix until the you form a dough ball.
Remove the dough from the bowl onto a floured surface and knead well until the shinny dough ball
Coat the ball with a thin coating of peanut oil (or similar). Coat a bowl and place the dough ball in the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough proof until twice the size, about 1 ½ to 2 hours.

Lap Cheung Sausage and Marinade

Place the oyster sauce, soy sauce and sesame oil into a small bowl and mix it well.
Cut the sausages in half the long way. Then cut them across into pieces about 1 ½ inches long. Place the pieces in a plastic bag and add the marinade. Let the sausages marinade at least 30 minutes.

Assembly and cook

Take the dough and place on a floured board and deflate. Roll the dough into a long cylinder and cut them into ¾ - 1 ounce portions. Cover these portions with a moist towel.
Take one of the portions, place on the board and roll it into a circle about 5 inches in diameter.*
Place the dough circle in the palm of your hand and place 4-5 pieces of the marinaded sausage on the dough circle.
Bring up the edges and pleat them making a typical bao bun.
Place each bun on a square of parchment paper, then into a steamer.
Steam the buns for 20 minutes. They will increase in size and thickness as well.
Once the buns are steamed, turn off the heat and let the buns sit for 5 minutes.
Remove the buns and serve.

Notes

*Once the dough is rolled into a round it will be a rough circle. You can use a 5 inch cookie cutter to make a well rounded piece of dough.

*The dough can be rolled into a thin sheet about 1/8 inch in thickness. It will puff up in the short second proof when the buns are steamed.

Try making these by taking a piece of dough in a rope shape and wrap it round 1/2 of a sausage or a full sausage. Wind it like a spring. Leave both ends open in this shape. These sausages are not marinaded.

These buns can be frozen or refrigerated. To serve just reheat the buns by steaming in the steamer. Or place in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and use a microwave to steam them.

Keyword Chinese Sausage, Lop Cheung Bao

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