Bao buns with spicy chicken and vegetables

Name: Bao buns with spicy chicken and vegetables
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 315 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Asian cuisine
Ingredients: 3 tbsp sugar; 400 g white flour; ⅓ cube yeast; 1 tsp sugar; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 3 cm ginger; 4 mini cucumbers; 8 lettuce leaves; 150 g carrots; 100 g Sriracha mayonnaise; 600 g chicken breasts; 2 baking paper; 2 tbsp sunflower oil; a little sunflower oil; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; toasted sesame oil; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp soy sauce; 4 tbsp sesame seeds

poultry Asian cuisine dinner

Total: 5 hr 15 min. | Active: 45 min.

lactose-free

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Imagine biting into a deliciously soft bao bun and experiencing a flavour explosion: spicy, fragrant chicken with delightfully crisp fresh vegetables. You can fill the bun with seasonal vegetables of your choice, add a bit of spice and play around with the flavours. Perfect for a laid-back dinner! Serve the bao buns already filled or set out the various ingredients on the table so everyone can create their ideal bao bun.

Recipe by:
Sarah - Fragola & Limone

Ingredients

for 8 pieces

To marinate the chicken
600 g	chicken breasts, cut into strips approx. 2 cm wide
3 cm	ginger, finely grated
3 tbsp	sugar
3 tbsp	soy sauce
2 tbsp	oyster sauce
1 tsp	garlic powder

Dough
400 g	white flour
1 tsp	salt
⅓ cube	yeast (approx. 15 g), crumbled
2 dl	water
2 tbsp	sunflower oil

To shape
a little	sunflower oil, for brushing

Cucumbers
4	mini cucumbers, cut into strips
2 tbsp	rice vinegar
1 tsp	sugar
1 tsp	soy sauce

To steam
2	baking paper

To fry the chicken
	toasted sesame oil for frying

To fill
100 g	Sriracha mayonnaise
8	lettuce leaves
150 g	carrots, cut into strips
4 tbsp	sesame seeds

How it's done

To marinate the chicken

Place the chicken with all ingredients up to and including the garlic powder in a bowl, mix well, cover and marinate in the fridge for at least 2 hrs.

Dough

Mix the flour and salt in a bowl. Mix in the yeast. Add the water and oil, mix, knead for approx. 10 mins. to form a soft, smooth dough. Cover the dough and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 2 hrs. until doubled in size.

To shape

Divide the dough into 8 portions, shape into balls, place each on a piece of baking paper. Flatten by hand to approx. 5 mm thick. Brush with a little oil, fold over in the middle, cover and leave to rise again for approx. 30 mins.

Cucumbers

In a bowl, mix the cucumbers with all the other ingredients up to and including the soya sauce, cover, set aside.

To steam

Place a steamer basket in a wide-bottomed pan. Fill with water until it is just below the bottom of the basket, place the dough balls in the steaming basket with the baking paper (see note), cover and cook over a medium heat for approx. 10 mins.

To fry the chicken

Drain the chicken well. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Fry the chicken for approx. 4 mins. per batch.

To fill

Carefully open the bao buns, spread a little mayonnaise inside, fill with lettuce, carrots, chicken and the reserved cucumbers, top with the remaining mayonnaise, sprinkle with sesame seeds.

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