Char siu bao pork buns

Name: Char siu bao pork buns
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 6 h 35 min
Total time: 6 h 35 min
Yield: 12 portions
Ingredients: 30 g piece fresh ginger; 5 garlic cloves; 60 g eschalots; 2 tsp Chinese five spice; 60 g hoi sin sauce; ½ tsp ground white pepper; 40 g water; 30 g molasses; 50 g Shaoxing wine; 40 g dark soy sauce; 1 tbsp tomato sauce; 500 g boneless skinless pork belly; 1 tbsp dried instant yeast; 300 g plain flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 50 g cornflour; 50 g caster sugar; 180 g warm water; 10 g vegetable oil; 2 tbsp cornflour; 600 g water; 3 spring onions/shallots; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp dark soy sauce

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Prep. 40 min

Total 6 h 35 min

12 portions

Ingredients

Char siu marinade

piece fresh ginger peeled
30 g
garlic cloves
5
eschalots
60 g
Chinese five spice
2 tsp
hoi sin sauce
60 g
ground white pepper
½ tsp
water
40 g
molasses
30 g
Shaoxing wine
50 g
dark soy sauce
40 g
tomato sauce
1 tbsp
boneless skinless pork belly cut into 3-4 pieces
500 g

Buns

dried instant yeast
1 tbsp
plain flour
300 g
baking powder
2 tsp
cornflour
50 g
caster sugar
50 g
warm water
180 g
vegetable oil
10 g

Char siu bao

cornflour
2 tbsp
water plus extra as needed
600 g
spring onions/shallots white and light green part only, cut into pieces (1 cm)
3
oyster sauce
1 tbsp
dark soy sauce
1 tbsp