• Bao buns are steamed buns, rather than baked.
  • Knead your dough for about 10 minutes until smooth and elastic. If doing it by hand knead for 15-20 mins.
  • Leave to prove for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
  • Roll the slightly sticky dough into a sausage shape on a lightly floured surface.
  • Shape into 10 round balls/buns.
  • To get the bao shape, roll each bun into an oval with a rolling pin. Grease each bun with a little oil and grease a skewer, inserting in the middle and folding the dough over so you can easily transfer to a baking sheet.
  • Leave to rise for 1 hour or until puffed up.
  • Steam in bamboo steamers, making sure the buns are on parchment so they don't stick.
  • Steam for about 10 minutes in batches and then slice using a serrated knife before filling.
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Angela Yeadon

The link to the recipe giving the weighed ingredients isn't working - can't try the recipe as don't know the quantities of ingredients to use. Search function doesn't give this either.

Shinytoast

It's a glitch in the web page. Here is the link I found within the nonsense: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/steamed-bao-buns

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