EZ Char Siew Buns

The first look at the name of this recipe didn't catch my attention at all as I thought it is the usual baked buns with char siew filling.   What makes me read on was the picture of the buns.  I saw some orange and green spots all over the buns.  Reading further, I realised that the char siew and spring onions were added during the kneading of the dough.  

Quite easy, just add everything together and you'll get a aromatic, savoury and sweet baked buns.  But I dare not add the char siew while kneading the dough cos' I was afraid the dough would be orange in colour [colour from the char siew], so I added it just before resting the dough.

These buns are very light, soft, fluffy and moist.  Nice buns that you can just munch it and definitely good with a cup of hot coffee.

Recipe Source - Yum Yum Magazine No. 77 with slight modifications

Ingredients

[makes 12 buns]

350 gm bread flour [I used 300gm bread flour + 50gm wholemeal flour]

50 gm sugar

3/4 tsp salt

1 3/4 tsp instant yeast

210-220 ml ice cold water

30 gm butter

100 gm char siew - chopped 

1 stalk spring onions - washed and chopped

1. In a mixing bowl, mix and knead all the ingredients except butter, char siew and spring onions into a soft dough.
2. Add in the butter and knead until the dough is smooth, soft and pliable.
3. Add in char siew and spring onions and mix well.
4. Shape into a dough and cover to rest for 1 hour.
5. Divide dough into 2 equal parts.  Round up and divide each portion into 6 equal portions.
6. Round up the dough into ball, lightly spray the top with water, then coat with sesame seeds.  Place onto prepared baking tray.
7. Rest for 50 minutes or until double in size.
8. Bake in preheated oven at 200 degrees C for 12-15 minutes or until cooked.
9. Remove and cool on wire rack.  
   
   
   
   
   
   

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