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Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, xi'an steamed buns. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Combine flour, yeast, baking powder, and sugar in a bowl, sift if preferred, into mixer bowl. Turn on slow speed and gradually add in milk. Knead dough lightly into a dome shape and then place in a lightly greased bowl with damp towel to cover.

Xi'an Steamed Buns is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Xi'an Steamed Buns is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have xi'an steamed buns using 32 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Xi'an Steamed Buns:

1. Get Filling
2. Prepare Fresh Carrot for texture and color inside optional
3. Make ready 1/2 lb Pork
4. Make ready 1/4 c Kimchi
5. Take 1 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
6. Make ready 2 tbsp Ponzu Sauce
7. Prepare 1 tbsp Honey (Orange blossom if possible)
8. Prepare 1 tsp Chinese All Spice
9. Prepare Red Chili Flakes to preferred spice
10. Make ready 1/2 tsp Rice Wine Vinegar
11. Make ready Plain Dough for Marbled Steam Buns
12. Take 560 g Plain Flour
13. Get 11 g Instant Dry Yeast
14. Get 1/2 tsp Salt(optional)
15. Prepare 1 tsp Baking Powder
16. Make ready 30 g Fine Sugar
17. Take 30 g Vegetable Oil
18. Prepare 320 g Whole Milk
19. Take Darker Dough for Marbled Steamed Buns
20. Get 280 g Plain Flour
21. Prepare 5.5 g Instant Dry Yeast
22. Take 1 tsp Baking Ppwder
23. Take 15 g Fine Sugar
24. Get 3 pg Vegetable Oil
25. Get 160 g Whole Milk
26. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
27. Prepare Dipping Sauce
28. Get 1 tbsp Ponzu Sauce
29. Get 1 tsp Honey
30. Get Medium Pinch of Kimchi
31. Take Pinch Nutmeg
32. Prepare Pinch Clove

The one I'm introducing today is the Mainland-style pork bun with a special gravy, that originated in Xi'an (one of the oldest cities in China; it used to be the ancient capital of China and was the starting point of the Silk Road). Xiaolongbao (/ ˈ ʃ aʊ l ɒ ŋ ˌ b aʊ /) is a type of Chinese steamed bun from Jiangsu province, especially associated with Wuxi and Shanghai (Shanghai was formerly a part of Jiangsu province). In Shanghainese, they are known as siaulon moedeu or xiaolong-style mantous as Wu Chinese-speaking peoples use the traditional definition of "mantou", which refers to both filled and unfilled buns. Baozi has various types in different Chinese cuisine..

Steps to make Xi'an Steamed Buns:

1. Combine flour, yeast, baking powder, and sugar in a bowl, sift if preferred, into mixer bowl.
2. Turn on slow speed and gradually add in milk.
3. Mix for 1 minute, then turn speed up and mix for 6 more minutes.
4. Knead dough lightly into a dome shape and then place in a lightly greased bowl with damp towel to cover and let rise for 1 1/2-2 1/2 hours.
5. Combine and repeat above steps for darker dough mixture.
6. Begin making marinade/sauce for pork by combining all sauce ingredients. Let sit for 30 minutes after combined.
7. Begin cooking pork when you have about 10 minutes left for your sauce in a wok or pan at high/med-high heat, breaking into small pieces. Cook until done.
8. Add sauce mixture and cook on high until it coats evenly. Reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
9. After dough has risen, remove from bowl and flatten, folding the top over itself twice, ending with a log.
10. Repeat for darker side of the dough.
11. Cut a small piece of dough from each log, and combine, rolling together. Fold/roll into a spiral, and repeat 3 times.
12. Form dough back into a ball after combined to desired marble, and roll it flat.
13. Once relatively flat, grab and lift one side and begin rolling out, spinning dough as you roll.
14. Place carrot(optional) and pork mixture in the center, and begin pinching the outside together working in a circle motion until completely sealed. Pinch and twist.
15. Form back into ball, then place on parchment paper.
16. Fill steamer basket, and then turn heat on high until boiling, then lower to medium-low and cover with lid for 10-12 minutes depending on size of dumpling. (Cover glass and metal lids with towel to prevent condensation drips.
17. Let sit in pan for 2 minutes, then carefully remove.
18. Enjoy your perfectly made Xi'an inspired Steamed Buns!

In Xi'an City, there is a restaurant named as JiangSan Tang Bao selling the soup dumplings. smashed bean bun (豆沙包) for example red bean bun: Bean bun usually has a sweet taste. Xi'An's Muslim Street is full of flavors and scents. People flock here for the snacks. One inescapable delight is the steamed bun - a classic in China but with a thinner surface in the Xi'An iteration. The local flavour snacks include Steamed Bun Soaked in Mutton Soup and the Fan-Family Cured Meat Broth.

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