Homemade Nikuman Pork Buns
Homemade Nikuman Pork Buns

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, homemade nikuman pork buns. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Homemade Nikuman Pork Buns is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Homemade Nikuman Pork Buns is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

She made homemade nikuman for us and I was very impressed that she made the pork buns from scratch. To my surprise, she told me that they are very easy to make. The buns were so good as they were freshly made and everyone loved them.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook homemade nikuman pork buns using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Homemade Nikuman Pork Buns:
  1. Take To prepare the nikuman dough:
  2. Make ready 200 grams Flour (cake flour)
  3. Prepare 5 grams Dry yeast
  4. Take 2 tbsp Sugar
  5. Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt
  6. Prepare 1 tbsp Vegetable oil
  7. Get 110 ml Lukewarm water (approx. 40℃)
  8. Make ready To prepare the nikuman filling:
  9. Take 100 grams Ground pork
  10. Get 50 grams Cooked bamboo shoots (brined)
  11. Take 1/2 Japanese leek
  12. Make ready 1 tbsp Soy sauce
  13. Take 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine (or Japanese sake)
  14. Get 1 tbsp Sesame oil
  15. Make ready 1/2 tbsp Oyster sauce
  16. Make ready 1/2 tsp Grated ginger
  17. Prepare 1/2 tsp Grated garlic
  18. Get 1 tsp Chicken soup stock granules
  19. Take 1 pinch Pepper

We are making Japanese freshly steamed pork bun Nikuman, a perfect recipe for those cold days. Homemade dough and meat mixture are the best! Let's make the dough for Nikuman. Add baking powder, instant yeast, sugar and salt to all-purpose flour.

Steps to make Homemade Nikuman Pork Buns:
  1. Add all of the ingredients for the nikuman dough except for the vegetable oil and lukewarm water, and give everything a quick mix.
  2. Whilst mixing the dough with your hand, add the lukewarm water little by little. Next, add the vegetable oil and mix once more.
  3. Tip the dough out of the bowl and knead with your hands. Once smooth, form into a ball, return to the bowl and leave it to prove for 30 minutes whilst covered with a damp cloth.
  4. Finely chop the onion and bamboo shoots into fairly large pieces.
  5. In a separate bowl, add combine all of the nikuman filling ingredients and mix it evenly.
  6. Once the dough has proved, form it into a roughly 40-cm long thin strip and separate into 8 equal pieces.
  7. Roll out each piece of dough into an approximate 10-cm diameter oval shape. Make the center of the dough a bit thicker than the edges to prevent tearing.
  8. Place the filling in the middle of the dough and wrap the dough around whilst creating the nikuman pleats.
  9. Once wrapped, cover the pork buns with a damp cloth and prove for a second time for 15 minutes.
  10. Place the buns in a prepared steamer and steam for 15 minutes to complete.

This is a steamed bun with a pork filling. I first tasted this in Japan, it warms you up on a cool day. Put the pork, onion and ginger into a large bowl. Add the chili garlic sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and sesame oil. Homemade Chinese Pork Buns are truly just like the ones you swipe off the dim sum trolleys.

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