Steamed Bao Buns with Fish Cake and Crabstick Filling

by Han Ker

Steamed Bao Buns with Otak-otak and Luncheon Meat Crabstick Filling

Han Ker

Han Ker began baking since 8 years old with her…

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The filling is widely known across Southeast Asia, especially in Muar – Johor, where it is traditionally served fresh, wrapped inside a banana leaf.
By Han Ker

This is my so called traditional steamed bao with the conventional round shape and pleads on top.

Steamed Bao Buns with Otak-otak and Luncheon Meat Crabstick Filling

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Author: Han Ker
Total Time: 1 hour 12 mins
Yield: 2 1x

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The filling is widely known across Southeast Asia, especially in Muar – Johor, where it is traditionally served fresh, wrapped inside a banana leaf.

Ingredients

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For plain bun:

400g Hong Kong Flour
90g icing sugar
30g butter (try to avoid using shortening as it’s not good for health)
10g baking powder
10ml cold water
7g instant dry yeast
160ml lukewarm water
½ tsp white vinegar

For Otak-Otak/ Luncheon Meat crabstick Fillings:

100g frozen otak-otak
50g fried luncheon meat (Cut into cubes)
6 crabstick meat

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Instructions

Split evenly for all the otak-otak and luncheon meat crabstick filling. Set aside.
Sift together flours and icing sugar. Place sifted flour mixture in a large mixing bowl and make a well in the middle.
Fill well with lukewarm water and yeast. Add on vinegar.
Use a spatula, gently stir the water to dissolve the yeast then slowly bring together flour mixture.
Add in butter and knead for 10-15 minutes until soft dough is formed.
Cover dough with damp cloth and let it rise for 30 minutes or until it is doubled in size. I used bread maker’s dough mode to prepare my dough up to this step.
Dissolve baking powder in cold water, sprinkle over dough and knead until well combined. Divide dough into 16 equal portions and flatten with a rolling pin to make a 3” circle.
Then place the filling in the middle, wrap and plead the top, seal side up.
Arrange buns into a steamer, leave about 1” gab in between buns. Spray water mist over buns, and steam in a preheated steamer on high heat for 12 minutes. Remove buns from steamer and cool on rack to prevent soggy bottom.

Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 12 mins
Category: Side

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Han Ker

Han Ker began baking since 8 years old with her mum, more after she started her blog - Hankerie (http://www.hankerie.com) 2 years ago. She nonetheless possesses a passion for baking and creating in the kitchen, and applies her own creativity for crafting out her own recipes. Her specialty are pastries and sweet treats, as well as bread – as evidenced by the goodies that come from her kitchen. Determined to make the products of her creative imagination a reality, Han Ker is a firm believer that nothing is impossible if you try enough times. Apart from that, Blog-hopping has inspired her, and she shares openly without a care for the jealous hoarding of information. She is unendingly curious and is always seeking out new recipes to try, a method she insists works great in keeping the brain juices flowing while at home. She is truly a home baker of substance, a blogger, and cook with plenty to offer.

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