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Mantou - Steamed Chinese Buns

Mantou - Steamed Buns. These steamed soft and fluffy buns are perfect with noodle soups or any Chinese dish.

Cook Time
mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 16
Course: Side Dish , Others
Cuisine: Chinese

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ teaspoon instant dried yeast
  • 500 g all purpose flour
  • 25 g caster sugar
  • 2 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • 300 ml warm water

Instructions

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  1. Place the yeast, flour and sugar into the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with a dough hook.
  2. Gently mix for a minute until everything is well combined.
  3. Pour in the oil and water. Then mix on a slow setting until a sticky looking dough has formed.
  4. Turn the speed up to medium and knead the dough until it is smooth. This takes 10-15 minutes.
  5. The may still be slightly sticky, but that is okay. Leave the dough sit for 5 minutes.
  6. Oil your hands and remove the dough from the bowl.
  7. Lay the dough out on a floured board and use a rolling pin to roll it out into a rectangle (roughly 65cm x15cm)
  8. Fold the dough rectangle into thirds to create a square.
  9. Roll it out again to roughly a 50 cm x 25 cm rectangle.
  10. Use a pastry brush (or your fingers) to lightly brush the surface with water.
  11. Roll out the dough into a long log, i.e roll the 50cm side over and over
  12. Use a sharp non-serrated knife to slice the log into 16 pieces. I tend to do this by cutting the log in half, then cutting each half in half and so on until I have 16 equal sized rolls.
  13. Cut 16 small squares out of cooking paper and place a bun on each square.
  14. Place the buns into your steamer baskets. If your steamer is quite small, place half the buns in the steamer and leave the other half under a tea towel.
  15. Allow the buns to rise for a further 20 minutes.
  16. Then add boiling water to your steamer and cook the buns for 15-20 minutes until puffed up and cooked through.