Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, puffy steamed nikuman (meat filled bao or buns). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Puffy Steamed Nikuman (Meat Filled Bao or Buns) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Puffy Steamed Nikuman (Meat Filled Bao or Buns) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Let's make Nikuman, Japanese steamed buns filled with delicious pork, shiitake mushroom, cabbage, and scallion! I used to stop by a convenience store for my Nikuman treat; the steaming hot bun kept my hands and heart warm. By the way, Japanese convenience stores sell not only snacks and drinks.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook puffy steamed nikuman (meat filled bao or buns) using 28 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Puffy Steamed Nikuman (Meat Filled Bao or Buns):

1. Prepare For the dough:
2. Get ● Lukewarm water (40 °C)
3. Take ● Sugar
4. Make ready ● Dry yeast
5. Get ○ Cake flour
6. Make ready ○ Bread (strong) flour
7. Make ready ○ Baking powder
8. Take ○ Sugar
9. Take ○ Salt
10. Make ready ★ Lukewarm milk (35 °C)
11. Make ready Lard (or butter or shortening)
12. Take Meat filling:
13. Prepare ■ Ground pork
14. Make ready ■ The soaking water from the dried shiitake mushrooms
15. Make ready ■ Shaoxing wine or sake
16. Get ■ Soy sauce
17. Prepare ■ Grated ginger
18. Prepare ■ Sesame oil
19. Prepare ■ Tianmiangjiang (or miso)
20. Prepare ■ Katakuriko
21. Prepare ■ Grated garlic
22. Prepare ■ Sugar
23. Make ready ■ Salt
24. Make ready □ Boiled bamboo shoot (cut into 8mm dice)
25. Take □ Rehydrated dried shiitake mushrooms (thinly sliced)
26. Prepare □ Onion (cut into 5mm dice)
27. Prepare □ Boiled Chinese cabbage leaf cores (cut into 5mm dice)
28. Get □ Rehydrated cellophane noodles cut into 1cm pieces

This bao bun recipe makes light, fluffy and pillowy steamed buns which are perfect for stuffing with your favourite fillings. Meanwhile, prepare the steamer on the stove (see notes below). Puffy Steamed Nikuman (Meat Filled Bao or Buns) Recipe by cookpad.japan. Great recipe for Puffy Steamed Nikuman (Meat Filled Bao or Buns).

Steps to make Puffy Steamed Nikuman (Meat Filled Bao or Buns):

1. Combine the ● lukewarm water and sugar in a container. Add the yeast. Mix it up well with chopsticks, then leave for about 10 minutes to proof the yeast.
2. Sift the ○ ingredients into a large bowl Add the Step 1 mixture and the ★ milk and mix.
3. When the dough comes together, knead it 100 times by pressing on it with the base of your hands, stretching it, folding it, changing directions and so on.
4. Add the lard in 3 batches, kneading it into the dough patiently each time. When the dough is reasonably smooth on the surface, the kneading is done.
5. Put the dough ball in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap and leave in a warm place.
6. Leave to rise (1st rising) until it has doubled in volume. It takes about 40 minutes at 35°C.
7. Take the dough out onto a work surface, and press down on it with your palms to deflate it. Divide into 6 portions.
8. Form each portion of dough into a ball, cover with a tightly wrung out moistened kitchen towel and leave to rest for 20 minutes so that the dough becomes easier to roll out.
9. Compared to steamed buns sold at a convenience stores,the dough and filling for these buns are quite big. If you make 12 buns out of this recipe they will be quite small. The smaller buns, the harder they are to form.
10. Make the meat filling: Put all the ■ ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Add the ○ ingredients, and divide the filling into 6 portions in the bowl.
11. Roll out each portion of the dough into a circle that's about 7mm thick. Roll it out a bit more to form a 10cm square. Place a portion of the filling in the middle.
12. Bring two opposing corners together gently above the filling, and press them together. Do the same with the other two corners.
13. Be careful not to get any filling on the dough where you pinch them together, or they will be hard to close up properly and the buns may open later.
14. Pinch the remaining corners of the bun together, twist the top to close it securely, and the bun is formed. Leave the buns to rise again (2nd rising) in a warm place for 10 minutes. Don't let the dough dry out in the meantime. You can skip the 2nd rising if you like.
15. Steaming time: The buns take 25 minutes to steam using an oven's "steam" function, or 15 minutes in a steamer. They will increase to about 1.5 their original size so line them up with plenty of space in between.
16. To pan fry the buns: I also recommend cooking the buns on a hot electric griddle or frying pan! You can cook them like gyoza dumplings for a crispy yet fluffy result.
17. To pan fry: Heat some oil in a frying pan. Cook the buns with a lid on over a very low heat for 3 minutes. Add some boiling water to the pan, and steam-cook for another 10 to 12 minutes. This cooking time is for making 12 buns (rather than 6 buns).

These nikuman have fluffy and light yet still nicely chewy dough, and a ginger-scented filling. These nikuman have fluffy and light yet still nicely chewy dough, and a ginger-scented filling. I was just thinking that I hadn't made nikuman for a while. To make the pork filling put the meat in a dish in one layer. Mix the marinade ingredients and pour over the meat.

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