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Easy Crispy Fried Bao

Easy Crispy Fried Bao

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Fried bao are a hugely popular snack, second only to banh tieu. The dough is much like banh tieu, but with a savoury filling, so you never tire of them and they're perfectly tasty.
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Ingredients
9
Time
45 minutes
Servings
4
Level
Easy
Ingredients
Bao flour 500 g
Fresh milk 1 carton
Shiitake mushrooms 2 piece
Spring onions 1 stalk
Yeast 5 g
Minced pork 200 g
Wood ear mushrooms 2 piece
Quail eggs 20 piece
Minced shallots 1 tablespoon
Implementation Steps
01
- Dice the wood ear and shiitake mushrooms.
- Finely chop the spring onions.
- Boil and peel the quail eggs.
02
- Mix the yeast and fresh milk into the bao flour.
- Knead until smooth, then add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and knead for another 10 minutes.
- Cover the dough with cling film and leave for about 1 hour.
03
- Put the shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, shallots and pork in a bowl.
- Add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, MSG and pepper and mix well.
- Divide the filling into equal portions and roll each into a ball with a quail egg in the middle.
04
- Divide the dough into equal portions.
- Flatten each piece of dough, put the filling in the middle and wrap it up.
05
- Heat the oil until very hot, then turn the heat down and fry the bao.
- When they turn golden, they're cooked; lift them out.
- That's it – your fried bao are done.
Easy Crispy Fried Bao
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