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VEGAN fried buns

Beyond Mince fried buns

Hsinju
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Prep Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Asian, Chinese, Taiwanese
Servings 18 buns

Ingredients
  

dough

  • 180 g cold water
  • 300 g all-purpose flour
  • 1.5 tsp sea salt
  • 3 tsp sugar
  • 6 g instant yeast

filling

  • 300 g Beyond Mince or other vegan minced meat
  • 250 g Chinese cabbage
  • 60 g celery
  • 1~2 stocks spring onion
  • 100 g enoki mushrooms or shiitake
  • 1 tsp minced ginger
  • 1 tbsp black sugar or coconut sugar
  • 1 tbsp vegan oyster sauce
  • 1.5 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp white pepper powder
  • 1 tbsp chilli oil optional
  • salt optional/ Beyond Mince is salty already

others

  • olive oil for frying
  • 2 cup water for frying
  • white or black sesame topping

Instructions
 

dough

  • add all the ingrediants for dough into a mixer and mix until it's smooth (about5~8 mins)
  • OR knead it by hand until it's smooth (about 10~15 mins)
  • put the kneaded dough into a big bowl for proofing
  • proof until the size doubled (about an hour)

filling

  • cut Chinese cabbage into small pieces and mix with 2tbsp of salt to release water (wait for 10 mins)
  • cut celery, enoki mushrooms, and spring onions into small pieces
  • sqeeze the excessive water from Chinese cabbage (but not completely dry)
  • use a fork to tear the "meat" into small size
  • mix well all the vegetables, seasonings, sauce, and the "meat"

combine

  • divide the dough into 18 relately equal pieces
  • roll all the small dough into balls
  • cover them with a damp towel while waiting (prevent to dry out)
  • take a small doughand flaten it from outside part towards the centre (see the video above)
  • put a generous amount of filling on the flatten dough
  • wrap it up (see the video above)
  • wrap the rest of 17 buns with the same method

fry

  • add oil in a pan (cover the whole surface)
  • spaced around the buns inside the pan (with some space in between)
  • add a cup of water before heating up
  • heat up to medium heat and put a lid on top
  • fry them until they are making splasing sound (like pli-zeeee)
  • check if the bottom of buns are golden
  • if they are ready, sprinkle some sesame seeds for topping
  • if they are not ready, add more water and fry them a bit longer
  • enjoy with your favourite sauce! I recommend Siriracha
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