Siopao Asado (Pork Steam Bun)
Siopao Asado (Pork Steam Bun)
Ingredients
Dough ingredients:
- 2 cups water warm
- 2 ½ tablespoons sugar added to yeast mixture
- ½ cup sugar added to the flour mixture
- 1 pouch dry yeast
- 5 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ¼ tablespoon baking powder
- 6 tablespoon shortening
Filling ingredients:
- 2 lbs pork chopped into small pieces
- 3 tablespoon lard or shortening
- 2 tablespoon garlic minced
- 1 piece onion minced
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch diluted in 1/4 cup water
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoons hoisin sauce
Instructions
Filling
- Cook the Asado filling by heating the shortening in a pan
- Saute the garlic and onions
- Put-in the pork and cook until the color of the outer part turns light brown
- Add the soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, and sugar then mix well. Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Put in the corn starch (diluted in wateand mix until the texture of the sauce becomes thick. Set aside.
Dough
- Make the dough by placing warm water in a bowl then add the yeast and sugar and mix well. Leave the mixture for 10 to 15 minutes
- In a mixing bowl, put-in the flour, baking powder, shortening (or lard), and the yeast-sugar-water mixture then mix well (bubbles should have formed on top by then).
- Knead the combined mixture until the texture of the dough becomes fine. Let the dough rise by setting it aside for at least an hour.
- Knead the dough again then cut into individual slices (this will be the dough per individual siopao).
Making Siopao
- Flatten the dough until a round shape is formed using a rolling pin.
- Put the asado filling on the middle of the flattened dough and wrap.
- Place the siopao in a steamer and steam for 15 minutes.
- Serve hot with Siopao Sauce.
- Share and enjoy!