Pan-Fried Pork Buns with Sweet Bean Sauce

Ingredients

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• 300 gflour
• 3 gyeast
• 200 gwarm water
• 300 gground pork
• scallions
• black sesame seeds
• dark soy sauce
• light soy sauce
• tianmianjiang (sweet bean sauce)
• cooking oil
• 1 small spoonfulflour for cooking slurry
• enough to reach one-third of the bun height in the panwater for cooking slurry

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. 01

   Heat oil and stir-fry ground pork until its moisture evaporates. Add dark soy sauce, light soy sauce and sweet bean sauce and fry until fragrant. Remove and mix in scallions only when ready to fill the buns.

2. 02

   Mix flour, yeast and warm water into a dough and let rise until doubled.

3. 03

   Dust the work surface with flour and transfer the dough without punching it down. Pinch off portions and flatten by hand.

4. 04

   Wrap each portion around filling. Brush a pan with oil, arrange the buns, cover and let rise for another 15 minutes.

5. 05

   Turn on the heat and fry until the bun bottoms are golden. Mix 1 small spoonful flour with water, then pour the mixture into the pan to one-third of the bun height. Cover and cook until the liquid evaporates and the buns are cooked through.

6. 06

   Finish with scallions and black sesame seeds.

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