Showing posts with label 中式点心. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 中式点心. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Chinese Char Xiu Steamed Buns <中式叉烧包>

Chinese Char Xiu Steamed Buns <中式叉烧包〉







Dough Skin:
[Make 14 pcs]
100% Plain flour (480g) (中筋粉心粉)
1% Low Sugar Instant Yeast (480g x 1%) [I used 5g] (低糖酵母)
7.5% Caster Sugar (480g x 7.5%)
51.6% Ice Cold water (480g x 51.6%)
5% Vegetable oil (480g x 5%)

Method
- Mix everything together; Machine knead till very smooth.
- Perform the 三擀三折 and divide or
- Roll into elongated shape and divide dough into your required weight.
- Rounded each dough, knead each dough till smooth, flatten into disc shape and wrap in your preferred fillings.
- Set aside to prove for about 15 to 25 minutes until it has:
1) become bigger 明显变大;
2) become lighter (when you hold it up) 明显变轻;
3) when lightly press, it springs back slowly 轻轻回弹

- Steam at medium high heat for about 12 minutes (15 minutes if using raw meat)

Note:
# Proofing time is just an estimate.
# Different flour absorb water differently. You may need more or less.
# Make small batch each time as too large a dough affects the final proofing ( the first bun and the last one)
# You must STEAM ALL AT THE SAME TIME, NO WAITING.

Char Xiu Fillings (Adapted from Agnes Chang/蓝赛珍老师)

Ingredients
2T cooking oil
3 Shallots, flatten
400g Char Xiu, diced
3T Roasted sesame seeds

Seasoning (Mix all together)
140ml Water
2T+ Light soy sauce
1T+ Oyster sauce
Dash Fish sauce
1/2T (half Tablespoon) Cooking Caramel 生嗮油
1/4t Chicken Seasoning powder
3T Sugar
1T Tapioca starch
1T Corn flour
1/2T (half Tablespoon) Plain flour

Method:
- Heat up oil, saute shallots until fragrant. Discard fried shallots and add in the mixed seasoning. Keep stirring until thick and boiling.
- Add diced char xiu, sesame seeds. Mix well, dish up and leave to cool before using.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Homemade Chwee Kueh (水粿)


This is one of the many chinese snacks I like, Chwee Kueh. Made of rice flour and part of corn flour. The texture of this snack should be soft and "Q". Most important part of this snack is the topping: preserved raddish. The raddish must be crunchy! The soft & Q chwee kueh with the crunchiness of raddish make this snack taste heavenly.

Recipe is taken from Fenying's Blog. But I'm very puzzled why the recipe called for the preserved raddish (菜脯) to be cooked in 500g of water till tender!?

However, I did not follow her method of cooking the 菜脯. Being born as a hakka, I know how this 菜脯 should be cooked. Afterall, 菜脯 is one of our dish in 擂茶. :)

By the way, I bought the 菜脯 in strips and chopped them into small pieces before frying them. Find that those ready-minced type does not have the crunch and bites. If you intend to buy, choose those that are "sweet". I can assure you your 菜脯 will taste delicious. This 菜脯 can also fry with eggs and goes very well with your plain porridge.