I better have a Vietnamese steamed pork bun - “Banh Bao” than McDonald Hamburger! It’s much healthier and tastier!!! :P

“Banh bao” is a really popular bun in Vietnam. In this blog, I will be telling you how to make it. It is not that hard (not like the “banh chung” in my last post :P). These buns could be served as a type of “hamburger” in Vietnam.

Ingredients include:

For dough: 1 bag of steamed bun flour, 1 cup of milk, ½ cup of sugar, 1 tblsp of vegetable oil, 1 tblsp of lemon juice

For filling: ¾ pound of ground pork, small onion, vermicelli bean thread, salt, sugar, pepper, Chinese sausage and eggs

Preparation:

Dough: Put flour, sugar, baking powder and oil in a bowl. Mix and blend it well

Filling: Mix mushroom, ground pork, onion, oyster sauce, sesame oil, carrot together and leave it there for 30 mins. Boil the eggs and cut it to 4 pieces.

Rolling up the dough, and cut it into small round pieces, then put the filling at the middle. Use the dough to wrap up the filling.

 

Finally, steam these buns for 15 minutes

The bun should have a white exterior. Because of the mixed between yeast and baking powder, the texture of the dough should be slightly dense but fine soft bread. The filling should be a little juicy. I normally make this at home because it tastes better. I also enjoy playing around with the shape of the “banh bao”.

I hope you guys like it! Try it out and remember to leave comment or tweet on my facebook page or twitter!!! <3 thanks guys
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The Simple Steam and Boiled Vietnamese Dishes

Last week was a “fried week” for me. I was fried because of lots of assignments and tests during the end of summer semester, I ate lots of fried foods like deep fried chicken wings, French fries, onion rings, pizza and other unhealthy foods. I got sick of it after last week. So in this blog, I will be talking about steamed and boiled foods and some special Vietnamese dishes and the ingredients within the dishes.

1.       “Exotic” vegetables taste with steamed dim sims

Sometime when you get sick of meat, you can change the taste with this steamed dim sim with vegetables. I normally eat this with hot sauce. It could be an open appetizers or healthy snacks.

The ingredients you need to make this are:

-          Dim sims wrap ( you can buy it in a Chinese supermarket)

-          1 small carrot

-          1 “tofu ky” (you can also buy in Chinese supermartket)

-          ¼ small taro root

-          A little corn

-          1 egg

-          Salt, onione, cornstarch or tapioca starch

-          Soy sauce, red vinegar, chili soysauce and sugar
 

2.       Sweet and sour steamed tofu with shrimp and ground pork

This dish has a sweet taste from the shrimp, and meat as well as mushroom, the steamed tofu is mixed with a sweet and sour sauce that make the dish very “tempting”

Ingredients:

-          1 small box of tofu

-          200gr shrimp

-          200gr ground pork or ground chicken

-          100 gram mushroom

-          1 egg

-          2 table spoons of tapioca starch

-          Salt, pepper, sugar, seasame oil, oyster sauce, sweet and sour chili sauce, seasoning seeds, dried onion and green onion.

             

3.       Steamed Tilapia fish with ginger

The sweet fresh fish taste with soy sauce and ginger together create a fabulous dish. I love this dish because it’s not heavy and has the pure taste. It is really good to have it with rice.

The ingredients needs are:

-          A small Tilapia fish (700gr)

-          Green onion, ginger, salt, sugar, onion, and a little cooking oil

-          Soy sauce, water, dark soya sauce, hoisin sauce, and pepper

If you are getting sick of meat and fried foods, try something new in the kitchen. :P

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I hope you enjoy it!