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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Why is it a good choice for people who have special needs, especially for gluten-free people?

Gluten-free is a big issue for people who can’t eat” wheat related products”. Due to this habit, rice will be a smart choice instead of wheat for those people. As a fact, that Vietnam is the second largest rice exporting country in the world. Therefore, they have lots of different kind of rice dishes to be considered to eat. Some of  the best rice dishes that Vietnam has are:

 Chicken rice in Hội An

This kind of rice is very famous in Hoi An where is one of best tourism attractive place in Vietnam. Everyone comes to this city will be invited to eat this dish without doubt.

Baby clam rice in Huế

Baby clam rice is a special dish from Hue. It is made of crunchy cold rice, baby clams, fried pork fat, banana flower, fermented shrimp sauce, sliced star fruit and various spices.  This food tastes sweet, buttery, salty, sour, bitter and spicy at once. The mixed of hot baby clam and the cold rice blending together is weird but they are going together perfectly.

Tấm/Broken rice – Ho Chi Minh City

Broken rice is the most famous and traditional food in the south. We could have this dish anytime during the day. Moreover, it is served from street food shop to a luxury restaurant. The dish is made of  broken rice, grilled pork, pork skin, egg and fish sauce.

“Cháy”/burned rice – Ninh Binh

This rice has to make with steel pots. We must be carefully choosing the rice to make. When we got all the ingredients, we need to burn the rice to nice yellow colour.  Finally, we need to leave it under the sun until the rice is dried for 2 to 3 days.

After drying, it is broken into round shape slices which then are soaked into hot cooking oil pan until turning golden. The golden burned rice slices are served with a special soup of pig’s heart and kidney.

I hope that this post is helpful for people who need gluten-free dishes!!!

Images link:

http://www.vietnamonline.com/best-of-vietnam/10-best-and-uniquely-vietnam-rice-dishes.html