Pan Fried Bao

Whisk together the dry ingredients

Add in the water

Ix then knead until smooth

About 7-10 min of kneading

Place dough into an oiled bowl, cover, and let rise until doubled. About an hour. ?

Divide into 20 equal pieces

Oll each into a ball on a non-floured work surface

Place on a parchment lined baking sheet, cover, and let rest for 20 minutes

Prep your filling at any point but you want to make sure it's cool before adding to your bao

Roll out each dough ball as you're shaping

You don't want them to dry out otherwise they won't stick to each other

Spoon out about 2-3 Tbl of filling per bao

You'll get more comfortable adding more as you learn to shape them

Heat a large non-stick pan with about 1-2 tsp oil

Place the shaped buns in the pan so that they have a little room between each

Cook for 2 min

Add water so that it is 1/4 the way up the sides of the buns (amount varies per pan) and immediately cover

Cook until all of the water in the pan is gone. About 5 minutes

Remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool