Custard Buns (奶皇包)
Chinese steamed custard bun is a type of baozi, bun or bread custard filling. Custard buns also called nai wong bao (奶皇包) which is yellow milk buns. In addition, it’s originated from southern China and very popular Cantonese dim sum item that you can find at Chinese dim sum restaurants.
Often, custard buns are eaten for breakfast or as a snack. Also, it is a kind of bread that using steaming method Chinese called them buns. Steamed custard buns are white flour bread with yellow creamy custard filling. Traditionally, it steams in a bamboo basket. Besides, custard bun is my favorite buns that I must order when I have dim sum.
Cooking Tips for custard buns:
In this recipe, I doubled the filling because I love more custard filling in the buns. Therefore, it yields around 12 smaller or 10 bigger nai wong bao. In addition, you can refrigerate or freeze the leftover. The fastest way to warm up leftover custard buns is microwave them for a few seconds, if it straights from the refrigerator.
On the other hand, buns are from freezer cover them with a wet paper towel, then microwave it for a minute or two. However, personally I still like custard buns fresh and steamed from a bamboo basket. Moreover, making steamed Chinese custard bun is easier than I thought.
Ingredients:
(Bread Dough) Bun:
All purpose flour 2 cups
Milk 1 cup
Yeast 2 teaspoons
Sugar 2 teaspoons
Salt 1/8 teaspoon
Filing:
Custard powder 1 tablespoon
Corn starch 1/4 cup
Milk 1/2 cup & 2 tablespoons
Butter 2 tablespoons
sugar 1/2 cup
egg 1
***(Double the filling if you like more filling)
Instructions:
1. put milk, sugar, yeast into a mixer bowl, mix a little bit and wait for 5 minutes
2. Add salt and flour slowly into the mixer
3. Let the mixer run for 5-10 minutes
4. Take the dough out and let it rise around 30-45 minutes
5. Put milk, butter, egg, sugar custard powder and corn starch into a saucepan and mix it well. Then, turn on fire small to medium and keep stirring until it’s thicken.
6. Let it cool down a little bit and roll it like a ball
7. Divide the bread dough into 10 pieces
8. Roll the bread dough and flatten it by using a rolling pin.
9. Place the filling in the middle of the flattened bread dough
10. Close it and roll it like a ball
11. Then, cut parchment paper into small square (bigger than the buns)
12. After that, place the buns on the parchment paper and put them into a bamboo steamer. Let it rise another 20-30 minutes before steaming
13. Steam it for 15 minutes
Custard Buns
Ingredients
(BREAD DOUGH) BUN:
- 2 cups All purpose flour
- 1 cup Milk
- 2 teaspoons Yeast
- 2 teaspoons Sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon Salt
FILING:
- 1 tablespoon Custard powder
- 1/4 cup Corn starch
- 1/2 cup & 2 tablespoons Milk
- 2 tablespoons Butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ***(Double the filling if you like more filling)
Instructions
- put milk, sugar, yeast into a mixer bowl, mix a little bit and wait for 5 minutes
- Add salt and flour slowly into the mixer
- Let the mixer run for 5-10 minutes
- Take the dough out and let it rise around 30-45 minutes
- Put milk, butter, egg, sugar custard powder and corn starch into a saucepan and mix it well. Then, turn on fire slow to medium and keep stirring until it's thicken.
- Let it cool down a little bit and roll it like a ball
- Divide the bread dough into 10 pieces
- Roll the bread dough and flatten it by using a rolling pin
- Place the filling in the middle of the flattened bread dough
- Close it and roll it like a ball
- Then, cut parchment paper into small square (bigger than the buns)
- After that, place the buns on the parchment paper and put them into a bamboo steamer and let it rise another 20-30 minutes before steaming
- Steam it for 15 minutes
Notes
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