Japan

Nikuman

Name: Nikuman
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8 pieces
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 300 g Wheat flour; 250 g Ground pork; some of each Yeast & sugar; some of each Shiitake & spring onion; some of each Soy sauce & sesame oil; some Ginger

Japanese steamed meat bun

Nikuman is a fluffy steamed bun with a savoury pork filling, derived from the Chinese baozi.

In Japan it is a popular winter snack, sold from heated cases at convenience-store counters.

Servings8 pieces

Time50 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Wheat flour300 g
Ground pork250 g
Yeast & sugarsome of each
Shiitake & spring onionsome of each
Soy sauce & sesame oilsome of each
Gingersome

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Knead a yeast dough and let it rise.
Mix pork with shiitake, ginger and soy sauce into a filling.
Portion the dough and press into discs.
Add the filling and seal into pouches.
Steam about 12 minutes and serve warm.

Make it original

Shiitake and sesame oil for nikuman are in the Asia Boutique.

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