Wholemeal Big Meat Buns

Beef steamed buns with lots of vegetable.  Make lots, wrap and freeze them so you can always have some for lazy weekend dinners at home.  Go with any kind of dipping sauces you like....vinegar and sesame oil, chilli oil, chilli sauce, chilli, mustard sauce, XO sauce, what else?
Oh yes, they are soft, moist, fluffy and very filling buns :)

Ingredients
900g plain flour
Wholemeal flour 100g
Instant dry yeast  10g
Lukewarm Water  530g
Baking powder  1 teaspoon
Sugar  4 tablespoons
Vegetable oil 1 tablespoon

Filling:
Beef (mince)  500g
Shitake mushroom   8 medium large pieces ( soaked, chopped and pan fry until fragrant)
Half a small wedge of cabbage, slices and chopped, soak with 1 teaspoon salt for 10 minutes, squeeze out excess water using muslin cloth or your hands.



Mix the filling (minced beef and mushroom) with the sauces below. Last, add in the shredded cabbage. Continue to mix it well.
Rice wine  2 tablespoons
Light soya sauce  2 tablespoons
Dark soya sauces  2 tablespoons
Oyster sauce  2 tablespoons
Sugar  2 tablespoons
Salt  1 teaspoon
Corn flour  2 tablespoons
Vegetable Oil  2 tablespoons
Sesame oil  2 tablespoons
Grated ginger
Pepper.




Method
Take a few tablespoons of your lukewarm water, whisk and dissolve the yeast with 1 teaspoon sugar. It should turn foamy very quickly.
In a large mixing bowl of flours, pour in your yeast mixture, sugar, baking powder and lukewarm water. Using a chopstick, give it a quick stir. Add in the oil.  Bring everything into a rough dough form. Cover and leave for 10 minutes.
Gentle knead for 10 seconds, cover and leave for 10 minutes. Do twice more of gentle knead and fold for the 10 minute interval. Dough should be glossy and smooth. Cover and let it rise for one hour, or until doubled in size.
Punch down the dough, divide into 100g each. Wrap in your filling, place each on a small square parchment paper. Let it rest and double its size.
Set up steamer. On rapidly hot boiling water, steam the buns for 18 minutes. Turn off heat and remove buns only after 5 minutes.


Steps

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rested, ready to get steamed.

they are soft and moist.