Thursday, April 9, 2015

Chinese " Bing "



"Bing" is a wheat-flour based chinese food with a flattened or disk-like shape.  It is usually a casual food eaten for lunch, or also can be incorporated into formal meals.  Bing are commonly cooked on a skillet or baked.



Inside is moist, light and spongy

Ingredients
Dough
Plain flour  400g
Lukewarm water 235g
Instant dry yeast  4g

Oil Paste 
Plain flour  25g
Salt  1 teaspoon
Vegetable oil  75g

Filling
Pork mince  320g (marinated with a bit of light soya sauce, rice wine, pepper, ginger, chopped onions..to your choice)--- into disk-like shape,  pan fry till both side slightly browned, cooked through. Set aside.

White sesame seeds
divide into 10 portions, roll into balls.
brush with oil paste.
rolled and got it divided into 10 portions.
bring two sides under, shape them in ball shape
(note: it was a tricky task for me as a result not rolling it tightly
 using my wet fingers I finally got it rolled up nicely)
from ball shape, now pat down to flatten them a bit 
brush with very little water 
pat down to stick onto sesame seeds, both side /one side ( up to you)
using nonstick pan, has to be low heat
brush the pan with very limited oil ( you may use the prepared oil paste if you still have extra left)
both side evenly browned, it's done.
Method
1.  Dough
Take 4 tablespoons from the prepared lukewarm water, whisk in and dissolve the yeast.  Pour into the flours.  Pour in the rest of the water,  stir and mix into a rough dough. Cover and leave for 10 minutes. Gentle knead for 10 seconds, cover and leave again for 10 minutes. Do twice more for the 10 minute interval.  Cover and let it rise for an hour or, until the size is doubled.

2.  Oil Paste 
In a bowl, mix in the flour, salt and oil, stir it well. Set aside.

3.  Punch down air when the dough is ready from (1).

4. Roll into a thin rectangle sheet, brush top with the oil paste.  Roll it up tightly.  Divide into 10 portions. Roll into balls and let it rest for 10 minutes.

5. Roll out and flatten in a disk form, , brush with a bit of water so you can stick the sesame seeds on both sides.

6. Once the pan is heated up, change it to low heat. Brush a bit of oil (using the same oil paste, not too much oil though), place all the bing on the pan, not touching each other.  Just turn both sides every now and then , brush top with tiny bit of oil paste before turning to the other side (during the first two turnings).  When both sides are evenly browned, it is done.  Remove from the pan and set aside.

7. Filling:
To marinade:
 the mince pork with a bit of soya sauce, pepper, corn starch, sugar, sesame oil, ginger extract and mix them well ( your own preference, really)

Divide into 10 portions, roll them into balls, flatten them. Heat up your pan, with a bit of oil, fry until both sides are slightly browned and all cooked through.

8. Make a slit of all the Bing, slot in the filling and enjoy!















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