BBQ pork buns (Char siu bao) from Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries (page 86) by Kristina Cho

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  • emilycaj on December 22, 2025

    This was a time consuming project that my whole family helped with during Christmas. None of us had ever made steamed buns before, and we definitely made some mistakes--they seem like something that just requires some practice. Nonetheless, they were delicious and we all felt very impressed with ourselves that we were able to make them at home! You get a lot more filling than you need for the buns.

  • chawkins on December 24, 2021

    I only made the filling with char siu I already made from another recipe, I did not made the dough because I wanted baked buns, not steamed ones. I used Joshua Weissman’s best burger buns for the dough which I got 8 filled buns. Half of this filling was enough to stuff 4 of those buns. The filling was quite salty on it own, but was okay in the buns.

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