Char Siu Bun 叉燒餐飽

This is my favourite bun, next to Pineapple buns.... have one with a hot lemon tea or HK style cream tea is the best. However, i opt to make mini-size rather than the usual big bun... because i like good things in small dosage, so that it becomes a treat for longer.
Its also perfect to make when i freshly roasted the pork earlier on today.

Ingredients:

Bun
1lb        Strong White Flour
4oz       Sugar
1           Egg
2tspn    Yeast
2oz       Butter
2Tspn   Custard Powder
2Tspn   Milk Powder
8oz       Warm water

Fillings Ingredients:

300g Diced Roast Pork
1 Fine chopped  Onion
1cup lukewarm water
4tspn Sugar
3tspn Corn flour
1/2tspn Salt
2Tbspn Light Soya sauce
2Tbspn Dark Soya sauce
1tspn Oyster Sauce

Sugar Solution:
2tspn Sugar
2Tbspn Warm water


Method:
 
Bun making
1) Place all bun making ingredients in a large bowl. Add the warm water.
2) Beat the dough for approx 8 mins with an electric mixer until its becomes strong and elastic.
3) Alternatively if without electric mixer, knead the dough by hand for approx 10 mins
4) Check the dough, it should be very elastic when pull apart.
5) Cover the dough with clingfilm and set aside in a warm place for approx 2hrs to let the dough rise.
6)When the dough becomes twice its original size. The fermentation is completed!
7) Divide the dough into 16 equal portions.
8) Roll each portion into a ball shape and left to rest for 10mins


Filling making
9) In a wok or non-stick pan stir-fry the fine-chopped onions, then add the diced roast pork (char siu) then give it a good stir.
10) In a small bowl mix the light & dark soy, sugar, salt, oyster sauce with lukewarm water, once its in liquid pour it with the roast pork and onions to form a thick paste. Serve in a bowl, set aside to cool down to be used later.

11) Divide the filling & roll into ball shape.(Alternatively, you can just use a teaspoon)
12) Wrap filling in dough and roll it into shape.
13)Place bun on greaseproof paper. Spray bun with water and set aside in a warm place for 20mins
14) When buns are approx 30% bigger, brush sugar solution. Then bake for 14mins at 180C in  a pre-heated oven.