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Exclusive Steamed Buns with Numbingly Spicy Noodles

Exclusive Steamed Buns with Numbingly Spicy Noodles

Dense, chewy northern-style mantou made by repeatedly kneading extra dry flour into risen dough, yielding tightly textured, faintly sweet steamed buns with a satisfying, substantial bite.

Instructions

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    Prepare 500 grams of flour in a bowl.

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    Add 2 grams of salt to enhance the gluten in the flour, then add 5 grams of yeast.

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    Stir the flour with chopsticks while adding clear water, adding water as you stir, stirring until it forms large clumps of dough in a ring shape.

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    Knead it into a smooth dough.

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    Cover and let it ferment until it doubles in size.

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    The kneaded dough has a honeycomb-like texture.

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    Thoroughly deflate the dough and knead it evenly to make it more elastic.

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    Divide the dough in half and roll each half into long pieces.

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    Take a small piece of dough, press and roll it into the shape of a ox tongue, and sprinkle with dry flour.

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    Roll it up, roll it out again, and evenly spread dry flour, repeating this process 4 or 5 times to make the raw dough.

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    These are all the fully developed embryos.

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    Take a raw dough and use your hands to knead the edges of the dough toward the center.

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    Then, roll it into a bun shape and place it on the tray of the Panasonic steam oven.

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    Place the baking tray into the steam oven for the second proofing.

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    Set the steaming time for the scalded flour buns: set the temperature to 180℃, steam with the original steam for 20 minutes, then let them sit for 5 minutes before taking them out of the oven.

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    Finished product picture (the steamed buns are very soft after coming out of the oven and can be pulled apart layer by layer).

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Flour
    500 g
  • Yeast
    5 g
  • Clear water
    to taste

Seasonings

  • table salt
    2 g