Patterned Carrot Meat Buns

Patterned Carrot Meat Buns

Overview

Carrots can enhance human immunity, lower blood sugar and lipids, benefit the liver and improve eyesight, clear away heat and detoxify. When paired with meat and eggs, and eaten with rice, noodles and other grain foods, they are more nutritious and easier to absorb. Therefore, carrot meat buns have become a staple food in our family.

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Steps

  1. Prepare all ingredients for meat filling. Chop the pork and carrots.

    Patterned Carrot Meat Buns step 1

  2. Pour some oil into the pot, add carrots, add appropriate amount of salt, and fry until cooked.

    Patterned Carrot Meat Buns step 2

  3. Put the meat and carrots into a bowl, add appropriate amount of water, vegetable oil, salt, chicken essence, oyster sauce and thirteen spices, stir in one direction and set aside.

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  4. Mix flour and yeast powder, slowly pour in warm water, and stir with chopsticks to form a fluffy consistency.

    Patterned Carrot Meat Buns step 4

  5. Knead the dough until the surface is smooth.

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  6. Cover with a lid or plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size.

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  7. Dip your index finger in flour and poke a hole in the middle. If the hole does not collapse or shrink back, you can see that the dough has formed a honeycomb shape inside. It is ready to ferment.

    Patterned Carrot Meat Buns step 7

  8. Knead the fermented dough evenly until the surface is smooth, and cut into dough pieces of similar size. There will be no obvious air bubbles on the cut surface of the dough pieces.

    Patterned Carrot Meat Buns step 8

  9. Roll out the small dough into bun skin, divide the periphery of the bun skin into 8 flaps, and cut through the flaps.

    Patterned Carrot Meat Buns step 9

  10. Lift and pinch the sides of each small flap.

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  11. Lift up the two adjacent flaps and pinch them tightly.

    Patterned Carrot Meat Buns step 11

  12. Lift and pinch the other petals clockwise in the same way, wrap the filling into the dough sheet, and seal.

    Patterned Carrot Meat Buns step 12

  13. Pinch out the shape of the edge of each petal to complete the entire petal, and add a few carrots to make the center.

    Patterned Carrot Meat Buns step 13

  14. Take a small ball of dough and knead it with carrot puree, and roll it into thin strips.

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  15. The thin strips are rolled in two steps. A long one crosses the petals, and a short one is twisted into an "8". Dip in some water and stick to the crossed strips.

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  16. After wrapping the buns, place them on a steamer covered with a drawer cloth. There should be a gap in the middle, because they will grow bigger during steaming. Let it rise for a second time for 20 minutes (adjust the rising time according to the temperature) until it doubles in size.

    Patterned Carrot Meat Buns step 16

  17. Bring the water to a boil over high heat, steam over medium heat for 20 minutes, turn off the heat, and simmer for 5 minutes before uncovering the pot.

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  18. Appreciate the finished product picture.

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  19. Appreciate the finished product picture.

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