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Veggie Baos with Hoisin Sauce

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Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: Vegetable
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 0 Serves 4
Author: LKK

Ingredients

  • Buns
  • 250 g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 200 ml semi-skimmed milk for vegan, use plant based milk
  • Sesame oil
  • Filling
  • 75 g fresh shiitake mushrooms trimmed and halved
  • 100 g carrot cut into thin strips
  • 150 g red cabbage very finely sliced
  • 3 Tbsp Lee Kum Kee Premium Dark Soy Sauce
  • Juice of ½ lime
  • 2 tsp Lee Kum Kee Hoisin Sauce
  • 100 g frozen soybeans edamame beans, thawed
  • 4 Tbsp unsalted peanuts chopped

Instructions

  • To make the Buns: mix the self-raising flour, salt, baking powder and milk into a sticky dough. Knead the dough with floured hands for 5 minutes. Divide into 4 equal portions.
  • On a work surface dusted with flour, roll out a portion to an oval with a length of 12 cms and a width of 6 cms. Brush with sesame oil and fold in half.
  • Fill a pan with water to approx. 4 cms deep, bring to the boil and place the steam basket over the water. Cut 4 pieces of baking paper of 12x 6 cms and place a bun on each. Steam the buns for about 6 minutes until puffed up and firm.
  • Filling: heat a splash of oil in the wok. Stir-fry the shiitake mushrooms until crispy, add the carrot. Add half of the red cabbage and deglaze with the Lee Kum Kee Premium Dark Soy Sauce , lime juice and the Lee Kum Kee Hoisin Sauce . Remove the pan from the heat and mix the rest of the red cabbage and the soybeans into the mixture. Cut the buns and fill them. Garnish with chopped peanuts.