Steamed BBQ Pork Buns (Char Siu Bao) - Food Wishes

[elbowtiddies]

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[ustickx]

The constant backtracking is adorable! It's a really encouraging thing for aspiring cooks to see that apparent failures during the process can still have fantastic results so you've got to persevere and trust your instincts sometimes.

[bonham]

This is what I like most about you Chef John, you inspire courage when you're willing to be vulnerable in your videos in admitting you're not an expert on these but giving them a shot anyway. And they looked great so now I the layman feel empowered to give this recipe a shot.

[tessarolomed]

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[iconoclast]

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[CrimsonGreaver]

"I'm kind of off-white" - Chef John
LOL this had me in tears.

[alrestauro]

WOW! My mom would be so impressed by your technique! I sure miss my mom's cooking wish I had paid more attention to her cooking! Oh the memories! Thanks for sharing! I'm definitely going to try your recipe!

[thestoneyponey]

Chef John I just wanna say thanks for your videos.i love to Cook. And have since I was 10. Wich isn't that long im only 17....I only really cooked simple things and recipes that my family taught me. Until I found your channel. No I cook things from all over the world. Instead of American southern food. And to me that's cool. That there are different foods that are no where near the same to where im from. You've inspired me. I have cooked so many amazing things in the past year. And that's because of you. I am I high school drop out. But yove inspired me so much to the point im getting my GED and going to apply for culinary school. And im going to follow my dream and hopefully cook in every corner of the golbe. .... Thank you.

[lifuranph.d.]

Chef John, Your bao technique is just fine.
Most Asian housewives can't do as well.
Your bao look like the Vietnamese style not tall, but squat and smaller.

If you live near an Asian market you can buy the prepackaged dough flour mix in a bag for a little more than a dollar or so.
I buy it on sale for 99 cents so I stock up as they keep well.

Sometimes the instructions are in English. If you get a bag of what you want, cut the English instructions out and save it as your next bag might not have English instructions. In time you can make the dough blindfolded.

Bags of different dough flour mix for dumplings, Potstickers, Har Gow and other types of goodies are available too. I actually have found 5 different kinds of dough flour mixes in my travels. There may be even more.

One tip I got from a Taiwanese housewife was to use a combination of 1/2 water and 1/2 milk for your bao. I liked the taste and texture better than with only water.

I think that's the Asian cooking tip that is the western equivalent tip of using a little water in your cake mix for a better texture. Chef John should weigh in on that tip.

I always read as many of the comments I can. Sometimes hundreds.
The funniest ones are the "Can I substitute this for that?". Sure you can. Be daring with your ingredients. That's the fun of cooking!

Recipes like Waldorf Salad, Pears Helene, Shepards Pie and many others were invented out of not wanting to waste food in a home or a restaurant.

You should look in your refrigerator and see what main course and sides you can make out of all your leftovers. Save money and invent your signature dish.

The takeaway from Chef John for me is technique. With his Training & Experience in food preparation you might really learn something useful.

His videos on Turkish Delight and even Chinese scallion pancakes were very useful to me although I am quite proficient on those and many other recipes he has done videos on. I learn something new and polish my old techniques on every cooking recipe Chef John does. Thank you and God bless you Chef John.

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[jtchristiank]

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[abdulmasaiev]

The protip if you don't want to bother looking for that Chinese dumpling flour is to add some turmeric into your dough. Then "but why isn't it white" turns into "it's yellow because of the turmeric". Other colors work nicely too, like green for instance. This is especially useful if you're making them with different fillings, you can color code which one is which, and for none of them will it be obvious that the color isn't white because you just couldn't be bothered with that flour.

[greenbowlsoul]

Amazing ...not just the recipe but your sense of humor too. Loved it.

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[PapaGCooking]

Take a bao my friend on a recipe well executed!

[YaddaYaddaPondue-HN]

I actually made these! the first time i followed a youtube recipe...I never had buns before but my GOD! Alot of work, but it was all worth it! Thanks!

[Alibeeee]

There's no such thing as leftover ribs 🤔

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[blvklotus]

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[nishanthigamhewage]

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[AKNOT]

A shaggy dough, that is like a regular dough except it hangs around with Scooby and the Gang.