Change up your day with 2 delicious fried bao recipes below. With just a few quick steps, you can have a tempting dish for the whole family to enjoy on full moon days. Get cooking with TasteVN and make this vegetarian dish right away!
1. Fried Vegetarian Bao
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Preparation
45 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Fried Vegetarian Bao Serves 4
Bao flour 1 kg Unsweetened fresh milk 400 ml Cassava 300 gr Onion 1 bulb Oyster mushrooms 5 pieces (large) Dried shiitake mushrooms 25 gr (5 pieces) Vegetarian sausage 200 gr Cooking oil 170 ml Vegetarian seasoning 2 teaspoons Sugar/ground pepper a little
Tools for Implementation
Bowl, spoon, non-stick pan, stove, rolling pin.
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to Choose Fresh Cassava
- Shape: Choose cassava roots that are evenly shaped, with smooth, thin skin and small stems; this will ensure that the “flesh” is sweet, fragrant, and juicy. Avoid roots with rough skin as they tend to be fibrous, dry, and less sweet.
- Color: Good cassava will have green stems and off-white skin.
How to Choose Fresh Oyster Mushrooms
- You should choose mushrooms with thick stems, firm to the touch, and with a chewy texture that is not spongy. The caps should be large, with intact edges and slightly curved.
- Additionally, good oyster mushrooms will have a natural color (white or gray), not too dark or too pale.
- Fresh mushrooms are those that are intact, not bruised or broken, with a natural aroma and no foul smell.
How to Choose Good Dried Shiitake Mushrooms
- Choose mushrooms that are not broken, with bright color and no signs of mold.
- It is advisable to visit reputable stores selling food/dry goods to ensure the quality of the mushrooms.
Where to buy bao dough and vegetarian pork sausage?
- Bao dough is a type of pre-mixed flour that comes with a packet of yeast inside; you just need to mix it according to the instructions. Using bao dough will make it more convenient for you to prepare the dough, and the final product will also meet standards. You can buy bao dough at grocery stores, traditional markets, or supermarkets.
- Vegetarian pork sausage can be purchased at vegetarian food stores and supermarkets. Additionally, you can make vegetarian sausage at home following the guidelines from TasteVN’s article.
How to make Fried Vegetarian Bao
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Kneading the dough for the bao wrapper
First, dissolve the yeast packet included in the bao dough with 400ml of unsweetened fresh milk.
Next, add 300g of bao dough, the yeast mixture, and 10ml (1 tablespoon) of cooking oil into a bowl. Use a spoon to mix the ingredients until they are well combined.
Then, knead the dough by hand for about 10 – 15 minutes until it forms a smooth and non-sticky dough.
Finally, place the dough in a bowl, cover it tightly, and let it rise for 30 minutes until it doubles in size.
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Prepare and stir-fry the vegetarian mushroom filling
Dried shiitake mushrooms should be soaked in water to expand, then cut off the stems, rinse, and dice. Oyster mushrooms should be cleaned, stems removed, and shredded. The cassava root should be cleaned, and the vegetarian sausage diced.
Peel the onion and cut it into thin strips. Heat a pan on the stove, add 10 ml (1 tablespoon) of cooking oil, and when the oil is hot, add the sliced onion and sauté until fragrant.
Next, add the vegetarian sausage, shiitake mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, and cassava to stir-fry with 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, 2 teaspoons of vegetarian seasoning, and a little pepper. Stir-fry the mixture over medium heat until fully cooked and evenly seasoned.
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Rolling the dough and wrapping the dumpling filling
Roughly knead the dumpling dough again, then divide it into several equal parts and roll them into balls.
Next, use a rolling pin to flatten the dough, place the mushroom filling in the center, pinch the edges of the dough tightly, and gently roll it into a ball.
Repeat the above steps until all the remaining dough and filling are used.
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Frying the dumplings
Heat 150ml of cooking oil in a pan, then fry the dumplings in the oil over low heat, remembering to turn the dumplings regularly while frying.
Fry for about 5 – 8 minutes until the outer layer is crispy, golden brown, and the dumplings puff up.
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Finished Product
The fried vegetarian buns have a lightly crispy outer layer, with a soft and chewy interior, combined with the sweet aroma from the milk and a nutty flavor from the flour, served with a light mushroom filling that guarantees you will love it at first taste.
2. Fried Vegetarian Buns (recipe shared by a user)
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Preparation
50 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients for Fried Vegetarian Buns (recipe shared by a user) Serves 4
Flour 260 gr Cornstarch 40 gr Sugar 60 gr Sweet yeast 1 teaspoon Baking powder 7 gr Salt 1 gr Cooking oil 170 ml Milk 150 gr
Cooking Tools
Steamer, spoon, pot, plate, chopsticks.
How to Choose Quality Flour
What is all-purpose flour? Where to buy all-purpose flour?
- All-purpose flour, also known as flour type 11, is made from soft winter wheat and hard spring wheat.
- This type of flour is commonly used in baking recipes. Currently, there are 2 main types of all-purpose flour: bleached and unbleached.
- You can easily find these types of flour at food stores, supermarkets, grocery stores, markets, baking ingredient shops,… Or you can also buy all-purpose flour at the Bách hoá XANH supermarket system and on the website bachhoaxanh.com as well!
Where to buy corn starch?
You can find corn starch at supermarkets, grocery stores, markets, food stores, reputable e-commerce platforms, or at the Bách hoá XANH supermarket system nationwide and on the TasteVN website.
What is baking powder? How is baking powder different from yeast?
- Baking powder, also known as leavening powder, is a leavening agent used in baking recipes. The components of baking powder include baking soda, a certain amount of acid, and a bit of starch.
- Baking powder and yeast are both catalysts for the fermentation process of bread. However, baking powder and yeast differ in their components and mechanisms of action during fermentation, causing the bread to rise.
- Unlike baking powder, yeast is made up of living microorganisms that can secrete substances that speed up the fermentation of the dough.
How to make Fried Vegetarian Buns (recipe shared by users)
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Mixing dough and proofing for the first time
First, you put all the prepared ingredients into the dough kneading machine to mix well.
Then, you place the kneaded dough into a large bowl that has been coated with a layer of cooking oil to prevent sticking, then cover it with food wrap and proof until the dough has doubled in size compared to the original.
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Dough division and steaming
After the dough has risen, press it down to deflate, then divide it into equal small pieces. Continue to let the dough rise until it doubles in size, then place the buns into a steamer to steam.
Pour water into the steamer and place it on the stove. When the water boils, place the bun steamer on top and steam for 5 minutes on high heat. After steaming, the vegetarian buns will be cooked and ready for frying.
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Frying the buns
Heat a deep pan or pot on the stove and add cooking oil. When the oil is hot, add the buns and fry until they are golden brown on both sides.
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Final Product
So the fried bao has been completed. The buns have a crispy outer layer, a golden color, and when you bite into the bun, you will feel the sweet aroma from the milk.
This fried bao is delicious when dipped in milk or eaten with black pepper beef, so tasty that you’ll forget your worries!
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With the 2 detailed and simple recipes above, TasteVN wishes you success in making crispy and soft fried vegetarian bao for the whole family to enjoy!
