• prep: 30 min
• cook: 15 min
• total: 45 min

servings:

Nikuman, also known as Baozi is a Chinese sweet bun filled with a succulent meat and onion filling.

• 500 gramsall-purpose flour
• 100 gramsgranulated sugar
• 2 teaspoonsactive dry yeast
• 1 1/2 teaspoonsbaking powder
• 2 tablespoonsvegetable oil
• 1 cupwater
• 1 mediumonion (finely diced)
• 5 scallions (white part only, minced)
• 1 tablespoontoasted sesame oil
• 300 gramspork belly (thinly sliced, then roughly chopped)
• 100 gramsground pork
• 3 dried shiitake mushrooms (rehydrated, then chopped)
• 2.5 centimetersfresh ginger (grated, about 1 tablespoon)
• 2 tablespoonsoyster sauce
• 1 tablespoonsoy sauce
• 1 tablespoonsake
• 2 teaspoonsgranulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoonground black pepper
• 2 tablespoonspotato starch (halve is using cornstarch)
• 1 egg white
• 8 piecesparchment paper (cut into 12cm pieces)

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