Pan-Fried Breakfast Bao Recipe (video)

[Saviolo]

A little while ago, we made Chinese steamed pork buns (bao), and we found that the dough was very easy to make. Homemade bao can be super delicious, but also gives you the opportunity to experiment with some other fillings! These breakfast bao buns are sort of inspired by those Chinese bakery egg, ham, and cheese buns, and a pan-fried bao we had at a local Chinese resto that was really tasty. The major difference in cooking method here is that we pan-fry them before steaming. Let them get some good colour on the bottom before you pour in the water to finish steaming them the rest of the way.

We had a small amount of difficulty with the steaming portion because the bao had puffed up so much that the lid no longer fit flush into the skillet! So, our recommendation would be to use a slightly deeper pan than we did. There was just a tiny bit of undercooked dough at the very middle because we just couldn't keep all the steam in there, but they were still super delicious. Of course you can spice these up however you like. A bit of fresh herbs in the eggs, or replace the ham with already-cooked bacon or sausage patties. Replace the American cheese with some real cheese like herbed havarti or something like that.

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