Chicken Bao Recipe / How to make delicious chicken Bao
Today I will share step by step How to make delicious chicken Bao / Chicken Bao Recipe, which originated in Northern China. Chicken Bao is a type of filled bun or bread-like dumpling that originates from Chinese cuisine.
Equipment required
- Mixing Bowl
- Parchment paper
- Momo steamer
- Frying pan
- Spatula
Ingredients
- Yeast-1 tbsp
- Chicken chunks-250 gm
- Sugar-1/2 tbsp
- All-purpose flour-1 cup/120 gm
- Curd-2 tbsp
- Green/mint chutney-2 tbsp
- Tomato/red chutney-2 tbsp
- Chopped green chili-2
- Onion-1 (chopped)
- Ginger-garlic paste-1 tbsp
- Turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp
- Red chili powder-1/2 tbsp
- Cumin-coriander powder-1/2 tbsp
- Oil-2 tbsp
- Coriander leaves (chopped)-2 tbsp
How to make delicious chicken Bao / Chicken Bao Recipe
Add 1 tbsp warm water and sugar in a big mixing bowl
Then add the yeast, mix it, and cover it for 5-6 minutes
Open the cover and see the yeast had been activated
Now add the all-purpose flour
Add curd and mix them gently as it is sticky now
Sprinkle little oil and cover it for 20 minutes
Open the cover and see it became double in size
Sprinkle some flour on a board and transfer the dough to the board and knead well and divide it into three equal parts and make big lemon size balls
Now with the help of your finger make them flat and make a circle of 3-4 inches in diameter
Now fold them gently (as they are very delicate), and put them on the parchment paper.
Take a momo steamer, heat the water in the base and gently put bao in the steamer and cover the lid and allow them to steam for8-10 minutes on medium-low flame
Meanwhile, prepare the chicken; Heat oil in a pan/kadai, then add the chopped onion and fry them for 2-3 minutes
Add chopped green chili, and ginger-garlic paste and sauté them for 2 minutes on high flame
Add turmeric powder, cumin powder, and red chili powder and stir them till the raw smell goes off
Add salt and cook for another 5-6 minutes and then take them out from the oven
Now the bao is cooked; so open the cover and check how soft they are
Now unfold the bao and spread the green and red chutney
Then put the chicken chunks with gravy
Chicken Bao Recipe
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- A kadai or a fry pan
- Spatula
- A Momo maker steamer
- perchment paper
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp yeast
- 250 gm chicken chunks
- 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp curd
- 2 tbsp Green/mint chutney
- 2 tbsp Tomato/red chutney
- 2 green chili (chopped)
- 1 Onion(chopped)
- 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tbsp cumin- coriander powder
- 1/2 tbsp red chili powder
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (chopped)
Instructions
- Add 1 tbsp warm water and sugar in a big mixing bowl
- Then add the yeast, mix it and cover it for 5-6 minutes
- Open the cover and see the yeast had been activated
- Now add the all purpose flour
- Add curd and mix them gently as it is sticky now
- Sprinkle little oil and cover it 20 minutes
- Open the cover and see it became double in size
- Sprinkle some flour in a board and transfer the dough in theboard and knead well and divide it into three equal parts and make big lemonsize balls
- Now with the help of your finger make them flat and make acircle of3-4 inches diameter
- Now fold them gently (as they are very delicate), and putthem in the parchment paper.
- Take a momo steamer, heat the water in the base and gentlyput bao in the steamer and cover the lid and allow them to steam for8-10minutes in medium-low flame
- Meanwhile prepare the chicken; Heat oil in a pan/kadai, thenadd the chopped onion and fry them for 25-3 minutes
- Add chopped green chili, ginger-garlic paste and sauté themfor 2 minutes in high flame
- Add turmeric powder, cumin powder and red chili powder andstir them till the raw smell goes off
- Add salt and cook for another 5-6 minutes and then take themout from the oven
- Now the bao is cooked; so open the cover and check them how soft they are
- Now unfold the bao and spread the green and red chutney
- Then put the chicken chunks with gravy