Meat Buns
Meat Buns — Hearty, perfectly seasoned beef wrapped in a fluffy bun? It’s tough to go wrong with bread stuffed with meat, and this recipe allows you to experience these flavors together in perfect harmony.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 45 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 lb beef
- 1 onion (small size)
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp thyme
- Salt (to taste)
- 1 tsp Bouillon powder
- Red chili flakes (to taste)
- 2 carrots
- 2 green onions
- 2 tbsp flour (for slurry)
- 2 tbsp water (for slurry)
- 2½ cups flour (plus 1 to 2 tbsp for kneading)
- 2 Tbsp butter (melted )
- ½ tbsp yeast
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup Milk (warm )
- 3 tbsp Sugar (plus 1 Tsp for proofing the Yeast)
- ½ tsp Salt
Instructions
- 1
While the dough is resting, heat the oil in a pan, add the diced onion, and cook till soft—about 5 minutes.
- 2
Add the beef and break it up.
- 3
Add the thyme, red chili flakes, grated carrots, green onions. Bouillon powder, salt, and pepper to taste.
- 4
Cook till there's little to no more water in the meat
- 5
Add the slurry and leave to simmer for a few more minutes. Remove from heat and leave to cool.
- 6
Dissolve the Yeast and Sugar in the warm milk and leave to proof.
- 7
In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, and sugar, make a well at the center and add the proofed yeast, egg, and butter and mix together until a soft dough is formed.
- 8
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead until it’s smooth and elastic, about 7 minutes by hand.
- 9
Place the dough inside a very large oiled bowl (making sure you smear some oil on the surface of the dough) and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour or till doubled in size.
- 10
Punch down the dough to remove the trapped air and place the dough on a lightly floured work surface.
- 11
Divide the dough into 6 equal parts and mold each of them into a ball.
- 12
Take the dough one at a time and roll them out into a circular disc. Scoop the filling inside the center of the dough and gather the dough at the top. Then, pinch the top a couple of times to securely close the dough.
- 13
Place seam side down on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- 14
Brush with egg wash and bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.