Well, this is not your particular hot pies, but its.. close you know, about savory hot…. buns. (66% correct, in NBA, that is like.. surpassing Shaq when he was in his prime, pretty accurate in my definition)
Anyways, I this recipe I will provide you how to do the dough, not the filling. You can put anything that is savory in the filling, including meatballs, chicken BBQ, Chinese pork BBQ, Pepperoni, Turkey, Fish, ..etc, just make sure it is cooked and you’ll be fine. Ready?
Savory Hot Buns Recipe
savory hot buns
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of warm water (100 degrees F/40 degrees C)
- 1/2 teaspoon of white sugar
- 1 (.25 ounce) package of active dry yeast
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup butter
- A little bit of oil
Directions:
Get your active dry yeast package ready. Stir 1/2 teaspoon of sugar into the warm water cup till its dissolve, and then sprinkle the entire package on top of the cup. let is stand for 5 mins
Active Dry Yeast...
... will come to this in 5 mins, in the bowl
Beat the eggs, melt the butter, and line them up like this.
Yeast solution: Present! Beaten eggs: Present! Melted Butter: Present!
Mix flour, sugar, and salt. You dont need to sift the mixture, but feel free to do so.
Now we have to mix everything into a large bowl, stir until the dough has pulled together.
Take it out and put it into a lighted flour surface, and then start kneading until its smooth and elastic, probably takes a bout 8 mins.
dough pulled together
Don’t know how to knead? See the video below
All you have to do is use your fist to bring the dough together, over and over and over again for about 8 mins.
After 8 mins….
The dough is sooo smoooth....
Now we get another large bowl. This is will be the bowl for the dough to rise. Lightly oil the bowl, coat the dough with oil.
Lightly oiled in a bowl
We gonna cover the oil with a light cloth, find a warm place (80-95 degree F, 27-35 degreeC) and put it there, now we play a waiting game.. about 1.5 hour, or the dough is doubled in size
Tips: You can turned on the oven and then put the dough inthe cabinet below it, or simply just put it on top of the stove, the heat would help a little bit.
This is the texture you are looking for when we are finished with the waiting game
Now, get your cooked filling ready. Whether its turkey, BBQ pork, pepperoni, meatballs…. etc… its doesnt really matter. I liked meatball so Im gonna use meatball to make this amazing bun.
But 1st, set your baking sheet with parchment paper, or grease it, whatever you want to do. Preheat your oven to 350 degree F – 175 degree C so we dont waste anytime.
Now push down the dough, then take a little bit out, be sure its more than you need.
Place your filling in between the dough, like this
meatball and dough
Now just warp the dough together, and cut off the excessive dough. Yourbun before going to the oven should look like this
meatball inside, dough outside
By the time you made 10 of these, your oven should be reheated. What are you waiting for? We gonna pop them in the oven now.
All ready for the oven
Bake them for 16-18 mins, or the top is golden a little bit.
After the time elasped….
Product coming out
Not as quite golden brown like some people prefer, but this light brown color is good enough.
close up
Wanna see the inside?
tear it open
Wanna see the ones with the meatball inside?
meatball!!!
There you have it guys, Savory hot buns.
PS: you can even make break with it
bread, you see?
slice of the bread
close up slide of bread
Have fun with this recipe. Remember, you can put anything inside it, so long it is cooked. And make a dipping sauce as well if you like.
