Salapao Steamed Buns Made by Thai Street Vendor
See our recipe for steamed buns
ImportFood.com products featured in this video:
Thai Stacked Steamer
Thai pepper powder
Thin soy sauce
mixed flour for steamed bun
Also see our recipe for steamed dumplings
How To Make Steamed Buns Like a Thai Vendor
The version featured in our street vendor video above is made with bamboo, dried shrimp and various Thai spices. The recipe below is how we prepared it, with pork.
Ingredients for the meat filling
1/2 lb ground pork
1/2 tablespoon fresh shallot, finely chopped
1/2 tablespoon garlic, finely chopped
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon Thai pepper powder
1.5 tablespoons thin soy sauce
Mix the ingredients together, cover, place in fridge and let sit for an hour.
Ingredients for the dough
One 16 oz bag mixed flour for steamed bun
1 cup milk
4 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Knead together for 10 minutes, cover and let sit for 15 minutes at room temperature, then thoroughly knead for an additional 5 minutes.
Method
If you have a kitchen scale, weigh the dough into 40 gram (1.4 oz) pieces. Otherwise roll out your dough and section it into 20 pieces. Next, roll a piece of your dough into a circle, trying to make the center thicker than the outer edge. Place a teaspoon portion of the meat mix into your dough, then lift and turn the dough to form the steamed bun (as shown in video).
We also prepared hard boiled eggs and cut them into 8 equal portions, then put a portion (with yolk part down) on top of the meat mix before sealing up the dough.
Place your buns on a square of wax paper then place into a stacked steamer, cook for about 10 minutes and that's all it takes to make these delicious steamed buns -- Enjoy!
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karen
PermalinkEspecially now that street vendors are being banned it is a treat to visit your website.
Mind you, the yeast and baking powder is missing from your list of ingredients. And did you replace the water from the video for milk in the recipe?
Thanks for all the recipes on the site. -
Mike
PermalinkI have been following your site for a long time and usually like the recipes allot, but I must honestly say that this recipe is the worst I have seen. I watch the video and all you say is the flour is mostly wheat flour, does this mean you can use just wheat flour. If not, what proportions of other flour do you use. I went to the mixed flour link and there is no mixed flour for dumplings, just the individual flours. The video says there is yeast and baking powder in the mix, but you make no mention of yeast or baking powder in your recipe. Why didn't you just put the ingredients for the mixed flour in the recipe, it would make life so much easier.
Kind regards
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ImpirtFood
PermalinkDear Mike. Thank for your comment. You have helped us correct a problem with our website. We actually sell a flour to make steamed buns. It’s a special mix. We will get it added back to our site in coming days. You are correct that now our recipe links to our general rice flour page rather than the specific product. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
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Gore
PermalinkMike, these 'special' flours for salapao here in Thailand are generally just wheat flour milled in a specific way to make it finer and lower in protein. The 'special mixed' ones normally just have the additional ingredients (salt, baking power etc) already added in the bag. I recognise the brand being used in the video and I would recommend using Pasty Flour as an alternative it is milled finer than AP and has a similar protein content to Salapao flour (about 8.5%). Hope that helps whilst waiting for ImportFood to restock the Thai brand flour.
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Fred Prager
PermalinkHave to agree with the ingredient issue. You highlight mixed flour but the link goes to your rice and noodle section and no mixed flour is indicated. I suppose you mean to mix various kinds of flour together but fail to indicate types and or measurements. And in some cases, as noted above, your method, and ingredients do not match what is on the video.
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