Miss Food Fairy

 

As I was writing my ‘Where can I find Asian bao buns in Melbourne?’ all I could think about was my next post – how to make your own bao buns at home. This is something that I am yet to try but as soon as our Grand Prix party is over I will be trying to make them for sure. We’re just loving bao buns at the moment!

Why do I want to make my own bao buns when I can just buy store bought? I suppose it’s the same as when I make my own dumplings wrappers – there’s an enjoyment I get from making them myself. To say that I can actually challenge myself and I know they taste amazing makes me smile. I also like to compare the buns with buying off the rack or making them myself.

The following bao bun recipes are ones that I found inspiring to help me make my own buns. They all look delicious, all have easy to follow recipes, some with photo tutorials (which is fantastic, especially if you’re new to making bao buns, like me!) and all of them use different flours and ingredients. And I love that all of these recipes show you how easy it is to make different sized buns too!

I hope if you take the challenge and make your own bao buns that you send through your recipes so I can add them to my post (just leave your recipes in the comments below). I love to hear how you all found making them and if they were worth making them from scratch or not. Happy bao bun making 🙂

Tash from A Kitchen Cat and her Gua Baos looks a bit yummy!

Jaden from A Steamy Kitchen shows off her delicious Pork Belly buns.

These Pulled pork bao buns look too good to pass up, from Shihiko & Elizabeth at Chopstick Chronicles.

Rosie’s Gua Boas with spicy fried chicken looks moreish! Check it out at Notes of Bacon.

Traditional pork belly buns (gua boas) look amazing, from Jen at A Tiny Urban Kitchen.

Justine from Everyday Gourmet has Peking duck steamed Chinese buns – yumm!

and last but never least . . .

delicious.com.au shows off their Chicken bao steamed buns. I could go some right now 🙂

A BIG thank you goes out to all my new foodie friends for allowing me to use their photos and recipes on bao bun making. You’ve all inspired me to try making my own bao buns at home xx