Chinese Beef and Chard Buns

Name: Chinese Beef and Chard Buns
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Chinese, Asian
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons dry active yeast; 237 milliliters AP flour; 237 milliliters bread flour; 1 handful cilantro; 1 Tbsp corn meal; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 1 garlic clove; 170 grams ground beef; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 1 small onion; 1 teaspoons pepper; 1 teaspoon powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon rice vinegar; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 Tbsp soy sauce; 1 teaspoon sugar; 237 milliliters Swiss Chard, chopped; 16 servings vegetable oil, for frying; 158 milliliters water, 110 degrees

The recipe Chinese Beef and Chard Buns is ready in about 45 minutes and is definitely an amazing dairy free option for lovers of Chinese food. This recipe serves 16. One serving contains 109 calories, 4g of protein, and 4g of fat. If you have swiss chard, garlic clove, vegetable oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Mix the yeast and warm water, let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.

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Water

Yeast

Sift the flours, sugar, and salt into a large bowl.

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Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Add the yeast-water mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until a sticky dough forms

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Dough

Water

Yeast

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Wooden Spoon

Form the dough into a ball and knead, adding in more water or flour as necessary to form a smooth but tacky dough.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Water

Knead for about 5 minutes until smooth.

Place dough in an oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour. To test the dough for readiness, poke it with your finger, if the dent remains and does not spring back, the dough is ready.

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Dough

In a food processor, chop onion, garlic, chard and cilantro until minced finely.

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Cilantro

Garlic

Swiss Chard

Onion

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Food Processor

In a medium bowl stir together beef, chard mixture, egg, corn meal, soy sauce, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and sugar. Cover and refridgerate until ready to use.

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Lemon Juice