Chinese BBQ Pork Buns (Baked Char Siu Bao Recipe) by: Sarah 578 Comments Jump to Recipe Posted:12/05/2020Updated:12/05/2020 Baked char siu bao (also sometimes spelled cha siu bao), or Chinese BBQ Pork Buns, consist of soft milk bread and a savory filling of Chinese BBQ Pork.They’re a favorite among kids and adults alike, and also happen to be one Chinese bakery bun that we really prefer homemade! Note: This recipe was originally published in February 2014.We have since re-tested and re-photographed it.

This new and improved version also contains more detailed instructions, a video showing how to assemble the buns, and an FAQ section.Enjoy! A Childhood Favorite Treat Ah, childhood.When choices were easy (Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network?) and you saw the entire world from two feet lower to the ground.

When your biggest concerns were in the vein of running home fast enough from school to catch the ice cream truck.My particular version of childhood involved a lot of sinking Titanic reenactments in my friend Reema’s above-ground pool (we were very melodramatic children), reading at recess, strong lobbying for a family puppy acquisition, the collected cinematic works of John Hughes, and my see-through purple Gameboy Color.It also involved Saturday morning car rides into Manhattan and Flushing Chinatowns, when we would visit my grandparents or cousins, grab dim sum, and inevitably stop by a Chinese bakery for some warm bread.

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