Honey Soy Glazed Chicken Steamed Buns

Ohh how I love steamed buns! I literally crave them and haven’t been able to find really good ones around the city yet! This recipe has been a long time in the making. The chicken is seared and then cooked in honey, soy, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, and a little brown sugar making it thick sticky and so delicious sliced up and onto a warm steamed bun that is so chewy and fluffy topped with a a couple pickled vegetables and spicy honey mayo! They are great if you have leftover to freeze really well too!!

Steamed Buns

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp. granulated sugar
• ½ cup warm milk
• 1/3 cup warm water
• 1 package or 2 tsp. dry active yeast
• About 2 ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp. salt

Directions

In a large bowl combine the sugar, milk, water and yeast and let it sit for about 5-10 minutes until it gets foamy and bubbly. Then add in the flour and salt. Mix it all together until a dough starts to form. Dump it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until a smooth dough forms. Place it back in the bowl and cover with a towel and let it sit in a warm area for about an hour until doubled in size.

Once it’s doubles cut into 8 wedges and roll into balls. Working with one at a time, use a rolling pin to roll into little circles about a 1/4 inch thick. Grab some wooden skewers and cut them in half and place a skewer in the middle of the dough circle and fold it over. Then place them on a sheet pan and continue with the rest. Once they are all rolled out. Place them in a bamboo steamer and cook for about 12-15 minutes until they are puffed up and slightly shiny. Remove the skewer and then fill with the chicken.

Honey Soy Glazed Chicken

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. neutral oil
• 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken
• 4-5 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
• 1 inch ginger, peeled and minced
• 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 3 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
• 1/3 cup honey
• 2 tbsp. brown sugar
• 1 tsp. seasame oil
• salt and black pepper

Directions

Lay the chicken out and season both sides with salt and pepper. In a large skillet or saute pan, over medium heat with oil, sear the chicken on both sides for about 5 minutes or so on both sides. While the chicken is cooking combine the garlic, ginger, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, honey, brown sugar, sesame oil in a small bowl and whisk together. Pour over the chicken let it cook down until the sauce gets thicker about 5 minutes, remove the chicken and slice it up and return back to the pan until its done cooking. Then fill into the buns, and top with the pickled vegetables and spicy honey mayo! Enjoy!!

Spicy Honey Mayo

• 1/2 cup mayo
• 3 tbsp. honey
• 2 tbsp. sambal chili paste

Mix all together and drizzle over the top.

Quick Pickle Vegetables

• 1 cup rice wine vinegar
• 3 tbsp. sugar
• sliced cucumber
• shredded carrots

Mix the vinegar and sugar together and then add the vegetables, and let sit for about 5-10 minutes.