Hello Kitty Steamed Chicken Bun

Hello! I'm back again to update with a recipe. Been missing in action a little due to the school holidays, I've not been making food art this week, whatever postings you see me sharing on Instagram were actually done earlier. I might make something tomorrow, IT's friends are coming over for a playdate, so I'll have time to do my own stuff. :)


Remember my Baymax steamed pork buns? This time I made Hello Kitty steamed buns filled with chicken. The taste of the chicken filling is very similar to the chicken steamed buns sold outside, I omit the eggs in mine, simply because I was lazy to boil the eggs beforehand. If you want to add it in, simply boil the eggs, and cut into quarters and add to the buns when wrapping.


I should have made Hello Kitty's bow bigger. :(


There, here's one with a bigger bow. I think it looks better. It's the only one though. This was made on another day, I was  making another design for my bento project and just made one Hello Kitty with the leftover dough, lol.


You can also use the pork fillings I shared previously too, click HERE for the link.

HELLO KITTY STEAMED CHICKEN BUNS 

Ingredients:
300g Morinaga pancake mix
1 1/2 tbsp salad oil
90 to 100ml water
1 tsp cocoa powder
pink gel colouring
yellow gel colouring

Fillings:
250g boneless chicken thigh, cut to strips
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp cooking wine
1 tbsp ginger juice
pinch of salt
1 tbsp cornflour
1 stalk spring onion, chopped

Method:

1. Combine fillings ingredients together. Mix well using your hands. Best to leave to marinade overnight.

2. To make the dough, sieve pancake mix.

3. Add in salad oil.

4. Add in water gradually, use your hands to keep mixing till the dough comes together.

5. Scoop out 2 tbsp of dough and mix in some pink gel food colouring using a toothpick. Keep kneading till the colours are even. Scoop out 1 tbsp of dough and mix in some yellow gel food colouring using a toothpick. Keep kneading till the colours are even. Scoop out 1 tbsp of dough and mix in cocoa powder. Keep kneading till the colours are even.

6. Dust work surface with some flour, use your hands to knead for around 5 minutes, till the dough becomes soft and smooth.

7. Divide dough into 6 parts and roll each into a ball. Use a rolling pin to flatten each ball. 

8. Place filllings from step 1 in the middle of the dough, wrap it up and pleat the edges to seal. 

9. Turn it over and shape into an oval shape. Repeat for the other 5 balls. Use scissors to cut out the ears.

10. Take yellow dough and mould out a small oval for the nose. Take out some brown dough and mould out two ovals for the eyes.

11. Take out some brown dough and roll it out and cut into sections for the whiskers.

12. Take some pink dough and mould into 2 triangular shapes. Using a knife, make indentations to define the bow.

13. Place the two triangular shapes onto the bun and mould out a round shape for the centre.

14. Place the buns on wax paper and steam them on low heat for around 15 minutes.

Note: If you can’t get hold of Morinage pancake mix. You can also use 270g plain flour and 1.5tsp baking powder to 140ml water. You need to add in 3 tbsp of sugar and a pinch of salt as well. Cover the dough after step 7 and leave it for half an hour before you start rolling out.