There is no difference whether you use a square basket or a round basket for steaming buns. It’s just a different style and how much you put them in. But relatively speaking, the round style is more common.

How to make a steamed bun

How to make donkey meat buns

Ingredients: low-gluten flour, 1000 grams of donkey meat, 2 onions, 1 egg, 1 carrot roots, appropriate amount of oil and salt, 2 tablespoons of sesame oil, 2 slices of ginger, 1 tablespoon of cooking wine, 1 teaspoon of pepper, 1 teaspoon of thirteen spices, 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce,

Method:

Kneading noodles: To make steamed dumplings, use hot noodles, prepare boiling water, and add a little salt to the noodles to make them stronger. Then slowly add boiling water while stirring with chopsticks. When the basin is full of large snowflakes, add a little cold water, then knead them into a smooth surface with your hands, and wake up for half an hour. Divide the dough into several portions, then roll the dough into long strips, cut into small portions of even size, and then roll into bun wrappers.

First cut the donkey meat into minced meat. Before cutting the onions, soak the cutting knife in cold water for a while. When you cut it again, you will not cry due to the stimulation of volatile substances. Peel off the skin of the onion, cut the onion into mince, cut the carrot into mince, and cut the ginger into mince.

Put the stuffing in a basin, beat in an egg, stir it in one direction with chopsticks, and add water in portions. Half a bowl of water is enough. Stir the meat stuffing until it becomes thick. This way the filling is tender, fragrant and juicy. Then add salt, white pepper, thirteen spices, cooking wine, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, stir well,

Add cooked oil and sesame oil, stir well, add minced carrots, stir well, and pour into the stuffing The oil must be cooked oil, that is, heat the oil you usually eat, and then use it after the oil cools down, otherwise the filling will easily have an oily smell.

Add the onion and stir evenly. Do not mix the onion too early, as it will pickle out water. Just mix it when making the buns. Put the stuffing inside the wrapper, pinch the two sides of the bun wrapper from the middle, and then pinch both sides again to wrap all the buns.

Add water to the steamer and bring to a boil. Place the dumplings in the basket, turn on high heat and steam for 15 minutes. After the time is up, let the steamed dumplings simmer in the pot for 2-3 minutes. Delicious steaming The package is ready.