Longevity Buns (Birthday Bao)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
- Longevity peach, i.e. peach shaped baozi! Symbolizing longevity/immortality, these Baozi are a classic to have at the end of a birthday banquet, and a great chance to show you how to make some homemade red bean paste.
0:00 - Why a peach shaped Baozi?
0:44 - Boiling down Red Beans
1:36 - Rinsing the Bean Paste
2:34 - Frying the Bean Paste
3:15 - Making the Baozi Dough
4:16 - Making the Peach Leaves
4:50 - Baozi Wrapping
6:46 - Proofing and Steaming
7:35 - An alternative to Birthday Cake?
INGREDIENTS - RINSED RED BEAN PASTE (洗沙)
* Red Adzuki Beans (红豆), 250g
* To boil: 1 liter cool water, 1/4 tsp sodium carbonate (碱面) or 1/2 tsp Kan Sui (枧水)
* Neutral oil, 100g
* Granulated Sugar, 50g
* Brown Sugar, 100g
Note: taste your bean paste! If at the end of the cooking process it's not quite sweet enough, add more granulated sugar to taste. We like our bean paste a little less sweet - if you like yours sweeter, I'd guess you might want to add another 25-50g of sugar?
PROCESS - RINSED RED BEAN PASTE (洗沙)
First soak your beans in water overnight (1:05), then cook them for 60 minutes in your alkaline water til they break down (1:13). Rinse the hulls off (1:44 - uncut footage here: • 17.8 minutes of uncut ... ), then add the oil and sugar and fry it down into a paste (2:35).
The following Baozi recipe will use 120g of this paste - you will have extra (doesn't make sense to just make a small batch). It freezes very very well.
INGREDIENTS, PEACH SHAPED BAOZI
Makes six Baozi.
* For the dough: 200g all purpose flour (普通面粉/中筋面粉), 110g water, 10g sugar, 4g lard (猪油) or shortening, 2g (3/4 tsp) active dry yeast (酵母), 1/2 tsp baking powder (泡打粉) (baker's percentages: 55% water, 5% sugar, 2% lard, 1% yeast, 0.5% baking powder)
* Green food coloring, just a touch
* Red food coloring, 1 drop mixed in with 3 tbsp water
* Red bean paste, 120g (20g per Baozi)
PROCESS, PEACH SHAPED BAOZI
First, dissolve the sugar and the yeast in water (3:20). Then, mix the flour in with the baking powder, and slowly drizzle in the sugar water and the yeast water until shaggy (3:32). Knead for ~8 minutes until the dough is smooth - this is very important to the final dough, it might take a bit longer or a bit shorter (3:40). Add the lard and knead for two minutes more (4:00). Remove 12g to make the leaves, transfer to a fridge.
To make the leaves: incorporate the green food coloring, then split into six pieces. Roll into a cigar shape, then press flat and use the bench scraper to make the 'leaf'. (4:17) Place on a plate, covered with plastic wrap.
Remove the dough from the fridge, pass through a pasta maker - folding in half after each pass - seven times total (4:51). Roll it up tightly into a log, then split into six 50 segments (5:04).
Wrap each section into a smooth ball, much like you would if you were making a dinner roll (5:43). Smooth side down, roll it into a little 'saucer', put 20 grams worth of a red bean paste ball in the center, and roll it all up (6:01). To make it look like a peach, pinch a 'tip' at the top, make a crease with a bench scraper, mist it all with the red food coloring via toothbrush, and add the leaves (6:31) Uncut footage of this all is here: • Too fast? 36 Minutes o...
Proof over 35C water for 10-15 minutes, or until the dough can pass the finger test (7:05). If you live in a hot/humid climate you may not need to proof. Steam for eight minutes over a medium-high flame, then shut off the heat and wait another two minutes.
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EDIT: For anyone reading these comments and confused what people are talking about, this was the original thumbnail: i.imgur.com/qI08MDL.jpg :) And for the sake of completeness, this was an alternative thumbnail that Steph whipped up that she also wanted to share: i.imgur.com/69bJgxn.png
Hey guys, a few notes:
1. So, we film outside on our balcony, which can make dough-related stuff a bit challenging in the summertime. Astute observers’ll notice that the baozi that went in the steamer looked *way* nicer than the baozi that Steph was shaping at 6:48. What happened is that during the filming process (cooking anything takes at least double the time when filming haha) the dough overproofed in our 34C/60% humidity balcony, and ultimately had to be scrapped (made a nice fluffy mantou snack, always tasty dipping into some LGM). Not trying to pull a fast one on you guys, the nice looking Baozi that went into the steamer were the ones that Steph made in the uncut baozi wrapping video (what we did inside, in the A/C). You can find it here: th-cam.com/video/lkfWwFIuhJ4/w-d-xo.html
2. If you’re new to baozi making and are thinking of making this, I would actually recommend checking out that uncut video. I know it’s 36 minutes, definitely jump around, because we can get a bit boring (and we’re not mic’d up, so the audio’s garbage)… but Steph shares a number of tips, and I think it can be really valuable to watch the process done in real time.
3. As I promised in the video, a dousha - blended bean paste - recipe is over here: th-cam.com/video/mg1XeWsfHoQ/w-d-xo.html This is from the always excellent Magic Ingredients (Eng Subs). Basically the same idea, though you blend the hulls into the bean paste instead of rinsing them off.
4. Rinsed bean paste is smoother and richer than blended bean paste. You can use a blended red bean paste in these longevity baozi, for sure. It’s mooncakes and such that you’d really want to use a rinsed bean paste.
5. When cooking the beans for the bean paste, we used sodium carbonate. You can also certainly use Kan Sui - i.e. Asian lye water. Just double the quantity. Do not substitute sodium carbonate with baking soda. If it is inconvenient for you to buy sodium carbonate or Kan Sui, you can make sodium carbonate at home by baking baking soda in a 150C over for one hour - can be handy to have around.
6. To use up the shells of the red beans, a simple way is just to mix them in with some cooked white rice - you should be able to chew through them pretty fast that way. For the leftover liquid, it really depends on how much red bean paste you’re making. If you’re making a larger batch than us, you’ll really want to double layer a cheesecloth over a strainer, sift the water through, and catch the bean paste that your strainer+bean set-up didn’t catch the first time. That said, for this quantity you’re probably only looking at ~2 tbsp of bean paste from this second filtering process, so our recommendation would be to turn it into a quick sweet soup. Simply heat it up, and add salt & sugar to taste. If you have any small sticky rice balls (小丸子) handy, you could also toss them in. Some evaporated/condensed milk might be nice too.
Ok, that’s it for now. If we’re a bit less responsive than usual, it’s because we’re headed out the door for a quick trip :) Guangdong’s out of lockdown, so we’re scooching over to Meizhou (Hakka central in Guangdong) and Jieyang. Will be taking off next week, coming back with a video in two weeks time,.
I live in southern US and have heard +/- about adding baking soda to beans to help make more tender. My experience was mixed at best. Interested in your comment about using sodium carbonate, not baking soda. Do you have a reference I could follow on with? Sorry, bit of a geek re old dishes from the South. 🤷♂️
Just figured out how to edit. 🤦🏻♂️
Just curious. Made me wonder whether the old advice was based on adding “lime” which is Ca carbonate.??? Anyway, the difference in base “ability” started me wondering.
BTW…After living in Louisiana, I looked at your wok and thought…. Add some smoked sausage and some seasoning… looks like y’all have made some great red beans just waiting for the rice cooker to “ding”. 😀
Anyway…..Love what y’all do. Thank y’all so much. Enjoy trying some of your recipes. Even more… Learning, and using the techniques and ingredients.
Cleavage bao !!! 😂
Just curious.
@@cowdoc123 I soak them before cooking and generally slow cook.
@@saultopaul3981 Me too. Or boil for 10 min and soak for an hour if I forgot. 😀
Have always heard to add a “pinch” of baking soda to make the beans tender. Just never seemed to make a difference. Now wondering if the idea was “lime” (Ca Carbonate) and morphed into baking soda, which doesn’t work the same way. ????
Ah, yes, a peach. That's what I thought that was.
at 69 like.. don't ruin it
Yep, looks like peach.
Yeeeeeah, tasty peach ;-)
"Peach ... I could eat a peach for hours"
You’re a man of culture
"This bao got me acting quite unwise"
- Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu, the arts of my third leg
@LYE YUE HIN Moe your pfp disrespects the laws of nature.
@LYE YUE HIN Moe just look at it. That has to be breaking a law in a few countries
@LYE YUE HIN Moe Applying the logic of the last comment, it shouldn't be wrong for him to disrespect chinese culture
@LYE YUE HIN Moe then let people make memes.
I just rewatched it, and somehow the first time I missed him spreading the bun to reveal all the brown paste inside. I don't think I've ever laughed that hard before in my life
I found it a bit disturbing, frankly!
that’s what she said (i think)
Spread em
he gave the buns the thwee fwinger bowing ball tweatment
At least the bun got it all out if it’s system.
...yeah, that's what it looks like. A peach. Uh huh.
Yup,definatly what i was thinking, most defiantly wasn't think anything else!Wasn't thinking it was a bu-(Demonetized)
@@TheMusic0nly sure....let's go with that.
looks more like a plumber
Called my son downstairs just to do a genetic test. "You know what bao are right?"
"Those spongy-style buns with minced pork?"
"Yeah..." {shows picture} "...does this make you think of bao?"
He's only 5 years passed it, but we both laughed like 15 year olds.
Of course it is peaches they look like. I mean, what else could it be?
Those are some nice-lookin buns. Firm yet soft.
Sixteen times the detail, huh?
@@KusabiTetsugoro It just works.
😳
for strange reason, i read butt instead of bun
definitely smoother than vanilla skyrim graphics
Oh so that’s why “Peach” is a euphemism for that. I get it now.
Yeeeeeah, tasty peach ;-)
Same with “buns”
Those baozi gonna make me act up
Bouta eat it from the back, know what I'm sayin?
No
You down horrendous bro
My man what... 💀
down bad
they know what they're doing
I always did enjoy watching this channel for the plot.
You're a also a man of culture I see
Ahhh yes the backplot
I like big buns and I cannot lie.
Baos* 😳
Even white boys gotta shout,"Baby got bunz"!
Yes yes buns
Them buns though!
they're so cuuuuute
Sexy too 😏😂
@@qopkornz Sexy? Down bad bro 😭
@@bubaaaaaaaaa I’m female btw 😀
@@qopkornz Even Better 🗿👍
@@qopkornz My god nobody care if ur lesbian aaaaa
I never really got the innuendo use of the peach emoji. After that thumbnail, I can safely say I can...
Great video again!
🍑
“Honestly not all that much work”
I really think Chris and I have different definitions of what constitutes not a lot of work!
But regardless these look incredible, really too beautiful to eat. If someone brought me a steamer full of these on my birthday I’d be ecstatic! And as ever top notch instructions! Thanks!
Haha, compared to something intense like Char Siu Bao or Har Gow, they're not too bad, especially if you've already got bean paste handy :) 60-90 minutes for a batch of six if you were working efficiently?
I mean, obviously I (Chris) wouldn't be able to make them look as pretty as Steph can, but even an oaf like me can make some vaguely peach-like objects ;)
@@ChineseCookingDemystified I might give these a shot to see how long they actually take me - I am not an efficient chef! BTW thank you from the bottom of my heart for your "slobber chicken" recipe. It is probably the most beloved dish in our household. And the fried glutinous rice ball stir fry was also a hit!
@@ChineseCookingDemystified Have you tried adding a little old fermented dough (老面） for better texture of the bun and flavour or is your experience that it doesn't matter much for the final product with your recipe?
As the old saying goes - that's a beautiful bun!
@Lys Lys You need to get out more often.
That's funny, because a peach is a relatively short lived tree.
It's more a mythology thing than natural inspiration. The idea is that you will eat the "transcendent peach" and become immortal, as for whether there is an expiry time for the peach and the tree, I don't think it was mentioned.
@@lymh4850 Don't the 'Immortals' have to constantly eat or drink the peach/peach wine to maintain their immortality? So it's less of a one-off deal and more of a subscription service.
Western viewer would probably be most exposed to the myth through anime, as Japan absorbed a lot of Taoist ideas into Shintoism. I'm surprised that none of the Journey to the West animes have had much to say about it, but Dr Kureha in One Piece attributes her longevity to drinking Umeshu (peach wine), which is probably a nod to that.
@@Vasharan I am pretty sure that it is more like a certified "starter pack" for immortality in the sense that you only need to eat it once. It was also mentioned that the immortals mostly use it for banquets simply because of the taste and how long it takes for the trees to fruit. It is not the only way to immortality either...
@@lymh4850 Ah, Chapters 1-6 of Journey to the West, aka "How the Monkey King became immortal 5 times over."
Like BBLs and silicone booty cheeks, the peach doesn’t last as long.
I like big baos and I cannot lie
Peach: My eyes are up here!
Where?
Too shy to look in your eyes.
Food and cultures are hand in hand all the time. Let's keep the tradition of having peach buns 🍑 on birthdays! Thanks for showing us the recipe and showing the world the meaningful symbol behind it. ❤️
The baos look perfect.
Ngl, I thought TH-cam recommend me weird shit again with that thumbnail until I realized it is a cooking channel.
“How to bake an asscake”
Take away the leaves ...
I think it's the lovely pink fading over jade-smooth milky white surface. The green leaves serve as stop and point of reference, much like the extra fat at hip height in greek statues.
I like how everyone's thinking about the exact same thing
There was a restaurant in my town that used to offer Peach buns and a variety of steamed buns on the menu. The Peach buns were my favorite. I use to make my husband take me to that restaurant every year for my birthday or our Anniversary. I didn't even know they were a traditional birthday treat , I just knew they were pleasing to the eye and the stomach. Since they have closed down I have been craving peach buns or steamed buns in general. So happy I found this how to. Thanks I will be subscribing
These peaches are about to make me act up.
We always got this at the end of big family Chinese banquets… my mom and I would call them “butt buns”
Those were good times
The smoothness and roundness of this peach boutta make me act up
I’ve seen stickers of this and never understood what they are
I was like *“why is there a picture of a bottom saying ‘happy birthday’?!!!!”*
Now, I will never look at the peach same way :-D
The thumbnail was... evocative, to say the least.
Flawless execution, as always.
They look absolutely beautiful. You're very good at this!
"I'd eat that" took on more meanings than one in the comments section
I've been curious about these for a while now! Thanks also for showing how to make the homemade red bean paste!!! Now I know how to make it for mooncakes this autumn! Yay!
This couple should be given an award for introducing Chinese culinary culture to the world. Such great work!
because they are the only channel worldwide talking about chinese culinary? lmao
Toothbrush and strainer is a great hack for those of us that dont own a foodsafe airbrush lol. Thanks Chris and Steph!
These are still popular in Melbourne! Although this is only really the case when we go out for birthday dinners for my grandparents (as we know they know the chef, as their yumcha regulars). Gone from the menu but definitely not forgotten!
I love that your thermometer is sad about how humid and hot it is outside.
I’ve watched this three times because the thumbnail makes me giggle.
I made these for my family’s lunar new year get together. They came out great and got lots of compliments on them! Ended up making 5 batches total.
The recipe was spot on and straight-forward. The most tedious part was the red bean paste, but it tasted fantastic and I definitely have some left over for future baos. Kept having to add more red for the pink to show up, but perfect baos!
that's great to hear! Glad you and your family enjoyed it. For the food coloring, I guess it probably have to do with different brands and concentration.
Pro tip for those watching: "Adzuki Beans" and "Moong Beans" are the same thing, and in the US at least are often significantly cheaper under the name Moong Beans (I assume because any remotely Japanese associated food product in the US is steeply marked up, with the obvious exception of instant noodles). Shop around at Indian and Thai grocery stores. You'll see it under both names.
my friend's birthday is coming up, and i am absolutely going to make these for her! thank you!
This is quality content, so clear and concise
Well this is a hell of a thing to find staring at me right as i open my subscriptions
I feel like lard is also a common fat for frying the dousha - love the video!
Ah yes, symbolising "longevity"... Of course 🍑👀
Wonderful! And that miniature Schnauzer, so sweet, reminds my of my girl Daisy from when I was a kid. Thank you so much.
I've only seen 2 of these vids but enjoying them immensely. Though a lot of work, very simple to understand steps.
PS, I love Steph's "Internalized Capitalism Looks Like..." shirt
“Something something peaches. Something something THE UNIVERSE!!”
- Master Oogway
This was timed perfectly!
Browsing your video is like reading a good book! I have benefited a lot! You are our teacher! Thank you for your hard work! We love you! We look forward to your next works! Your channel is great! We have learned a lot from you! thank you for your sharing! Good luck every day!
Tempted to make this with plum inside 👀 , will definitely try the original as well. Lucky I have an upcoming birthday next month, so a perfect place to serve it 😂
Came for the buns, stayed for the buns
Thank you for sharing this recipe..
those are absolutely adorable
Damn these are beautiful
Low key think one of my fav parts of Chinese culture is the love of peaches.
Gotta love a nice pair of buns. Firm, soft, and tasty.
Those are super beautiful!!
That baozi is looking thicc
THICC
Let's be real you all clicked for the wrong reasons.
Mmhmm
No I am just subscribed, and I like to eat these buns quite often.
But I know what that reason is...
Looks delicious. Next time I visit my asian grocery store I keep my eye open for some of those red Beans to make my own paste.
These look beautiful! I may try making this if I can muster the will!
Ooooh love this
In my mind: Oh cool, a red bean paste bun. They're doing a vegetarian recipe.
"Now we add lard"
You can swap the lard for shortening there :)
Use margarine - Chinese stores use it anyway
@@PianoDummy perfectly legitimate. There’s no need for animal products aside from tradition
@@PianoDummy You have a strange definition of ‘for the sake of complaining’
@@PianoDummy You're fragile as hell if the original comment reads like criticism to you
Incredible production quality, thumbnail and obviously food. You deserve more followers
Perfect bao! So lovely
Yes. Peach. Let's go with that...
lotus paste is the best filling for this!
such cute bao
Nice. You make it look easy
I’m beyond sad these aren’t filled with peaches! 🍑
You can switch the filling with peach jam and tell us the result.
My family fries the red bean paste in lard. It's much more delicious!
Super made looks super delicious from great 🤤👍
Love Steph's shirt!
Got to love Schnauzer Tax !
Doggy got a treat!
The red bean paste doesn't stand a chance against my hunger, I just eat it all before making it into buns lol, it's delicious if you put it on some chocolate ice cream as well!
What a timely post, just had my birthday today
Incredible.
Sexiest set of buns if I've seen one!
I’m bouta act up 🥵
The red bean paste looks pretty easy to make! :D
that is just beautiful!
That tee saying “internalized capitalism looks like” has me extremely hype for whatever follows.
USA GENERAL STRIKE OCTOBER 15!
@@paddyotterness www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/mqwofb/internalized_capitalism_looks_like/
wtf that thumbnail
Tiddies!
cheeks
@@emmdirt1376 those too!
So far this is the best chinese cooking channel ever, you are great chefs! Also, I like the ideas of others why not try to make a series content about the best romantic traditional dishes served for your chinese partner during the 1st time of relationship, valentines, marriage, birthday of your partner, or engagement party.I want the dish also to have a symbolism or try to make a series too by making special dishes for a great start friendship with a chinese.
When he spread the peach and reveals a brown stuff is Comity gold
Ah yes, birthday buttcake. x D
Seriously though, lovely. Those look like little works of art.
Those are not bao. Those are 3D representations of fan art of someone who REALLY likes Poison Ivy from DC comics.
YESSS! That is... totally a peach that I was thinking of
Very cool technique
If that isn't clickbait, I don't know what is.
Wow a cuestionable thumbnail i must say
Looks delicious.
That looks bomb af!😍
if you look like this DM me
SOYBEAN being traditional? Excuse me! Lard is the traditional and only choice.
That's what we thought too! But after a bit of research, we found that soybean oil was actually the most common. Could definitely be a regional thing too.
LARD!!! LARD FOR LIFE!!!
Beautiful
Wow wow wow amazing!!!