Chinese Steam Bun (花捲)

Posted by Jeno on August 23, 2010

This is a special posting, little girl and I had the privilage to learn how to make 花捲 from my parents today, I don’t have the specific recipe of the dough yet, will post as soon as my Mom sends it to me. The following are the pictorial steps of how they were made.

s_bun1 — Step 1: Kneed the dough

s_bun2 — Step 2: Roll it out flat, into a rectangular shape

s_bun3 — Step 3: Apply olive oil

s_bun4 — Step 4: Fold the sheet to distribute oil, then sprinkle salt

s_bun5 — Step 5: Sprinkle green onion all over

s_bun6 — Step 6: This is how the sheet should look before rolling

s_bun7 — Step 7: Roll the sheet up (from the wider side)

s_bun8 — Step 8: This is how the it looks from side ways

s_bun9 — Step 10: Cut the rolls to about 1.5 inches wide

s_bun11 — Step 11: Press in the middle with chopstick to make a fold

s_bun12 — Step 12: Let them rest for 20 minutes

s_bun13 — Step 13: Off to the steamer they go, for 12-15 mins

s_bun14 — Step 14: Ready to serve!

2 Comments Add yours

Rice Palette says:

September 2, 2010 at 12:55 am

Looks very delicious.. I like how you provided all the photos each step of the way for us noobs 🙂

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1. Jeno says:
  
  September 2, 2010 at 2:59 am
  
  Thank you Rice Palette! It was real fun learning from my Mom…
  
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