Lop Cheung Bao

Name: Lop Cheung Bao
Yield: Makes 10 buns
Cuisine: Asia, Chinese
Ingredients: ¾ cup, whole milk, warm; 3 tablespoons, sugar; 1 teaspoon, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 2 cups (10 ounces; 283 grams), all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons, cornstarch; 1 teaspoon, baking powder; ⅛ teaspoon, table salt; 10 , lop cheung

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Lop cheung bao (sometimes written as lap cheong bao) is arguably the best pig in a blanket the world has to offer.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Savory Baker

SERVESMakes 10 buns

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1½ hours rising and cooling

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Savory Baker

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

In lop cheung bao, snow-white yeasted dough is twirled around a cured Chinese sausage (lop cheung), and the buns are steamed until the dough turns fluffy and firm. The snap of the rich sausage when you bite into the pillowy, slightly sweet ...

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