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SIOPAO

Source of Recipe


Cora






List of Ingredients



• Dough:
  
• 2 cups lukewarm water
  
• 1 tsp. salt
  
• 1 egg
  
• 3 Tbsp. shortening
  
• 2 pkg. yeast
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 1/4 cup evaporated milk
  
• 7 cups flour, 1 cup while kneading
  
• Filling:
  
• chicken or pork
  
• 1 large onion
  
• butter
  
• salt
  
• sugar
  
• soya sauce
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 200. Mix as for bread dough. Let rise in warm oven for 5 minutes, the let dough rise 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Cut off dough into desired size, wrap around desired filling (sweet or savoury) and rise again. Steam about 20 minutes. Makes about 88 siopao.
   
   
2. Filling: Cook meat by boiling it; cool and dice. Sauté onion and chopped meat in butter. Season to taste with salt, sugar, and soya sauce. The siopao may be frozen, then resteamed until heated through.