Siopao Asado

Ate Gie, one of my cousins, and her husband used to make and sell delicious Siopao. May it be Asado or Bola Bola, from the filling, to the dough, to the sauce, their siopao is really tasty and delicious. There were times that I watch them prepare but never imagined I would do the same soon, so I never ask for any of its ingredients. But the moment I craved for it, Internet will always be available to help me :)

This is my version of Mini Siopao Asado

Ingredients
Filling
- 2 lbs pork, chopped
- Garlic, onion
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 4 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 tbsp oyster sauce

Dough
- 2 cups warm water
- 2 ½ tbsp sugar (for the yeast)
- ½ cup sugar (for the flour)
- 2 tsp yeast
- 5 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ¼ tbsp baking powder
- 6 tbsp shortening (alternatively, you can use butter)

Sauce
- 2 cups beef broth
- 2 tbsp cornstarch diluted in 4 tbspwater
- Garlic, onion
- Pepper and salt to taste
- 4 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

What you need
- Mixing Bowl
- Rolling Pin
- Steamer

Procedure
Cook the Filling
- Heat oil, sauté onions and garlic
- Put in the pork until color turns golden brown
- Add soy sauce, oyster, brown sugar then mix well
- Simmer for 15minutes
- Put in the cornstarch (diluted in water) until thick

Make the Dough
- Place warm water in a bowl; add yeast, and sugar and mix, leave the mixture for 10minutes
- In a mixing bowl, combine all purpose flour, baking powder, butter, and the yeast mixture then mix well
- Knead the mixture until the texture becomes fine
- Set aside for at least an hour to let it rise
- Knead and cut into individual slices
- Flatten using a rolling pin
- Put filling on the middle, wrap, and put over 1/8 piece of paper
- Steam for 15 minutes


Cook the sauce
- heat a saucepan and pour in the beef broth, bring to boil
- add onions, garlic, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, ground black pepper, and simmer for 10minutes
- turn off and strain
- heat a clean saucepan and pour in the filtered mixture, bring to boil
- add the cornstarch diluted in water and stir until thick
- turn off heat and cool down

Enjoy!

Makes 30pcs of mini Siopao