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Ingredients
Dough
- 250 g water
- 1 ½ tsp dried instant yeast
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 230 g baker's flour
- 200 g plain flour
- 50 g white sugar
- 1 tsp salt
Filling
- 5 spring onions/shallots, trimmed and cut into pieces
- 500 g pork mince
- ½ tsp ground white pepper
- 1 tsp white sugar
- ¼ tsp Chinese five spice powder (see Tips)
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
Assembly
- oil, for greasing
- plain flour, for dusting
- 700 g water
- Nutrition
- per 1 piece
- Calories
- 595.6 kJ / 141.8 kcal
- Protein
- 6.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- 16.4 g
- Fat
- 5.5 g
- Saturated Fat
- 1.3 g
- Fibre
- 0.9 g
- Sodium
- 275.2 mg
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