Recipe

Skip Takeout and Make These Steamed Teriyaki Chicken Buns

By Maxwell Faucher at University of Maryland

Traditional steamed Chinese buns (or Baos) are no-doubt delicious, but can be an intimidating meal to take on at home. What I bet you never thought to do is replace the normally handmade dough with a store bought biscuit dough. I know it’s kind of cheating, but it will save you probably three or four hours and you won’t be able to tell the difference.

Teriyaki Chicken Buns

  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 50 minutes
  • Servings: 16 steamed buns
  • Easy
Ingredients
  • 1 lb chicken
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 2 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger
  • 2 tablespoon water mixed with cornstarch
  • 1 bunch chives
  • 1 can biscuit dough

Photo by Max Faucher

Step 1

Cut the chicken into tenderloin sized pieces (or just buy chicken tenderloins like I did) and boil them for 5 minutes until cooked through.

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Step 2

While the chicken is cooking, build the teriyaki sauce. Add the soy sauce, water, vinegar, sugar, garlic, ginger and cornstarch mixture in a sauce pan. Bring it to a simmer and whisk together until the sauce thickens.

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Step 3

Mince the chives and set aside.

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Step 4

Shred the chicken and mix it together with 2/3 of the teriyaki sauce and roughly 3/4 of the chives.

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Step 5

Cut the biscuits in half so that there are 16 small balls of dough. On a floured surface roll out the balls until flat.

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Step 6

Add the chicken mixture and wrap the dough around it, pinching at the top to seal.

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Step 7

Place the buns in either a steamer on top of a regular pot of boiling water.

#SpoonTip: It can help if you spray the steamer basket with cooking spray so that it’s easier to get them out afterwards. 

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Step 8

Steam the buns for about 20 minutes.

Step 9

Serve the buns with the rest of the chives and sauce on the side.

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