THIS™ ISN’T CHICKEN NUGGET BAO BUNS

Ingredients

Tried, tested and fully obsessed. The sweet, fluffy Bao Bun and the crunchy Vegan Nuggets are a delicious match. You can defo add more or less chilli depending on your tolerance.

How to cook THIS™ dish

1. Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix to combine. Add the warm milk and mix with your hands to bring the dough together. Flour a clean surface and knead for 8-10 mins until the dough becomes smooth and springy. 
2. Rub the dough in 1 tbsp of sesame oil and leave in a clean bowl covering with a tea towel for an hour. 
3. When the dough has doubled in size, flour a clean surface and knead for a minute or two. 
4. Roll the dough into a sausage and cut it into 8-10 equal parts. Roll into a ball with your hands, then using a rolling pin roll into oval shapes. With the remaining sesame oil, rub over one side of the dough and fold in half. Leave them on a chopping board and cover with a tea towel for another 30 mins.
5. Whilst these are proofing cook the THIS™ Isn’t Chicken Nuggets to packet instructions. 
6. Fill a wok with 2 cups of water and line a bamboo steamer with baking paper, if you don’t have a bamboo steamer you can use a pan and a sieve or colander. Bring the water in the wok/pan to a boil and place the bamboo steamer/ sieve on top making sure the bottom of the steamer doesn’t touch the water. 
7. Fit as many buns as you can in at one time without the buns touching. Steam for 7-9 mins until they have expanded and are fluffy. Repeat until all the buns are steamed.
8. Fill each bun with all the fresh veggies the THIS™ Isn’t Chicken Nuggets and some sriracha mayo.

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