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Bao & Bread

20 recipes and 1 cooking guide. Make steamed bao, mantou, scallion pancakes, stuffed flatbreads, crepes, and other Chinese breads with dough and shaping guidance.

Chinese steamed, pan-cooked, and stuffed bread family platterBao & BreadAn introduction to Chinese breadRound deep-golden baked lamb bao topped with white sesame, with one cut open to show diced lamb, softened onion, and carrot inside a fine yeast-bread crumbBao & BreadBaked Bao Bun with Lamb Filling (羊肉烤包子)Folded bao buns in a bamboo steamerBao & BreadBao Buns, A Foolproof RecipeFreshly steamed Cantonese char siu bao in a bamboo basket, with snow-white crack-open tops and one bun torn open to show airy crumb and glossy diced barbecue pork fillingBao & BreadChar Siu Bao (BBQ Pork Buns, 叉烧包)Deep-golden airy Chinese youtiao with a crisp two-lobed shellBao & BreadChinese Doughnut Sticks (Youtiao, 油条)Steamed scallion flower rolls with pale fluffy layers and green scallion spiralsBao & BreadChinese flower rolls with scallions (Hua Juan, 花卷)Golden Chinese meat pies with juicy pork-and-scallion fillingBao & BreadChinese Meat Pies (Xian Bing/馅饼)Dry-pan rou jia mo filled with juicy chopped pork belly, cilantro, and chiliBao & BreadChinese pork burger (Rou Jia Mo 肉夹馍)Crisp golden guo kui flatbreads with flaky layers and one cut open to reveal juicy beef and scallion fillingBao & BreadCrispy Stuffed Flatbread (Guo Kui/锅盔)Stack of thin golden egg and scallion crepesBao & BreadEgg and Scallion Crepe (Ji Dan Bing, 鸡蛋饼)Fluffy gua bao filled with glossy braised pork belly, pickled greens, cilantro and crushed peanutsBao & BreadGua Bao (pork belly buns, 刈包)Folded Jian Bing crepe with egg and crisp wonton crackersBao & BreadJian Bing, Chinese Crepes (煎饼)Six smooth plain round Chinese mantou steamed buns in a bamboo steamer, with one bun torn open to show its soft, fine, unfilled crumbBao & BreadMantou (馒头), Chinese steamed bunsThin soft Peking duck spring pancakes stacked beside julienned cucumber and scallionBao & BreadPeking Duck Pancakes (Chun Bing, 春饼)Soft white steamed red bean buns in a bamboo basket, with one bun opened to show its smooth deep-red adzuki bean fillingBao & BreadRed Bean Buns (Dou Sha Bao, 豆沙包)Round oven-baked scallion bread with a deeply golden sesame crust and visible spiral layersBao & BreadScallion bread, oven-baked Cong You Bing(烤葱油饼)Thick golden pan-fried leavened scallion flatbread cut to reveal fluffy spiral layers with scallions and sesame seedsBao & BreadScallion flatbread, leavened version (葱油发面饼)Four golden-brown Chinese scallion pancakes with visible spiral layers on a ceramic plate, with one torn open to reveal the flaky scallion-filled centerBao & BreadScallion pancakes (Cong You Bing, 葱油饼)Golden triangular shrimp toast with an embedded sesame crust, crisp bread and a springy shrimp fillingBao & BreadShrimp Toast (蝦多士), Pan-fried or Air-friedRound white pleated steamed pork buns in a bamboo basket with one cut open to show pork, carrot, onion and cilantro fillingBao & BreadSteamed bao buns (baozi, 包子), a complete guideSmooth white steamed custard buns in a bamboo basket with one cut open to show the creamy yellow fillingBao & BreadSteamed Custard Buns (Nai Wong Bao, 奶黄包)
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