These burgers are first flavored with a blend of spices, and then you pile on your preferred toppings. We use shredded cheese, relish, diced dill pickles, mustard, ketchup, chili sauce, and any combination of these.
| Prep Time: | 1 hr |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 (16-ounce bag) steamed bun flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound ground beef
- ½ cup diced shiitake mushroom caps
- 1 stalk green onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
- 1 pinch ground black pepper
Instructions
- Mix milk and sugar for dough together in a bowl. Pour bun flour into another bowl and add gradually the milk mixture, stirring with a spatula.
- Form the dough into a ball and knead with your hands for about 20 minutes. Add olive oil and knead for 10 minutes more.
- Transfer dough to a dry bowl, cover with a towel, and let rest for 30 minutes.
- Combine beef, mushrooms, green onions, cornstarch, sugar, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, salt, five-spice powder, and pepper in a bowl with your hands until thoroughly mixed. Form the filling into 12 equally sized meatballs.
- Roll dough on a lightly floured surface and cut into 12 equal pieces. Roll each piece out with a rolling pin to a circle, no more than 5 inches in diameter.
- Cover each meatball with a dough circle, pinching the edges to close.
- Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add beef buns, working in batches as needed, cover, and steam until meat is no longer pink, about 45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 263 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 22 g |
| Cholesterol | 51 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 15 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 507 mg |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |