Steamed Buns – Crafts to Crumbs

Ingredients

• 2 ¾ cup cake flour or 2 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
• ¼ cup corn starch
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 Tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tsp active dry yeast (or instant dry – see notes)
• ¾ cup lukewarm water (1/4 of water can be substituted by milk), plus more if needed
• 2 Tablespoons lard or shortening
• 1 ½ cup (185g) char siu /roast pork – cut into thin strips
• 2 scallions, chopped
• 1 Tablespoon oil, for frying
• 1 Tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1 Tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 Tablespoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt (omit or adjust to saltiness level of pork)
• ¼ teaspoon white pepper
• 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/3 cup water