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street food nikuman recipe

Nikuman

Yuka
Nikuman is a perfect snack for cold winter days. It is loved by all generations in Japan and you can buy this at any convenience store for a very affordable price!
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Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Chinese, Japanese
Servings 4 bans

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Ban

  • 150 g cake flour
  • 2/3 teaspoon dry yeast
  • 2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 70 ml warm water 120-130°F (48～54℃)
  • 1/2 Tablespoon sesame oil

Filling

  • 80 g ground pork
  • 2 scallion (green onion)
  • 3 shiitake mushroom

Filling seasonings

  • 1 knob ginger about 1 teaspoon of grated ginger.
  • 2/3 Tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon torigara soup base
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1/2 Tablespoon sake
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon potato starch or Katakuriko

Instructions
 

Ban

  • In a medium bowl, add cake flour, dry yeast, sugar, salt, and warm water. Mix everything until the surface is smooth.
  • Add sesame oil and mix everything until the surface is smooth again.
  • Cover with a cling wrap then on top of that, put wet towel. Ferment until it gets double in size. About 30-50 minutes depending on your room temperature and seasons.

Filling

  • Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms in enough water to cover the shiitake mushrooms for 10-15 minutes.
    After the shiitake mushrooms are back to normal size, cut into small pieces.
  • Cut the green onion into small pieces.
  • In a medium bowl, add ground pork, cut shiitake, and green onion.
  • Grate the ginger and add into the bowl.
    Add soy sauce, torigara soup base, salt, black pepper, sesame oil, sake, and katakuriko.
  • Mix everything until the mixture is sticky.

Let's make Nikuman

  • Prepare a cutting board by covering it with a thin layer of flour in order to prevent the dough from sticking.
  • Then, take the fermented dough from the bowl and put onto the cutting board.
  • Roll while removing gas then cut into 4 pieces. Each piece should be 40-45g.
  • Make each piece round and cover with a wet towel to avoid dryness.
  • Use rolling pin and make each rolled dough into a thin round wrapper. The diameter should be 5 inches(12.7 cm) big.
  • Put the filling in the center of the dough.
  • Pick up two sides of the dough and pinch together. Then pick up another two sides and pinch together again. Then use two fingers, index finger and thumb, to roll tight to seal. Do all the same way.
  • Add parchment paper in the steamer and add the Nikumans on top of that. Ferment for 15 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, boil water in a pan or pot that is the same size as the steamer. (I use a pan)
  • After boiling the water, put steamer on top of the pan(or pot), and turn the heat to medium. Cook for 12-14 minutes.

Let's eat!

  • This is really great for a snack! It is easier to make than you think. All you need to buy is a steamer :)
Keyword bread, pork
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