Laotongguan Roujiamo

Laotongguan Roujiamo

Overview

There are many kinds of meat buns in Shaanxi, including Baiji cake meat buns with cured sauce, Huimin Street cured beef buns, Qishan saozi buns, etc. Today I will talk about another type of Shaanxi's unique meat buns - Laotongguan meat buns.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Prepare the pork. Soak the pork in cold water for more than 2 hours. It is best to change the water several times in the middle to soak out the blood in the meat.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 1
  2. Prepare the onion and ginger, cut the ginger and onion into sections, and slice the ginger

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 2
  3. Prepare the ingredients package, including 2 bay leaves, 2 star anise, 1 segment of cinnamon, 15 peppercorns, 2 tangerine peels, 1 grass fruit, and 4 cloves.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 3
  4. Cut the pork into large pieces and put it into the pot. Pour in enough water to cover the meat. Boil the water to remove the foam and cook for about 3 minutes. Remove the meat and discard the water.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 4
  5. Pour water into the pot again and add the blanched pork, bring to a boil over high heat, add the seasoning packet, add a small bowl of old soup, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 2 hours.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 5
  6. The cooked meat is super fragrant and soft.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 6
  7. After the stewed meat has cooled down, chop it into minced meat with a knife. Do not mince it too much

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 7
  8. Collect the oil from the meat while it cooks and set aside.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 8
  9. Prepare flour. Put the flour into a basin, add dry yeast and edible alkali, pour in water and stir with chopsticks to form a snowflake-like dough; knead it into a smooth dough with your hands, cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it ferment in a warm place. Don't let it rise completely, just a little bit.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 9
  10. Knead the risen dough evenly and divide into equal-sized balls. Take one part and roll it into a long ball first, flatten it slightly with the palm of your hand and then use a rolling pin to roll it into a long strip.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 10
  11. Spread the collected meat cooking oil evenly on the dough sheet.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 11
  12. Roll up the oiled dough sheet from the top.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 12
  13. Roll the dough sheet to leave 50 cm at the end, and cut the dough sheet into thin strips with your fingers.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 13
  14. Roll up the last thinly sliced dough sheet.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 14
  15. Use the edge of your hand to divide the rolled dough into equal portions. (Be sure to cut with your hands, not with a knife)

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 15
  16. Then place the divided portion upright on the chopping board, flatten it with your hands and use a rolling pin to roll it into a small round cake.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 16
  17. Heat a frying pan with a little oil, put the rolled round cake into the pan over low heat and brown one side, then flip over and sear over low heat until the cake is done.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 17
  18. Use a knife to cut the buns in the middle without cutting.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 18
  19. Put the cut meat into the pancake, and the fragrant meat sandwich is ready.

    Laotongguan Roujiamo step 19