Bao

Making Chinese steamed buns is easy with my recipe for hoisin eggplant bao! They’re a delicious snack or light meal with a soft and puffy dough and easy homemade hoisin sauce! These Chinese-inspired steamed buns have it all–fluffy dough, tender eggplant, and a mouth watering hoisin sauce. They’re so delicious! Bao are absolutely scrumptious, but …

There’s something extremely satisfying about eating the pillowy soft dough of a steamed bun. Tender and moist in texture, yeasty and slightly sweet in flavor. I think it’s perfect when accompanied by a bold, savory filling (I’ve never been that into sweet versions, like red bean paste steamed buns). A lifelong vegetarian, my life has …