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Chicken Buns - Dough
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Chicken Buns - Dough

<p>The pillowy foundation of chicken buns — a soft, slightly sweet dough perfected through generations of home baking. This enriched bread,&nbsp;bakes to a golden shine that cradles the spiced filling within.</p>

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Cook
120 min
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Serves
8

Ingredients

Method

  1. 1

    Add dry ingredients (flour, soomph, sugar, smash, milk powder, salt) in Kenwood bowl

  2. 2

    Mix butter with milk and water, microwave to 45-50°C

  3. 3

    Add butter/milk mixture to dry ingredients

  4. 4

    Add egg, then yeast

  5. 5

    Mix on speed 1 until incorporated

  6. 6

    Knead with dough hook on speed 2/3 for 10-15 minutes

  7. 7

    Dough should be smooth, elastic and stretchy

  8. 8

    Grease dough with olive oil

  9. 9

    Place in greased baking pan, cover with dishcloth

  10. 10

    Place in oven at 40°C with container of hot water for 1½-2 hrs

  11. 11

    Flatten dough and rest covered for 10 min before filling

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