Green Bean Pork Buns (No Pre-Ferment, Beginner-Friendly)
With just one simple rise, I can enjoy fluffy, springy buns filled with juicy pork and fragrant green beans—no complicated dough skills needed. They’re deeply savory, incredibly satisfying, and perfect even if it’s your first time making steamed buns.
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Chinese
Dough
- 500 g all-purpose flour
- 5 g sugar
- 5 g yeast
- 270 ml water
Filling
- 300 g ground pork 70% lean, 30% fat
- 400 g green beans
- 20 g scallions chopped
- 10 g ginger minced
Seasonings
- 1.5 g ground Sichuan pepper
- 3 g mushroom seasoning or chicken bouillon, optional
- 30 ml light soy sauce
- 5 ml dark soy sauce
- 15 ml oyster sauce
- 15 g soybean paste
- 15 g sweet bean paste
- 30 ml cooking oil
Prepare the green bean pork filling
Trim the green beans and cut them into small 0.5cm pieces. Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat, add the ground pork, and stir-fry until the meat changes color and excess fat renders out.
Add Sichuan pepper, mushroom seasoning, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, soybean paste, and sweet bean paste. Stir well until fragrant and glossy. Add the green beans and cook for 3–4 minutes until just tender. Finish with scallions and ginger. Remove from heat and let the filling cool completely.
Divide and roll
No need to let the dough rise yet. Roll it into a log and divide into 12–15 equal portions (about 40–50g each). Roll each piece into a ball, then flatten and roll into a round wrapper about 8–10cm wide, keeping the center thicker and edges thinner.
Fill, shape, and rise
Place about 30g of cooled filling in the center of each wrapper. Pleat and pinch tightly to seal. Arrange the buns in a greased steamer or on parchment, leaving space between each bun.
Let the buns rise at room temperature for 20–30 minutes, until noticeably puffy and springy when gently pressed.