Pau, small, steamed bread
Soft, fluffy Hong Kong-style bread rolls: a long-kneaded dough, filled with your choice of filling, and then steamed for less than ten minutes.
The pain is a small, soft, white bread, filled and then steamed. The dough is made with a special type of flour, yeast, and fat.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time30 min
- Cook time10 min
- Resting25 min
- Total1 hr 5 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodsteam
- Estimated cost$1.58 $0.08 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
Ingredients
people
- $1.32
- $0.15
- $0.11
Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 3 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Place all the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl and mix well. ≈ 10 min
- Pour gradually add the water. ≈ 3 min
- Add the yeast and sugar. ≈ 3 min
- Add the fat and knead until a smooth dough forms. ≈ 10 min
- Form small dough balls and fill them with your desired filling. ≈ 10 min
- Let it rise for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Steam for 8 to 10 minutes.
The bill
Pau, small, steamed bread
- 1 kg of special Pau flour (Hong Kong flour)$1.32
- 18 grams of baking powder$0.15
- 100 grams of sugar$0.11
Total$1.58
that's $0.08 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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