Chinese chicken cocktail buns..

 Here goes nothing... 

After a few attempts at making these little delicacies I think it's time that i shared with you all. Firstly, Chinese chicken cocktail buns doesn't contain chicken whatsoever. 

The name came from the 1950's. The bakeries in Hong Kong didn't want to waste the leftovers so they invented a filling to go inside the buns so people would enjoy them more and be able to make use of what was left. Primarily, it came from the English term for a cocktail.. Mixing things together to create something new. Therefore, Chinese chicken cocktail buns is as it is using butter, sugar and coconut for the filling. Source: http://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-hant/雞尾包

These bad boys... Where shall I start? Yummy! It took me in total 6 hours to make a total of 38 buns. Including the time for the dough to proof and to bake in the oven. Thanks to Miss LSC who kindly helped me at the end otherwise it would have taken me longer to complete. Her reward was able to eat a freshly baked bun just out of the oven. At it's best. 

I knew these would be very welcoming hence the 38 but it still wasn't enough to go round for all the those I had in mind. At least I know those who got their hands on one enjoyed them. :) some even said they wanted more. You know who you are. 

For those who are interested in trying their own hand at his this then there is a link to YouTube for the video below and its how I learnt it. Not boasting or anything but all I do now is look at my list of ingredients. The whole procedure has been memorised. It may be worthwhile to check out other videos and recipe but this one worked for me. 

youtube video: http://youtu.be/mL6EfOYM5Y0

Ingredients

Bread dough:

500g strong bread flour

7g yeast 

50g caster sugar

15g milk 

50g margarine

250ml Luke warm water 

Filling: 

150g margarine

60g dry milk powder

60g caster sugar 

40g desiccated coconut

Topping: 

50g margarine

20g caster sugar 

3 tbsp plain flour 

2 tbsp custard powder

Remember to whisk up an egg to spread over the buns and sprinkle with sesame seeds before baking for the 2nd time. All instructions are in the video itself. 

Enjoy!