Description
A healthy steamed bun using no pork, enclosing a filling of heavily stir-fried fresh cabbage, dried shiitake, and glass noodles inside fluffy dough.
Restaurants serving Vegetarian Cabbage Bun
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Recipe
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Cabbage
- Glass noodles
- Dried shiitake
- Yeast
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Knead and proof basic Mantou dough (flour, yeast, sugar, water).
- [Filling] Roughly chop fresh cabbage (Gaolicai), massage with salt, and squeeze out water firmly (crucial to avoid sogginess).
- Prepare dried shiitake (rehydrated/chopped), glass noodles (rehydrated/cut short), chopped chives, and minced firm pressed tofu (Dougan).
- Heat sesame oil in a pan, sauté shiitake for aroma, add glass noodles, tofu, and cabbage, sautéing briefly. Season with salt, white pepper, a little sugar, and shiitake liquid. Cool completely.
- Wrap this crisp veg filling to the limit in the proofed dough, sealing in a leaf shape (or round). Often shaped differently to distinguish from meat buns.
- Steam fluffily in a steamer for 12-
- mins.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
White pepper and Sesame oil
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Store-bought vegetable buns, Japanese cabbage
Pairing
Sweet Soy Milk(Tian Doujiang)
Trivia
[Trend] A basic menu supporting Taiwan's large vegetarian (Su Shi) population. The shiitake umami and glass noodle texture create perfect volume, making it hard to believe there's no meat. Highly popular with women.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Because the cabbage is very sweet, dab plenty of Taiwan's 'sweet chili sauce (Tianla Jiang)' on the crust to enjoy the flavor contrast!
Allergen
Wheat, Soy, Sesame