Black Pepper Chicken Bun

Projek minum petang this week. This time around, I only provide the recipe for the soft butter bun (which was taken from Cari Forum Recipe) and 'supervise' the bread making session (Chewah, mcm dah Pro je nk supervise org. hihi). Kak Supi did the filling (recipe from one of Asmahlaili recipe book, courtesy of Mak Long S'pore :) ) as well as the bun, from measuring ingredients to kneading sebab die nk cuba buat roti. dan di atas itulah hasilnya. Cantik kan?

One good thing about baking your own bread is you know what you put inside and are sure there's no additional preservatives. No bromate too! No bread softener or improver, which i found most bakery are using.

The recipe's portion is suitable for us, 12 biji bun yang mana separuh darinya hilang within 10mins. The bun is soft even until the next day. Boleh simpan the recipe, for next experiment with sardine fillings pulak. Here's the recipe utk siapa2 yg ingin mencuba. :)

p/s: the bun is even good on its own (mcm iklan gardenia plak)

Soft Butter Bun
250g high protein flour/bread flour (i used pau flour)
50g superfine flour
50g castor sugar
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 tbsp milk powder
1 1/2 tsp instant yeast
1 small egg
30g butter, room temperature
140ml lukewarm water

For Glazing:
1 egg lightly beaten
Melted butter
Sesame seed (optional)

Method:
1. Combine all ingredients except butter and knead till a dough is formed.
2. Add butter, and continue kneading until the dough is smooth, soft and elastic. (Note: the dought might appear a little bit sticky, so you may add some flour, but not too much. Alternatively, you could coat your hands with some olive oil)
3. Leave the dough, and cover with a towel, for about 2 hours until it has double in size.
4. Punch the dough (to let the air out) and knead lightly. Divide into small even sizes (About 50g per pieces, less for smaller buns).
5. Add the fillings, and place buns in greased and floured baking tray. Leava it to rest until it double in size.
6. Meanwhile, preheat the oven at 200dg C.
7. Brush buns with egg wash, and sprinkled some sesame seed. Bake for 15 minutes or until brown.
8. remove from oven and brush with melted butter (for shiny and yummy effect ;) ).
9. Cool buns in tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
10.Cover with a towel, for a soft crust bun.

For Filling:
150g chicken breast, diced
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 onion, diced
1/3 cup diced carrot
1/2 cup diced button mushroom
Abt 1 tspn black pepper, or more.
Olive oil for saute
Abt 1 tbspn black pepper sauce, or more
Some water
Salt to taste.

Method:
1. Heat the olive oil, and brown the garlic and onion.
2. Add in black pepper sauce, carrot, chicken breast and mushroom.
3. Season with black pepper, salt and sugar.
4. Let the fillings cool