Sticky Chicken Steamed Buns with a California Prunes BBQ Sauce

Makes: 12-14 bunsPrep Time: 2 hours Cook Time: 25 minutes

INGREDIENTS

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  • For the buns
  • 400g strong white flour
  • 50g wholemeal flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp dried yeast
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 200ml milk
  • 3 chicken breasts
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • For the pickled carrots:
  • 2 large carrots
  • 2 limes
  • For the BBQ sauce:
  • 100ml California Prune juice
  • 30ml soy sauce
  • 6 California Prunes, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp Chinese Five-Spice
  • 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 lime

DIRECTIONS

To make the buns:

  1. Mix the flour, salt, yeast and sugar into a bowl, then add in the oil and milk.
  2. Mix the dough until it comes together into a ball, then transfer to a clean work top and knead for 10 minutes until smooth.
  3. Place the dough back into a bowl and cover with cling film. Leave the dough to prove for 1 hour to double in size

To make the BBQ sauce:

  1. Pour the California prune juice into a sauce pan with the soy, chopped prunes, Chinese Five-Spice and ketchup. Bring the sauce up to the boil and simmer until it reduces by half its volume. To finish the sauce add in the juice of one lime.

To make the picked carrots:

  1. To prepare the carrots simply peel and chop the carrots as finely as possible. Place them in a bowl and squeeze over the lime juice. Using your hands squash the carrots into the lime juice to help break them down a little and help the lime juice penetrate the vegetables. Leave the carrots to one side while you work on the rest of the dish.

Back to the buns:

  1. When the dough has proved and doubled in size scoop it out onto a clean work top.
  2. Dust the dough lightly with plain flour and roll out to 2cm thick. Using a 6cm round cutter cut out as many rounds as possible, you should get approximately 12-14 circles.
  3. Brush half the circles of dough with a little oil and fold over to create a semi-circle. Transfer the dough onto a lined baking tray and leave to prove for 30 minutes to double in size.  Spray plenty of water over the buns and loosely cover with foil making sure the foil does not touch the bread.
  4. Place the buns into a pre-heated oven 180°C for 20 minutes.

To make the sticky BBQ chicken:

  1. While the buns are baking place the chicken into an oven proof dish and pour the prune glaze over the chicken. Bake the chicken for 20 minutes until cooked, sticky and delicious.
  2. When the buns are fully baked but with no colour open the pocket of dough and place some of the sticky chicken into the centre and add the pickled carrot.

AUTHOR

Peter Sidwell

Peter Sidwell

California Prune Board Ambassador Peter Sidwell, is a chef, baker, TV presenter, author, and innovator of all things food related. Peter has been a chef all his working life and over the years has developed a simple, fresh and innovative way of cooking which focuses on the importance of fine ingredients and technical know-how to ensure the best results. Peter has travelled the world cooking, talking and demonstrating his approach and explaining how and why it works so well for all manner of food offerings. Peter works both with chefs, consumers, food producers and retailers to innovate, create process or refine procurement. Working from his new innovation centre in England's beautiful Lake District, Peter and his team create exciting, attractive and mouth-watering new recipes with digital content, showcasing the delicious flavour and versatility of California Prunes.