Recipe: Chicken Char Siu Buns

This is an easy, chicken version which you can make at home in under 15 mins. Sandwich the chicken char siu with some lettuce in a fluffy steamed lotus leaf buns (also called Hirata buns). Your guests or fellow diners can even assemble their own buns at the dinner table. My kids definitely enjoyed it.

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐬
250g chicken breast or fillet, thinly sliced
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 tbsp hoisin sauce
1/2 tbsp cornstarch mixed with 1 tbsp water
2-3 lettuce leaves, sliced
10 frozen lotus leaf buns (Hirata buns)

For the marinade
1 tsp Shaoxing wine
1 tsp light soy sauce
1/4 tsp garlic powder
A few dashes of white pepper

1. Marinate chicken for 10 mins.

2. Steam buns over high heat for 10 mins.

3. Heat oil in pan. Add chicken and sauté for 4-5 mins, until cooked through. Add hoisin sauce. Add cornstarch slurry to thicken sauce.

4. Assemble your buns at dinner table, by placing lettuce on buns and topped with chicken char siu.