PUTO PAO

A newly popular Filipino food made in combination of a sweet puto (steamed flour buns) and siopao (steamed dough with meaty filling). Basically it's just a siopao filling inside a puto with an egg on it inside along with the meat filling called "asado" and topped with cheese. It is a sweet, meaty and delicious special delicacy in the Philippines. You can find this food at few Filipino snack restaurants in the Philippines This recipe is among my neighbors and friends favorite snack. Have a try over this recipe posted below.


Ingredients                                                                                                                                         
Meat filling / Asado :  
           Ground pork or chicken                       1/2 kilogram
           Salt                                                       1/2 tsp
           Ground black pepper                            1/8 tsp
           Garlic ( finely chopped )                      3 cloves
           Onion (chopped finely)                        1 small piece
           Soy Sauce                                             5 Tbsps
           Eggs                                                      3 pcs
           Cooking Oil                                          2 Tbsps
           Water                                                    1/2 of a cup
           Cornstarch                                            2 Tbsps

Steamed flour buns / Puto:
           All - Purpose Flour                               2 and 1/2 cups
           White Sugar                                          1 cup
           Coconut Oil                                          3 Tbsps
           Water                                                    2 and 1/3 cups
           Baking Powder                                     9 tsps

Procedure:

1. Boil the eggs until they are well cooked. On another cooking utensil, heat the oil and set the fire at low heat. Then saute the onion and garlic until the color becomes light brown. Turn the fire to a medium strength and add your meat and salt. Keep stirring the meat for 8 minutes.
2. Now, add the soy sauce and black pepper. On a bowl, mix in the water and cornstarch, until the cornstarch is well dissolved. After a couple 2 minutes add the cornstarch-water mixture. Then turn it off and cool it down after it thickens enough or probably about after 2 to 3 minutes.c
3. On a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients of the steamed buns, then add the rest of the ingredients. Mix it thoroughly using a beater or hand mixer until the batter has no more little round flour particles.
4. Turn the fire on to a medium heat. With water in your steamer, bring it to a a boil. Using a large plastic puto / steamed bun molder, fill it halfway with the batter mixture or just about 2 tablespoon full and steam for about 8-10 minutes.
5. Using a smaller molder, use its bottom to press lightly against the puto or bun, until the bun forms a hole to which you can put the filling. Put a teaspoonful of filling and a little cut or fraction of egg. Then fill it with  batter mixture until nearly full.
6. Steam the buns for about another 8 to 10 minutes. Put a little piece of cheese over the top of the bun and let the cheese melt for about a minute or two.
7. Let it cool and remove the buns from the molder by sliding a pointed tip to use or a pointed stick along the edges of the buns to loosen the them. Finally flip them off the plate and serve.

I hope, you would try this recipe and continue following this website for more of the best delicious foods we have here in Philippines.