I have eaten my fair share of Hot Pockets. When I was a single gal living alone the most effort I made for dinner was a sandwich, bowl of cereal or hot pocket. At the time, I considered buy shares in Hot Pocket stock because I ate so many, but I was considerably broke at the time.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not above snacking on a pepperoni Hot Pocket once in a blue moon. But, I thought I would take a stab at a more wholesome version of the Hot Pocket and make some steamed buns.
The first time I ever made steamed buns was in culinary school. I was taking an intro to baking, and we were doing breads that week. A few of us had made a batch of Asian braised beef and though we could use it as a filling in some steamed buns. It’s one of the bonuses of being in culinary school, getting to eat your experiments. My class feasted on beef stuffed steamed buns that afternoon.
That is when I first fell in love with steamed bread. It’s extra tender, and you get all bread and no crust. I love crusty bread, but it’s nice to have all squishy bread every once in a while.
So, I though I would change up the steamed bun, make it with whole wheat dough and fill it with chicken. But, I am not a baker. Therefore, I did not trust myself to make up a whole wheat dough. I wanted a dough that was soft and tender, and I found this recipe over at Divine Healthy Food and it looked like a perfect soft bun.
The dough recipe delivered and made a perfect soft steamed bun. They are best warm, but are still tasty room temperature which makes them perfect to pack for big kid and little kid lunches!
Chicken, Ham and Swiss Whole Wheat Steamed Buns
Ingredients
Dough
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 4 teaspoons dry active yeast
- 2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 cup spelt flour
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoon extra light olive oil
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Filling
- 1 tablespoons butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 cup shredded swiss cheese
- 1/2 cup diced ham
- 1 cups shredded chicken
- 1 cups baby spinach
Instructions
Notes
Dough Adapted from Divine Healthy Food
Rebecca {foodie with family} says
Oh mercy, girl. You are speaking my language. I love everything about this!!!
Colleen (Souffle Bombay) says
OMGosh this is fun! Confession…I have never had a steamed bun…however I KNOW that they are for me! Soon!
Renee - Kudos Kitchen says
I love, love, love this recipe. I’ve never made a steamed bun before…but I’m now adding them onto my “recipes I must make” list. Love the filling here too 🙂
Martha @ A Family Feast says
I love this idea of taking a classic ‘sandwich’ and using a steamed bun for the bread! Great idea!
Susan says
Oh I’m with you on the steamed bun love! I can go through my fair share of them and this sounds incredible!
Kim (Feed Me, Seymour) says
OMG. These look out of this world! A grown-up, more sophisticated and delicious hot pocket, to be sure!
Lauren Kelly Nutrition says
HOLY COW!! I need to make this asap!
foodwanderings says
Nice. I never made steamed buns before though I make an Indian sweet version of steamed dumplings. Whole wheat undertaking is impressive.
Paula - bell'alimento says
I can never turn down a steamed bun.
claire @ the realistic nutritionist says
OH MY GOD!!!! How decadnet do these look!
Amy @Very Culinary says
I absolutely love Dim Sum pork steamed buns, so I know I would love these. Do you deliver?