Chinese Recipes - Chinese New Year Fish Bun Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 kg baking flour

• 250 gm sugar

• 12 gm salt

• 2 gm dry yeast

• 40 gm skim milk powder

• 150 gm egg, whole

• 460 gm water

• 50 gm margarine

• 50 gm butter

• 1-2 drops pink food coloring

• 300 gm red bean paste

• 1 tbsp chocolate chips

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Method:

1. Sift the flour and add in the sugar, salt, yeast and skim milk powder in a mixing bowl. Add in the eggs and water to mix and continue mixing until the mixture forms a mass of dough. Add the butter and margarine to the dough and continue mixing.

2. When the butter and margarine are well mixed into the dough, add in the food coloring and continue mixing until the color is evenly spread. Let the mixture stand under a damp cloth for 15 minutes.

3. Tear off a lump of dough and flatten it with a rolling pin.

4. Put approximately 30 gm of red bean paste into the flattened dough and seal it. Form the lump into a teardrop shape and place on a baking tray.

5. Flatten the upper edge of the teardrop to form the upper fin. Using a rolling pin, flatten the smaller end of the dough into the rear fin.

6. With a pair of scissors, cut a slit where the mouth is, and make small snips on the body to represent the gills.

7. For completeness, roll up a small piece of dough and flatten it into a triangular shape to form the side fins. Use chocolate chips to represent the eyes.

8. Place the 'fish' buns in an oven and bake for 12 minutes at 200°C.