Garlic Butter Luncheon Meat Bun

For those of you, who stay in Singapore, luncheon meat buns are a popular stuffed bread that does not need much introduction. I topped the bun with fragrant garlic butter and added superfine wholegrain flour to the dough to make a healthier version. A low-sodium luncheon meat also helped to make this bun less sinful 😜

Video 📹

Yield: 10 small buns

Raw dough weight: 563g

Pan size: 

Baking temperature:  Preheat oven to 200℃, middle rack, bake at 180℃ for 12 minutes, lower to 170℃ for 6 minutes, turn off oven and continue to bake for 2 minutes.

Dough Ingredients

210g bread flour

30g superfine wholegrain flour/plain flour

40g raw sugar

2g instant dry yeast

50g natural yeast/sourdough, 100% hydration*

30g yudane dough^

10g condensed milk

125g low-fat milk, cold 

15g beaten egg 

30g cold water, to be added depending on dough condition

3g low sodium salt

20g unsalted butter, softened

Filling

1 can low-sodium luncheon meat, 340g

Trim off sides, and cut into 10 strips 

Glazing

Beaten egg + whipping cream 

Toppings

10g salted butter 

5g chopped garlic 

Pinch of low-sodium salt

4g golden syrup

Some green scallions 

* 50g natural yeast can be replaced by 25g each of bread flour and water + 1/8 tsp instant dry yeast. Let the mixture stand for about 1 hour or more till it doubles in volume, before use. You can also keep the mixture in the fridge overnight and thaw it for 1 hour before use.

^ 30g yudane dough is prepared by combining 16g of bread flour with 16g of very hot or boiling water into a sticky dough. Wrap the yudane dough in cling wrap, and cool down before use. Use a silicone spatula to scrape out the sticky yudane dough from the cling wrap.

Directions:

1. Knead the dough following your preferred method. 

For my method, you can refer to my recipe Yudane Milk Bread. After kneading the dough to window pane stage, 

2. After kneading the milk tea dough to window pane, shape the milk tea dough into a ball, and keep in a plastic bag coated with a little cooking oil. Keep the dough in the fridge overnight.

3. In the next day, remove the outer plastic bag, and let the dough thaw at room temperature for about 90 to 100 minutes. 

4. Divide the dough into 10 portions, shape into balls and let them rest for about 15 minutes.

5. Roll flat a dough, fold the two wings towards the middle, roll flat again to get an even thickness. Place a luncheon meat stick at one end, and roll up the dough.

6. Arrange the shaped dough over a non-stick baking pan. Spray some mist over, and let the shaped dough proof in a cold oven for about 30 to 40 minutes.

7. While waiting for the shaped dough to proof, prepare the garlic butter and get ready in a piping bag.

30 minutes later 👇

7. Remove the proofed dough from the oven. And start to preheat the oven to 200℃ for about 10 minutes. 

Brush some glaze over the entire face of the shaped dough. Cut a slit along the middle of the dough, and pipe garlic butter into the grooves.

8. Preheat oven to 200℃, middle rack, bake at 180℃ for 12 minutes, lower to 170℃ for 6 minutes, turn off oven and continue to bake for 2 minutes.

Serve the yummy buns warm 😋