Siopao

Siopao

Ingredients:

Sweet Roll
3/4 cup sugar 2 1/2 cups hot water, not boiling
2 pkg yeast 3/4 cup margarine
1 cup dry milk 2 tsp salt
8 - 8 1/2 cups flour
Filling
2 lbs of chicken, thinly sliced 2 cloves of garlic
1 onion, sliced 3 hard boiled eggs, sliced

How to Prepare:

In a large bowl, add sugar and hot water; stir until sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle yeast over the water; stir in the margarine, dry milk, salt, and enough flour to make a very soft dough. IMPORTANT: Beat vigorously for a few minutes. Add in the rest of the flour, using only enough flour to make a soft dough, soft enough to handle. Cover and let rise until double in bulk. Shape into rolls and place on a greased pan. Let rise again, until double in size. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake until golden brown and done.

For whole wheat rolls, use the above recipe except use whole wheat flour for half the amount of flour called for and 1/2 cup honey instead of 3/4 cup sugar.

Filling Cook chicken chunks in garlic and onions. Cut hard boiled eggs in four. Get a piece of dough (made from Grandma Splinter's butter roll recipe below) twice the size of an egg. Pat is into a round and place filling in the middle. Gather all the edges and place on a square of waxed paper. Let stay for 15 minutes and then cook. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes or steam.