Stuffed Chicken Buns also known as baked chicken buns. Pizza dough filled with spicy chicken filling and cheese which is baked till golden and crispy. Enjoy this with a cup of juice or hot tea for a perfect evening snack.
Stuffed Chicken Buns Recipe
Chicken stuffed buns or stuffed chicken buns is so soft and fluffy. The interior is so spongy and it taste so yum with the chicken filling. In our near by bakery they sell this for few bucks and we pick it often.
So far I have tried so many buns and baked goodies recipe including Turkish Chicken Pide, I have never tried chicken buns. So here I am with the perfect recipe for baked chicken buns.
About Stuffed Chicken Buns Recipe
Chicken buns are fluffy and soft buns stuffed with a spicy yet tangy chicken filling which is so flavourful. I made a simple chicken filling with onions, tomatoes, spices, chicken and ketchup.
I have tasted this in a bakery near by and this is my favourite. The pillowy soft buns are filled with a chicken filling . This is perfect to put in your kids lunch box or it will make a great after school snack. The dough and filling can be made a day in advance and stored in fridge.
I used my homemade pizza dough as the base and it was so soft, light and fluffy. You can even add some colourful bell peppers to make it super colourful.
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Ingredients
- Pizza Dough - I used my basic pizza dough for the buns. Recipe is provided below.
- Onions - chop onions finely so it sauted really well and mixes into the filling.
- Ginger and Garlic - ginger garlic paste always enhances the taste of the chicken.
- Tomatoes - finely chopped tomatoes adds tangy taste to the filling.
- Ketchup - a small amount of ketchup adds saucy and umami taste to the filling. When mixed with cheese, almost gives pizza taste.
- Spices - I used chilli powder, cumin powder and garam masala powder. You can add any herbs you like.
- Chicken - I used boneless chicken thigh which is chopped into small pieces. You can use breast. Make sure to chop them finely.
- Cheese - mozzarella cheese is stuffed into the bun which gives the cheese pull effect.
- Eggs - eggs is used as egg wash.
Step by Step Pictures
Make dough
1)Take luke warm water in a bowl or jug. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar and yeast into the warm water and mix it once. Now set this aside for 5 minutes for it to get foamy.
2)Now you can see the yeast has activated. It should looks so foamy.
3)Now in a large mixing bowl. Take plain flour. Add in salt to taste and mix it really well so the salt is evenly mixed into the flour.
4)Now pour in the foamy yeast water and use a fork to mix the flour into the yeast mixture.
5)The dough should come together like this.
6)Now add in olive oil into the dough and knead it until combined.
7)Apply olive oil on top of the dough and mix once.
8)Cover the dough with plastic wrap and set aside for 1 to 1.5 hours till the dough is doubled in size.
9)Keep the bowl in a warm place. I usually place it inside my oven, with just oven light on.
10)Look the dough has go doubled in volume now.
11)You can punch out the air from this and use in your recipe.
Make Chicken Filling
12)Heat oil in a pan. Add in chopped onions, tomatoes, ginger garlic paste. Saute this for 3 to 5 minutes until onions and tomatoes soften.
13)You can add some salt so it cooks faster.
15)Now add in spice powders into the onion tomato masala.
16)Saute them until it turns into a masala.
17)Now add in chopped boneless chicken and mix well. Saute for 8 to 10 minutes until the chicken is slightly cooked.
18)Add in tomato ketchup and some water and let the chicken cook until it is completely done.
19)Let the chicken gets completely cooked and the mixture should get thick and slight dry because we are going to stuff the buns with this filling. Allow this to cool completely.
Stuffing Buns
20)Now take a small portion of the dough. Flatten it slightly on the work surface, so we can stuff it.
21)Spoon in the cooled chicken filling. Be generous with the filling.
22)Sprinkle some grated cheese on top.
23)Now bring the edges together and seal the buns.
24)Seal it completely so no filling leak from it.
Baking Stuffed Chicken Buns
25)Place the buns on a greased baking tray. Repeat with remaining buns. Allow this to rise for 30 to 45 minutes until it gets puffy.
26)Mix egg with some water until combined. Brush this egg wash on top of the buns.
27)Place this into a preheated oven and bake til golden brown.
28)Remove from oven and brush top with some melted butter.
29)Serve.
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Stuffed Chicken Buns Recipe (Baked Chicken Buns)
Equipment
Ingredients
For Dough
- 3 cups All Purpose Flour (Plain Flour
- 1 tablespoon Dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon Sugar
- 1¼ cup Warm Water
- 2 teaspoon Salt
- 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
For Chicken Filling
- 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 large Onion peeled and chopped finely
- 2 tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
- 2 large Tomato chopped finely
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
- 2 teaspoon Cumin Powder
- 2 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
- 500 grams Boneless Chicken chopped finely
- ¼ cup Tomato Ketchup
- ¼ cup Water
For Stuffing
- 2¼ cups Mozzarella Cheese grated
For Egg Wash
- 2 large Eggs
- 4 tablespoon Water
Instructions
- Start by making the dough. Mix yeast, sugar with warm water and set it aside for 5 min or till it foam up.
- Take flour in a bowl and mix salt with it. Add the yeast water with the flour mixture and make a soft dough. Add olive oil and knead it once to incorporate oil into the dough.
- Now apply 1 teaspoon of oil all over the dough generously and cover it. Cover it with a damp cloth and Set this aside in a warm place till it doubles in size( for about 1 hour).
- When it doubles, knock out the air and knead once. Now it is ready to use.
- While the dough is rising, make the filling. Heat oil in a pan, add onion, ginger garlic paste and tomatoes and saute till tomatoes soften.
- Add in salt, chilli powder, garam masala powder, cumin powder and mix well.
- Add in chopped chicken and mix well. Stir fry in the masala and let it cook covered for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Add in ketchup and water and cook till the mixture dries up and the chicken is completely cooked. Once the filling is ready, set aside so it cools completely.
- Now lets shape the dough and stuff it. Divide the dough into 9 equal portions. take one portion of dough and flatten it slightly. spoon ½ cup of chicken filling and top with ¼ cup of cheese. Bring the edges together and seal the edges.
- Place it in a greased baking pan sealed side down. Repeat with the remaining dough. Leave space between each buns as it rises when baked.
- Once all the buns are shaped, cover and let it sit for 30 mins to 45 minutes until it gets puffy.
- In the last 15 mins of proofing, preheat the oven to 200 degree C(400 degree F).
- Whisk eggs with some water for egg wash. Brush the buns with beaten egg and bake for 18 to 25 minutes until the buns get golden in colour.
- Remove from oven and let it rest for 10 minutes before serving and serve warm.
Jessey
can we make this without cheese?