Chinese Pan Fried Beef Mince Pies(中国牛肉馅饼)
AROUND 1 HOUR
ABOUT 6 SERVINGS
RECOMMENDED COOKING TOOLS BELOW


I grew up with the privilege of these *牛肉馅饼* being a common occurrence in my household. I would love to share these crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, golden-brown delights with everyone. The ingredients list might scare you a bit, but PLEASE trust the process, it will turn out so well. Happy cooking!
Ingredients
500g 5% fat beef mince
300g all-purpose flour
1 large egg
Water(170g)
Scallion(1 stalk)
Onion(2 small)
Ginger(a piece about the size of the nail on your thumb)
Cooking Wine(33g)
Salt(1g)
Light Soy Sauce(33g)
Oyster Sauce(15g)
Dark Soy Sauce(33g)
Sesame Oil(33g)
Cooking Oil
Chinese Five Spice Powder(1g)

METHOD:


1. First, pour the flour and water into a mixing bowl and follow your mixer’s instructions to knead the dough until a sticky but not too slimy texture(should be softer than dumpling dough). Cover with a damp cloth and let it rest for 20 minutes.
2. Finely chip the scallions, onions, and ginger. Make sure you only chop the greenest parts of the scallion.




3. In a bowl, throw the scallion, onion, and ginger with the ground beef. The amount of onion should be substantial, as you see in the photo.
4. Add the egg into bowl





5. Add the dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, cooking wine, oyster sauce, and sesame oil. (Not all are shown in the pictures)
6. Add in the chinese five-spice powder and salt.




7. Mix thoroughly by using a spoon and mixing in one direction only. Split into 6 even sections.
8. By now your dough should have proofed nicely. Gently start lifting the dough from the bowl. Sprinkle some flour on if it’s too sticky.




9. Sprinkle some flour on the cutting board. Split the dough ball into six even parts. Start rolling it until it’s flat and circular. Use my hand in the picture to gauge the size. Add one of the six portions of meat into the middle. Watch the video below to see how to fold up the pie.
10. When folding, you want to make sure your thumb stays at around the center, collecting the folds of the dough, this way the ends of the dough meet nicely in the middle.


11. When rolling the wrapped meat, you want the dough to go ever so slightly translucent, where you can ever so slightly see the meat, but not enough so the dough barrier breaks. This way you can achieve a crispy, thin crust when pan frying.
11. Add about a tbsp of oil for each of the pies. Pan fry at medium-high heat until both sides are golden brown and crispy. A common indicator of if the pies are done cooking is if the top layer of the dough skin puffs up.


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TIP!!! Reheated leftovers of these are arguably even better than freshly made. Something about the leftover-ness of them is just…ugh…so good
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