Adobo Roll/Buns (Buns with Savory Meat filling)

Adobo Roll/Buns (Buns with Savory Meat filling)

Adobo is a well-known Filipino dish it’s a meat stew in soya sauce, vinegar, bay leaves and peppers. The meat can be chicken or pork or combination of both. Some put potatoes and boiled eggs and some put pigs liver or chicken liver for additional flavor and variations. There are many ways of cooking the adobo. On this bun, I used pork and potatoes as a filling and cooked it the same way as how the normal dish is being cooked except that I need to make the filling thicker. The dough I used here is my favorite sweet bun dough. This roll can be as a snack or breakfast with hot coffee

I remember few years back on one of our trips  to the Philippines my brother-in-law brought us some rolls with meat filling and he said it was Adobo roll and bought from well-known bakery shop in Pasig,City, the Dimasalang where it is just across the road from their place. Adobo roll from this bakeshop is saleable, he was just fortunate when he drop by to the shop they have this roll on the shelf. It was also my first time to try this bun and it was so good and I liked it! So, whenever I got a chance to pass by on that bakery shop I always check on if they have this roll, and there was no luck for me to meet this roll. August last year (2016) during our short trip to Philippines I managed to get a chance to meet this roll again as there still four pieces left, that's all only four pieces.

When, we're back in Singapore I craved for this roll and decided to make one. I searched thru the internet for recipe to follow but there is none I can find. I have no option left but to make my own Adobo roll recipe, by tweaking the normal adobo recipe and I was pleased with my creation it turns out very nice and almost identical to the one from the bakery shop. My son was very happy as well since Abodo is his favorite dish. I am humbled to share this recipe  and below is the simple recipe that you can follow. Hope you will like it. Enjoy baking!

Adobo Roll/Buns (Buns with Savory Meat filling) Recipe

Ingredients:

Adobo Filling

500   g chicken breast or pork lean meat, chopped in small dice

1       medium size onion, minced

6       cloves garlic, minced

1/8    tsp of ground pepper

2       pcs bay leaves

1/3    cup white vinegar

1/2    cup soya sauce

1                tbsp oyster sauce

1                tbsp brown sugar

3       tbsp oil

2       tbsp cornstarch diluted in 1 tbsp water

1       medium potato, minced and fried (optional)

Sweet dough

500   g bread flour, sifted

20     g powdered milk, sifted

75     g caster sugar

6       g salt

8       g instant yeast

1       egg, lightly beaten

270   g water or milk (do not use milk powder if using milk)

60     g butter, softened

Sesame seed toasted (optional)

 

Egg wash

1 egg beaten mixed with 1 tbsp of milk and few drops of oil, sift into small container

 
Procedure: 

For Filling:.

1.      Heat oil in a pan, saute garlic and onion till fragrant then put in the meat saute till the meat change color (brown for pork and white for chicken).

2.      On separate bowl, mix all the rest of the ingredients except the cornstarch slurry.

3.      Pour in the seasoning mixture and the fried potato (if using) to the meat and let it simmer till the meat is cooked. Constantly stir to prevent burning/sticking at the bottom of the pan. Check the sauce if drying up then adds enough amount of water.

4.      Once the meat is cooked, pour the cornstarch slurry mix till the sauce thickens and can be mounded.

5.      Turn off the heat and set the filling aside to cool down.

For Sweet Dough:

6.      Mix sifted flour, castor sugar and salt in electric mixer with dough hook on low speed for one minute

7.      Mix in yeast. Add egg and water or milk. Mix on low speed for another minute.

8.      Mix on medium speed for eight minutes.

9.      Mix in butter. Mix five minutes more on medium speed until soft, smooth and elastic(but not sticky) dough forms.

10.   Remove dough from mixture and shape into a ball.

11.   Divide the dough into 55 g portions. Roll each portion into a ball. Cover the balls of dough and leave to rest for 10 minute

12.   To shape the buns:

13.   Flatten a ball of dough with the palm of your hand or by using a small rolling pin, make sure that the center is thicker than the side. Place a ball of filling in the center of the dough.

14.   Gather the edge and pinch to seal. (Be sure to seal well or the filling will leak out during baking.)

15.   Pat into shape and place on a greased baking tray.

16.   Repeat with remaining portions of dough.

17.   Place each bun about 5.5 cm apart on the baking trays.

18.   Prove for 45 min in a warm place.

19.   Egg washed the buns and put sesame seed on top.

20.   Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C for 20 to 25 min or until buns are lightly brown.