Steamed Meat Dumplings (Buuz)

Delicious and satisfying hot dish with meat, steamed. A national Buryat dish, reminiscent of the method of preparation of Tatar manti or Chinese dumplings. Buuz are prepared in a double boiler. However, unlike the previous ones, they are prepared exclusively from meat (without adding vegetables), chopped or twisted through a meat grinder. In the homeland of this dish, poses (aka buuzas) were originally made from lamb and horse meat. Now in Buryatia, as in other cuisines of the world, any meat is used to prepare this dish. Of course, it will be tastier, juicier and more tender from a mixture of beef and pork.
cook time: 1h 40 min
Ruby Colston
Steamed Meat Dumplings (Buuz)

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

217
Calories
8g
Fat
23g
Carbs
11g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

For dough:

Wheat flour 500 g
Water 1 cup
Chicken eggs 1 pc
Salt 0.5 tsp

For filling:

Water 100 ml
Salt to taste
Beef 250 g
Pork 250 g
Bulb onions 1 pc
Ground black pepper to taste
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a buuz? Prepare the ingredients. Knead the dough. Pour sifted flour into a bowl, beat in a chicken egg, add salt and pour in cold water.

Step 2

Step 2
Knead a dense, elastic and smooth dough. Wrap it in cling film and set it aside.

Step 3

Step 3
Take care of the meat. If you prepare minced meat at home, then the meat needs to be washed, chopped finely with a knife or passed through a meat grinder with a large attachment (the second option is faster and easier, but the first one will turn out tastier).

Step 4

Step 4
Finely chop the onion with a knife.

Step 5

Step 5
Add finely chopped onions, salt and ground black pepper to the minced meat and pour in water. Stir the mixture so that it becomes more homogeneous and saturated with spices.

Step 6

Step 6
Take out the dough and divide it into two parts. You can roll out the dough into a thin layer, and then cut out circles from the dough using a glass. But these ones have thick edges. It’s better to do it in the usual way for us Russians, like dumplings are made. Roll the dough into a sausage and cut it into pieces about 3 cm wide.

Step 7

Step 7
Roll the pieces into even balls. In turn, flatten them with your palm into flat cakes, which you roll over a floured surface into a thin, even circle with thin edges.

Step 8

Step 8
Take this cake in the palm of your left hand. Using a spoon, place the meat in the center of the flatbread and begin to pinch the edges of the dough with the fingers of your right hand, forming folds out of them. Leave a hole in the center to allow steam to escape during cooking.

Step 9

Step 9
Dip the finished buuz bottom into oil and place in a steamer pan. Steam for about 40 minutes. The double boiler can be replaced with a pressure cooker or a multicooker with a double boiler function.

Step 10

Step 10
Serve the finished dish to the table, pouring melted butter to taste and desire, or with sauce and fresh vegetables. Bon appetit!

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