• De-core cabbage and discard/compost the core. Thinly slice the remaining cabbage.
  
• Add butter to sauté pan and melt over medium heat.
• Once butter has melted, add cabbage, salt, pepper, and paprika and stir so cabbage is evenly covered with seasonings and butter.
  
• Sauté for 10 minutes or until cabbage is tender, stirring occasionally (every 2-3 minutes to prevent sticking to pan).
• Serve warm as a side.
  

Review Sealing Methods

• There are many ways you can wrap or seal the steam bun. Search "10 Ways to Wrap Chinese Pork Buns". I prefer the ruffle and pinch which can be found at the video linked in the notes section of this recipe. Not matter what your steam bun looks like, it will taste the same.

Prepare the Dough

• Prepare the Dough. In a large bowl add the dough ingredients of flour, corn starch, salt, sugar, baking powder, and active dry yeast and mix together.
• Heat the cup of milk to lukewarm (~40 seconds in a standard microwave). If you have a I thermometer you should aimed for 105°F (warm enough to activate the yeast but also not hot enough to kill the little guys). Add to the dry ingredients in the bowl and mix until ingredients are combined.
• Dust work surface with flour. Place dough on work surface and knead for roughly 5 minutes. The large lumps in the dough should get smoothed out during this process. Form into ball.
  
• Grease bottom and sides of large bowl with the ⅛ tsp oil (can be olive, canola, etc, this is only to prevent sticking. I wash and dry the previous mixing bowl and reuse for this step). Place dough ball in bowl and cover wish a damp tea towel or sealing bowl cover.
• Let the dough rest until it doubles in size. This take roughly ½ to 1 hour pending your environmental conditions. While the dough is resting - make your filling.

Make the Filling

• If you haven't already prepped, chop or shred your cabbage and the radish, grate your garlic, and dice the green onion . I prefer to use a knife to finely chop my cabbage, a medium sized cheese grater on the radishes, a fine grater for the fresh ginger, and a garlic press for the garlic. This is to prevent getting a massive bite of any in a single bao.
  
• In a medium bowl, combine cabbage, radish, and the ½ tsp salt. Mix and let sit for 5-10 minutes to release water. Drain excess water. I prefer to complete this by drying with a tea towel. Ensure excess water was removed from the bowl.
  
• In the medium bowl combine all remaining filling ingredients. Mix until combined.
  

Assemble the Steam Buns

• Clean your work surface. Dust flour on work surface. When dough has risen, place dough on work surface and divide into equal quarters. You will work with one quarter at a time. Any dough or dumpling you are not actively working should remain under the damp cloth.
• Roll the quarter of the dough into a roughly 6 inch long snake. Using the dough knife, divide the dough snake into 6 equal parts (roughly 1 in each in diameter). You will work with once piece at a time. Place all remaining pieces under the damp cloth.
  
• Work the piece of dough into a ball and flatten. Using your rolling pin, roll until it reached roughly 5 inches in diameter.
• Add 1 tablespoon of pork filling to the center of your dough circle.
  
• Fold the dough around the filling using your preferred method (see step 1). If you are new to this, like me, some will look great. many will look...not great. The important thing is to have fun and that they will ALL taste great!
  
• When you finish one, place it under the damp cloth. Continue until all dough has been used.
• Let all completed buns rest for 10 minutes under the damp towel.

Fry and Steam the Buns

• In a large skillet add the 1 Tbsp canola oil and bring to a medium heat.
• Set aside ¼ cup water. You will need ¼ cup per batch, and this recipe assumes 2 batches.
• Place each bun in the skillet, leaving some room between each. I can easily fit 12 buns in per batch, but this is all pending the size of your skillet.
  
• Let the bottoms fry for roughly 30-45 seconds - it goes fast! You want a bit of brown but not totally cooked.
  
• Add ¼ cup water to the skillet and cover immediately. Let the buns steam for roughly 5-7 minutes. They will puff up and you will notice the water has mostly all evaporated from the pan. Turn off heat and wait until the sizzling of the oil reduces, about a minute. Remove from pan and plate. If you are working a second batch you may need to add a bit more oil to cover the bottom of the pan and repeat the process until all buns are steamed. Serve immediately.
  

Vegetable Prep

• Remove bad layers from your cabbage and discard/compost. De-core and thinly slice cabbage. Set aside.
• Grate the ginger. Peel and mince the garlic (I use a garlic press). Discard/compost the peels. Set aside.
• Remove any bad layers from your green onions and discard/compost. Chop the root ends off of the green onions and discard/compost. Next, chop the green onions separating the whiter, tough ends from the top leafy ends (the tops will be your garish). Set aside.
  
• Thinly slice or grate the carrots. Set aside.

Hot Sauce Drizzle

• In small bowl, combine mayonnaise, sriracha, lemon juice concentrate, and salt. Mix and set aside.

Rice

• In the medium saucepot add the rice, broth, water, cumin, and salt and pepper. Stir and set over medium heat, un-covered.
• Once water/broth begin to boil, turn down to low and cover with lid. While rice is cooking, begin cooking your filling. Rice cooking time will depend on the type of rice you are using, but is generally 10-20 minutes. Most of the liquid should be absorbed and the rice will be tender.

Egg Roll Filling

• Set the large skilled over a medium heat. Add sausage. If using links or patties, I break them up for faster cooking. Cook until sausage has browned and is cooked through.
• Add the bottom (white end) portion of the green onions to the skillet. Stir and cook for 1 minute.
  
• Add garlic. Stir and cook until garlic becomes fragrant ~45 seconds.
• Add cabbage, ginger, soy sauce, cooking sake, sesame oil, and sweet chili sauce. Stir. Cook until cabbage begins to soften. Taste and then add salt and pepper as desired. Finally, add carrots (if you add them too early they will beome mushy because they are so thin). I prefer to remove from the heat when the cabbage has softened but has not completely wilted, so I still get a little crunch with eat bite. Remove from heat when cabbage is cooked as desired.
  

Fried Egg

• Heat skillet over medium heat. Add butter and let melt. Add eggs and cook as desired. I prefer sunny side up.

Assemble Individual Bowls

• Add a layer of rice to the bottom of your bowl. Top with a scoop of egg roll filling, fried egg, and hot sauce drizzle. Garnish with previously set aside green onion tops. Serve warm.