Char Siu Bao

Make great-tasting plant-based BBQ pork buns just like a dim sum restaurant using my char siu sauce and mushrooms! Char siu bao is a dim sum classic from southern China that became quite popular in Beijing back when I was in college in the early ’90s. The original version is usually too sweet for my taste, so I balanced my char siu sauce with more aromatics and less sugar. For the filling, there are a few approaches that work well. I used mushrooms as the main ingredient because they are ea