Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Gaojie
Today we will be making Chinese beef pies
Pour boiling water into the flour
Mix while pouring
After mixing, add in salt
Then add warm water
After mixing slightly, roll the dough into a ball
The dough is a bit wet so it might stick to your hands
After you've combined it well, you're done
Now put on a lid and let it rest for half an hour
After half an hour, pour some oil onto the dough
The pie made from this flour will be very soft
But once it goes cold it will become hard
If you add some oil now, even if the pie goes cold it will not become hard
Once you can't see anymore oil in the bowl, you're done kneading the dough
Next we will season the ground beef
Add Chinese five spice, Sichuan peppercorn power, and white pepper
And then add two tablespoons of soy sauce
A spoon of salt
And some fresh ginger
When cutting the green onion, first cut a few times along the stem
Chop finely
Then add half a cup of warm water
After mixing it until it's combined, mix in one direction
Next, we will prepare some potatoes
After cutting into slices, boil the potatoes until soft
After around 10 minutes, check if you can break the potatoes apart with a chopstick
Mash the potatoes with a spoon
After letting the potatoes cool for a while, mix it into the ground beef
Putting the beef filling in the fridge and letting it chill will make it easier to work with when making the pies
After resting, the dough is quite soft and stretchy
First, flour your hands a little
Next, grab a small ball of dough
Once refrigerated, the beef filling is quite firm
Now we will coat the filling with some flour while kneading it into a ball
When wrapping the the pies, push the filling down with your thumbs while pushing the dough upwards with the rest of your fingers
After bringing the edges of the dough together to the top push it around until the pie is sealed
And now we're done
Put the pie on the board and flatten it
While flattening it you can see some parts are translucent while other parts are thicker
You'll want to flatten the places where the dough is thickest
After flattening, brush off any excess flour
Pour some oil in the pan and turn the heat on the low setting
The dough is really thin
You can see the juices bubbling inside the pie
After frying each side for around 3-4 minutes you can take it out of the pan
Let's cut one open and take a look
After frying, the dough is thin and crispy
And since I added a lot of potato to the filling
and since the potatoes contain a lot of starch
The starch will absorb a lot of moisture when heated
And this makes the beef filling very soft and savory
Even though it's a lot of beef
the pie wont be dry
This combination works well since beef and potatoes go well together
So the filling really has a unique taste
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