Chinese Buns, southern style - steamed and fried (馒头)

Steamed buns! There's a few different varieties of Mantou out there, so for this recipe we wanted to show you the classic southern sort. They're a bit more straightforward than some of the other Chinese buns out there, so we figured it'd be a solid place to start. So the Reddit link has a bit of... superfluous content. I also watched to share how this most recent coronavirus lockdown's sort of altered my way of looking at cooking, the Mantou recipe's at the end:   / what_the_coronavirus_forcing_me_in_lockdowns   And of course, if you don't feel like listening to my rambling on the topic and just want the recipe, here it is over on Patreon. Free post and all, no worries:   / 33819241   While we actually we able to nab a bit of our own B-Roll in Guizhou this time, as always the bit showing the Northern mantou is courtesy of Trevor James a.k.a. the Food Ranger. Huge thank you to him for being continuously awesome and always letting us use bits and pieces of their footage. That bit was from their Kaifeng episode, one of their best IMO. Check out their full video here:    • The DEEPEST Street Food Tour of China - RA...   And check out our Patreon if you'd like to support the project!   / chinesecookingdemystified   Outro Music: "Add And" by Broke For Free   / broke-for-free   ABOUT US ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn how to cook real deal, authentic Chinese food! We post recipes every Friday (unless we happen to be travelling) :) We're Steph and Chris - a food-obsessed couple that lives in Shunde, China. Steph is from Guangzhou and loves cooking food from throughout China - you'll usually be watching her behind the wok. Chris is a long-term expat from America that's been living in China and loving it for the last eleven years - you'll be listening to his explanations and recipe details, and doing some cooking at times as well. This channel is all about learning how to cook the same taste that you'd get in China. Our goal for each video is to give you a recipe that would at least get you close to what's made by some of our favorite restaurants here. Because of that, our recipes are no-holds-barred Chinese when it comes to style and ingredients - but feel free to ask for tips about adaptations and sourcing too!