Manapua, Hawaii's equivalent to Chinese pork buns (char siu bao), is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Growing up on the mainland, my family was far away from our extended family in Hawaii, so the taste of iconic local-style dishes always transported us back to our home on the islands. Over the years, my mom cracked the code to making absolutely killer baked manapua easily, thanks to a secret ingredient & a semi-homemade approach. Pre-made dinner roll dough from the freezer section yields perfectly soft & puffy buns without the fuss involved with mixing & kneading homemade bread dough. Simply thaw them out, stuff them with a savory-spiced-sweet char siu pork filling, & bake until beautifully golden. Easy! While this baked manapua recipe is easy, there is a fair amount of time involved in thawing & proofing the bread dough. It's mostly inactive, but you can also take a number of different make-ahead manapua approaches to help streamline day-of prep. See the Recipe Notes, below, for more details. Nothing beats freshly baked manapua from a bakery in Hawaii, of course, but I think my family's at-home manapua recipe is just about the next best thing. We hope you enjoy! ♡
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Manapua, Hawaii's equivalent to Chinese pork buns (char siu bao), is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Growing up on the mainland, my family was far away from our extended family in Hawaii, so the taste of iconic local-style dishes always transported us back to our home on the islands. Over the years, my mom cracked the code to making absolutely killer baked manapua easily, thanks to a secret ingredient & a semi-homemade approach. Pre-made dinner roll dough from the freezer section yields perfectly soft & puffy buns without the fuss involved with mixing & kneading homemade bread dough. Simply thaw them out, stuff them with a savory-spiced-sweet char siu pork filling, & bake until beautifully golden. Easy! While this baked manapua recipe is easy, there is a fair amount of time involved in thawing & proofing the bread dough. It's mostly inactive, but you can also take a number of different make-ahead manapua approaches to help streamline day-of prep. See the Recipe Notes, below, for more details. Nothing beats freshly baked manapua from a bakery in Hawaii, of course, but I think my family's at-home manapua recipe is just about the next best thing. We hope you enjoy! ♡
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This manapua recipe is a local favorite of Hawaii. Steamed or baked manapua filled with the savory and sweet classic char siu.
Baked Manapua Time 15 minutes Serves 12 Ingredients Bun dough: 1 package dry yeast 3 tablespoons lukewarm water 2 cups w...
Manapua, Hawaii's equivalent to Chinese pork buns (char siu bao), is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Growing up on the mainland, my family was far away from our extended family in Hawaii, so the taste of iconic local-style dishes always transported us back to our home on the islands. Over the years, my mom cracked the code to making absolutely killer baked manapua easily, thanks to a secret ingredient & a semi-homemade approach. Pre-made dinner roll dough from the freezer section yields perfectly soft & puffy buns without the fuss involved with mixing & kneading homemade bread dough. Simply thaw them out, stuff them with a savory-spiced-sweet char siu pork filling, & bake until beautifully golden. Easy! While this baked manapua recipe is easy, there is a fair amount of time involved in thawing & proofing the bread dough. It's mostly inactive, but you can also take a number of different make-ahead manapua approaches to help streamline day-of prep. See the Recipe Notes, below, for more details. Nothing beats freshly baked manapua from a bakery in Hawaii, of course, but I think my family's at-home manapua recipe is just about the next best thing. We hope you enjoy! ♡
Big, fluffy, and stuffed with everything from sweet-savory char siu to kalua pork and Okinawan sweet potato, the manapua is Hawaii's answer to Chinese baos. Baked manapua offerings at Royal Kitchen (Oahu) Meet the manapua! Baked char siu bao from Chun Wah Kam (Oahu) What Is Manapua? Short answer: Hawaii's version of a char siu...Read More
Manapua is this great little bread bun with Char Su meat stuffed inside typically found in China Town or at every 7-11 in Hawaii! Although usually this is filled with pork, we used hamburger because that’s what we had on hand. It was just as good! Also, usually these are steamed so they turn out […]
Manapua, Hawaii's equivalent to Chinese pork buns (char siu bao), is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Growing up on the mainland, my family was far away from our extended family in Hawaii, so the taste of iconic local-style dishes always transported us back to our home on the islands. Over the years, my mom cracked the code to making absolutely killer baked manapua easily, thanks to a secret ingredient & a semi-homemade approach. Pre-made dinner roll dough from the freezer section yields perfectly soft & puffy buns without the fuss involved with mixing & kneading homemade bread dough. Simply thaw them out, stuff them with a savory-spiced-sweet char siu pork filling, & bake until beautifully golden. Easy! While this baked manapua recipe is easy, there is a fair amount of time involved in thawing & proofing the bread dough. It's mostly inactive, but you can also take a number of different make-ahead manapua approaches to help streamline day-of prep. See the Recipe Notes, below, for more details. Nothing beats freshly baked manapua from a bakery in Hawaii, of course, but I think my family's at-home manapua recipe is just about the next best thing. We hope you enjoy! ♡
Manapua, Hawaii's equivalent to Chinese pork buns (char siu bao), is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Growing up on the mainland, my family was far away from our extended family in Hawaii, so the taste of iconic local-style dishes always transported us back to our home on the islands. Over the years, my mom cracked the code to making absolutely killer baked manapua easily, thanks to a secret ingredient & a semi-homemade approach. Pre-made dinner roll dough from the freezer section yields perfectly soft & puffy buns without the fuss involved with mixing & kneading homemade bread dough. Simply thaw them out, stuff them with a savory-spiced-sweet char siu pork filling, & bake until beautifully golden. Easy! While this baked manapua recipe is easy, there is a fair amount of time involved in thawing & proofing the bread dough. It's mostly inactive, but you can also take a number of different make-ahead manapua approaches to help streamline day-of prep. See the Recipe Notes, below, for more details. Nothing beats freshly baked manapua from a bakery in Hawaii, of course, but I think my family's at-home manapua recipe is just about the next best thing. We hope you enjoy! ♡
Manapua, Hawaii's equivalent to Chinese pork buns (char siu bao), is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Growing up on the mainland, my family was far away from our extended family in Hawaii, so the taste of iconic local-style dishes always transported us back to our home on the islands. Over the years, my mom cracked the code to making absolutely killer baked manapua easily, thanks to a secret ingredient & a semi-homemade approach. Pre-made dinner roll dough from the freezer section yields perfectly soft & puffy buns without the fuss involved with mixing & kneading homemade bread dough. Simply thaw them out, stuff them with a savory-spiced-sweet char siu pork filling, & bake until beautifully golden. Easy! While this baked manapua recipe is easy, there is a fair amount of time involved in thawing & proofing the bread dough. It's mostly inactive, but you can also take a number of different make-ahead manapua approaches to help streamline day-of prep. See the Recipe Notes, below, for more details. Nothing beats freshly baked manapua from a bakery in Hawaii, of course, but I think my family's at-home manapua recipe is just about the next best thing. We hope you enjoy! ♡
Manapua, Hawaii's equivalent to Chinese pork buns (char siu bao), is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Growing up on the mainland, my family was far away from our extended family in Hawaii, so the taste of iconic local-style dishes always transported us back to our home on the islands. Over the years, my mom cracked the code to making absolutely killer baked manapua easily, thanks to a secret ingredient & a semi-homemade approach. Pre-made dinner roll dough from the freezer section yields perfectly soft & puffy buns without the fuss involved with mixing & kneading homemade bread dough. Simply thaw them out, stuff them with a savory-spiced-sweet char siu pork filling, & bake until beautifully golden. Easy! While this baked manapua recipe is easy, there is a fair amount of time involved in thawing & proofing the bread dough. It's mostly inactive, but you can also take a number of different make-ahead manapua approaches to help streamline day-of prep. See the Recipe Notes, below, for more details. Nothing beats freshly baked manapua from a bakery in Hawaii, of course, but I think my family's at-home manapua recipe is just about the next best thing. We hope you enjoy! ♡
Manapua, Hawaii's equivalent to Chinese pork buns (char siu bao), is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Growing up on the mainland, my family was far away from our extended family in Hawaii, so the taste of iconic local-style dishes always transported us back to our home on the islands. Over the years, my mom cracked the code to making absolutely killer baked manapua easily, thanks to a secret ingredient & a semi-homemade approach. Pre-made dinner roll dough from the freezer section yields perfectly soft & puffy buns without the fuss involved with mixing & kneading homemade bread dough. Simply thaw them out, stuff them with a savory-spiced-sweet char siu pork filling, & bake until beautifully golden. Easy! While this baked manapua recipe is easy, there is a fair amount of time involved in thawing & proofing the bread dough. It's mostly inactive, but you can also take a number of different make-ahead manapua approaches to help streamline day-of prep. See the Recipe Notes, below, for more details. Nothing beats freshly baked manapua from a bakery in Hawaii, of course, but I think my family's at-home manapua recipe is just about the next best thing. We hope you enjoy! ♡
Manapua, Hawaii's equivalent to Chinese pork buns (char siu bao), is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Growing up on the mainland, my family was far away from our extended family in Hawaii, so the taste of iconic local-style dishes always transported us back to our home on the islands. Over the years, my mom cracked the code to making absolutely killer baked manapua easily, thanks to a secret ingredient & a semi-homemade approach. Pre-made dinner roll dough from the freezer section yields perfectly soft & puffy buns without the fuss involved with mixing & kneading homemade bread dough. Simply thaw them out, stuff them with a savory-spiced-sweet char siu pork filling, & bake until beautifully golden. Easy! While this baked manapua recipe is easy, there is a fair amount of time involved in thawing & proofing the bread dough. It's mostly inactive, but you can also take a number of different make-ahead manapua approaches to help streamline day-of prep. See the Recipe Notes, below, for more details. Nothing beats freshly baked manapua from a bakery in Hawaii, of course, but I think my family's at-home manapua recipe is just about the next best thing. We hope you enjoy! ♡
I’ve been playing around with ways to make my favorite local Hawaii foods vegan/vegetarian/meat-free. It’s tough and I haven’t been as successful as I originally imagined, but man oh man have we got a winner! This recipe delicious... and yes it's also unbelievably meatless (I fooled my fellow Hawaii born & raised friend Peter). You
I’ve been playing around with ways to make my favorite local Hawaii foods vegan/vegetarian/meat-free. It’s tough and I haven’t been as successful as I originally imagined, but man oh man have we got a winner! This recipe delicious... and yes it's also unbelievably meatless (I fooled my fellow Hawaii born & raised friend Peter). You
Manapua, Hawaii's equivalent to Chinese pork buns (char siu bao), is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Growing up on the mainland, my family was far away from our extended family in Hawaii, so the taste of iconic local-style dishes always transported us back to our home on the islands. Over the years, my mom cracked the code to making absolutely killer baked manapua easily, thanks to a secret ingredient & a semi-homemade approach. Pre-made dinner roll dough from the freezer section yields perfectly soft & puffy buns without the fuss involved with mixing & kneading homemade bread dough. Simply thaw them out, stuff them with a savory-spiced-sweet char siu pork filling, & bake until beautifully golden. Easy! While this baked manapua recipe is easy, there is a fair amount of time involved in thawing & proofing the bread dough. It's mostly inactive, but you can also take a number of different make-ahead manapua approaches to help streamline day-of prep. See the Recipe Notes, below, for more details. Nothing beats freshly baked manapua from a bakery in Hawaii, of course, but I think my family's at-home manapua recipe is just about the next best thing. We hope you enjoy! ♡
