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    Home » Bread and Bun

    Authentic Asian Bread and Bun Recipes

    Taiwan has a plethora of various styles of breads and buns.  From sweet to savory, breakfast to dinner, there are crispy crunchy flatbreads, soft and fluffy dessert buns and everything in between.

    If you like Asian breads and buns like pineapple buns, custard buns, or even savory options like the shaobing, you've come to the right place!

    Tray of freshly baked dinner rolls with shiny golden crusts, one roll torn open on a plate to show the light, fluffy interior, served with butter and milk.

    Perfect Sweet Dinner Rolls (Better Than Bakery!)

    A bowl filled with freshly baked Taiwanese scallion bread, braided and golden brown, topped with chopped green onions and sesame seeds, set on a neutral-toned surface with a blue cloth napkin nearby.

    Taiwanese Scallion Bread

    Shio pans on a baking tray with a small bowl with salt and a small spoon inside.

    Shio pan 塩パン (Japanese sea salt butter rolls)

    A tuna bun on a plate in a tray with more in the basket on the side, and a glass of milk.

    Tuna Bun with Corn and Mozzarella Cheese

    Taiwanese milk butter bun with crumb topping.

    Taiwanese Milk Butter Buns (奶酥麵包)

    The Ultimate Guide to Making Perfect Mantou (Chinese Steamed Buns)

    A Chinese meat pie on a plate with a pair of chopsticks on the side. .

    Perfect Beef Xian Bing (Chinese Meat Pie)

    Gua bao on a wooden plate.

    Gua Bao (Pork Belly Bao with Pickled Carrots and Daikon)

    yellow bread rolls, butter and butter knife in a black basket lined with dish towel.

    Butternut Squash Milk Bread Rolls ( Soft Dinner Rolls ) - Egg Free

    five scallion shaobing on a wood board and a cup of soy milk at the back.

    Taiwanese Scallion Shaobing (Sesame Flatbread with Scallion Filling)

    pineapple buns in a basket lined with dish towel over a white clothe.

    The Best Taiwanese Style Pineapple Bun Recipe 台式菠蘿麵包

    two cardamom cinnamon buns with forks on the plates and the rest in the basket.

    Healthier Cardamom Cinnamon Rolls

    strawberry pineapple buns with cream cheese filling on a cooling rack.

    Strawberry and Cream Cheese Pineapple bun (Melonpan/Bolo bao)

    two bunny sausage buns on a plate.

    Bunny Sausage Buns

    fresh bao buns.

    Taiwanese Bao Buns Recipe

    Parmesan scallion garlic rolls.

    Garlic Rolls with Scallion and Parmesan

    pork buns with sauerkraut in a plate.

    Sauerkraut and Pork Steamed Buns (Baozi 包子) - Fluffy Steamed Buns with Savory and Juicy Filling

    hedgehog black sesame steamed buns.

    Hedgehog Black Sesame Bun (Zhi Ma Bao) - Cute, Yummy and Healthy!

    Cut side of custard bun with pearl sugar.

    Baked Custard Bun (Cream Pan) - Asian Bakery Style

    Taiwanese shaobing on a baking pan.

    Chinese Sesame Flatbread (Shaobing) - Taiwanese Traditional Breakfast Style

    milk buns on cooling rack with a cup of milk.

    Milk Bread Rolls

    Inside of milk bread.

    Easy Milk Bread Loaf

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