Asado rolls, also called asado buns or baked siopao, is a
Filipino bread roll
A bread roll is a small, oblong individual loaf of bread served as a meal accompaniment (eaten plain or with butter). Rolls can be served and eaten whole or are also commonly cut and filled – the result of doing so is considered a '' sandwic ...
filled with savory-sweet
pork asado
Philippine ''asado'' refers to two different Filipino cuisine, Filipino braised meat dishes. The name originates from Spanish language, Spanish ''asado'' ("grilled"), a reference to the original dish it was applied to, the Filipino Chinese cuis ...
. It is similar to the asado
siopao
''Siopao'' (), is a Philippine steamed bun with various fillings. It is the indigenized version of the Fujianese ''baozi'', introduced to the Philippines by Hokkien immigrants during the Spanish colonial period. It is a popular snack in the P ...
except it is baked (not steamed). The top can either be covered with an
egg wash
An egg wash is beaten eggs, sometimes mixed with another liquid such as water or milk, which is brushed onto the surface of a pastry before baking. Egg washes are also used as a step in the process of breading foods, providing a substrate for th ...
, bread crumbs, or sprinkled with
sesame seeds
Sesame (; ''Sesamum indicum'') is a plant in the genus ''Sesamum'', also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for it ...
.
See also
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Pan de coco
Pan de coco, literally "coconut bread" in Spanish, is a Filipino rich sweet roll that uses sweetened shredded coconut meat (''bukayo'') as filling.
It is one of the most popular types of bread in the Philippines, usually part of the "Filipino ...
References
Philippine breads
Southeast Asian breads
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