NARRATOR: Today on "Cooking with Pixar," our dumpling chef

helps us make the title dish from "Bao."

[DING]

00:00:08,510 --> 00:00:12,680 To begin, mix flour with yeast in a mixing bowl.

Add water to the combination and knead thoroughly

until a solid dough ball forms.

All that kneading was hard work.

Take some much-needed time for yourself

and chill out, giving the dough enough time to rise.

Next, cook a pork mixture in a sizzling pan.

Combine the cooked pork with raw pork, cabbage, carrots, onions,

ginger, olive oil, and pepper--

[SQUEAKING]

--bless you-- and any other ingredients of your choice.

Setting your filling mixture aside, take your dough mound

and roll it out into a long rope.

It's fun to make these dough rings.

They kind of look like donuts.

Aww, thank you.

Lay out the dough rope and cut into 1/2-inch pieces.

Roll each piece out into a flat circle.

We're almost there.

Next, it's time to fill your bao with a bit of filling,

and a lot of love.

Spoon some of the mixture into the center of the wrapper.

Pinch and fold the wrapper all the way around,

then twist the top to close and finish.

Finally, add your bao to the basket and let them steam.

Following a brief rest, your bao are now full-grown.

Bao appetit!