Comments on: Chinese flower rolls with scallions (Hua Juan, 花卷)

By: Wei Guo

Wei Guo — Fri, 09 May 2025 06:53:09 +0000

In reply to Chip. Thank you for the feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed them!

By: Chip

Chip — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:49:49 +0000

These were so easy and delicious. I forgot the salt and it wasn’t a deal breaker at all

By: Wei Guo

Wei Guo — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:15:20 +0000

In reply to Sophia. So glad to hear that, Sophia! Love that your parents were impressed — you crushed it!

By: Sophia

Sophia — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:01:36 +0000

Loved making these, you made it so simple! My (Chinese) parents were astonished and impressed by me making these and kept asking me details about the recipe haha! Thank you!

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:49:06 +0000

In reply to Wei Guo.

I made it again! This time, I made them smaller, so I didn’t stack the pieces, I just twisted each single piece and made 8 smaller rolls (though they still turn out pretty big) with the recipe for 6. Also, for some reason, this time my dough seized (I am using my stand mixer this time) but I added drops of water to loosen it. They are delish as usual!

By: Wei Guo

Wei Guo — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:39:38 +0000

In reply to Christine. Totally agree that homemade tastes better. Glad you enjoyed my recipe Christine!

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:58:42 +0000

Great recipe, and great instruction in the video on how to make the flower shape! I could have made the dough a bit more elastic but it still turned out really well and tasty! I like having a go-to recipe like this since I am Chinese but where I live I can’t easily get access to these rolls in the grocery store. Homemade always tastes better anyway!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 16:18:38 +0000

As someone without a scale, I went by volume and had to add a lot more water. I used 2 cups roughly sifted flour and almost 150ml water. Otherwise the dough was much too dry, hard to knead and shape, and did not become very fluffy.

Other than that, I followed the recipe and it’s delicious! I used ground sichuan peppercorns in the filling and I really like the flavor.

By: Wei Guo

Wei Guo — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 21:11:10 +0000

In reply to Angela. I'm sure your grandma would be very proud of you! Flower rolls with fried eggs, yum!!

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 04:36:12 +0000

So good!! I kneaded the dough for a bit longer than usual to get the gluten to develop, which was a very good move, because my buns came out tender, soft and so delicious and savory with the five spice and scallions. I also added some toasted sesame oil for extra flavor. Sandwiched a fried egg in a bun for dinner…omg it was so good 😋thanks for this recipe, the buns I made would make my grandma proud (she taught me her recipe as well)