Menu: Vegetable Soup with Semolina Dumplings, BBQ Pulled Chicken with Bao & Baked Buns
This complete menu pairs a golden vegetable soup with fluffy semolina dumplings, followed by BBQ pulled chicken served in steamed bao buns and baked buns. The Thermomix mixes the dumpling dough, steams the bao to pillowy softness and slow-simmers the BBQ chicken until it shreds effortlessly, making an impressive multi-course meal achievable.
About this recipe
Vegetable soup with semolina dumplings, BBQ pulled chicken with bao and baked buns on the Thermomix TM7 is the kind of weekly menu recipe that turns one machine into a full kitchen brigade. In a single guided session, your all-in-one kitchen machine mixes semolina, butter, egg and turmeric into a silky dumpling dough, then steams it fluffy directly in the bubbling vegetable broth. While the soup develops its deep, aromatic flavour, the TM7 simmers chicken breast fillets in a smoky BBQ sauce until every fibre shreds into juicy strands. The bao buns rise pillowy-soft in the Varoma steamer while a second batch bakes golden in the oven. Ideal for a leisurely weekend dinner or an ambitious weeknight project, this recipe shows why steaming, mixing and gentle simmering belong in one device: consistent textures, hands-off cooking and only one bowl to wash at the end.
Preparation tips
- If the semolina dumpling dough sticks to your fingers after mixing, work in an extra tablespoon of semolina on a lightly floured surface before rolling; the dough should feel soft but not wet, otherwise the dumplings lose their shape in the broth.
- For the bao buns, place each shaped bun on a small square of baking paper in the Varoma so they never tear when you lift them out after steaming, and leave enough space between them as they expand considerably.
- The BBQ chicken improves in flavour if made a day ahead: store the shredded meat in its sauce in the fridge and reheat gently before filling the warm bao, which keeps everything juicy for serving a crowd.
Recipe variations
- Make the menu vegetarian by replacing the chicken with pulled oyster mushrooms or jackfruit simmered in the same BBQ sauce, and use vegetable stock paste for both the soup and the pulled filling; the bao and semolina dumplings stay unchanged.
- For a festive winter version, add dried mushrooms and a bay leaf to the soup for a deeper aroma, fold fresh herbs into the dumpling dough, and brush the baked buns with garlic butter before serving them alongside the pulled chicken.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- Semolina, egg and butter combine into a uniform dumpling dough in under a minute thanks to consistent mixing action in the TM7.
- The Varoma steams the bao buns and semolina dumplings gently, keeping them airy and light instead of dense or soggy.
- Gentle heating of the vegetable broth with stock paste and bay leaves builds layered flavour without any risk of scorching.
- The TM7 shreds the slow-simmered chicken breast with a few turns of the blade, giving you pulled BBQ meat without two forks.
- Chopping the garlic cloves evenly in seconds releases their aroma fully into the BBQ sauce, with no uneven chunks and no sticky fingers.
Ingredients
- semolina
- plain flour
- medium eggs
- unsalted butter
- ground turmeric (optional)
- semolina (optional)
- whole milk
- caster sugar
- dried instant yeast
- fine sea salt