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Sticky Pork Belly Bao Buns

Name: Sticky Pork Belly Bao Buns
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 600g pork belly, skin removed, sliced; 8 store-bought bao buns; 3 tbsp hoisin sauce; 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp rice vinegar; ½ cucumber, thinly sliced, pickled with vinegar and sugar; 4 tbsp mayo + 1 tsp sriracha; Scallion, coriander

Bao buns are a genuinely celebratory dinner that can be batch cooked — the braised pork freezes brilliantly and bao steaming takes 8 minutes.

20 min prep · 90 min cook · 110 min in total · serves 4

What you need

600g pork belly, skin removed, sliced
8 store-bought bao buns
3 tbsp hoisin sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp rice vinegar
½ cucumber, thinly sliced, pickled with vinegar and sugar
4 tbsp mayo + 1 tsp sriracha
Scallion, coriander

What to do

1Brown pork; cook in hoisin, soy, honey, and water in a lidded pot 1 hr 20 min.
2Steam bao buns per packet.
3Assemble: bun, sriracha mayo, pork, pickled cucumber, scallion, coriander.

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