Bao Buns with Pork Belly

Name: Bao Buns with Pork Belly
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 600g pork belly, skin on; 12 steamed bao buns, store-bought or homemade; 3 tbsp hoisin sauce; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp honey; 1 tsp five spice; 1 cucumber, thinly sliced; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tsp sugar; 4 spring onions, sliced; 2 tbsp sesame seeds; fresh coriander to serve

Five-spice roasted pork belly glazed in hoisin, soy and honey until sticky and caramelised, sliced thick and tucked into steamed bao buns with quick-pickled cucumber and spring onion.

Total time

105 min

Prep

25 min

Cook

80 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Asian

Ingredients

600gpork belly, skin on

12steamed bao buns, store-bought or homemade

3 tbsphoisin sauce

2 tbspsoy sauce

2 tbsphoney

1 tspfive spice

1cucumber, thinly sliced

2 tbsprice vinegar

1 tspsugar

4spring onions, sliced

2 tbspsesame seeds

fresh corianderto serve

Instructions

Rub pork belly with five spice, roast at 180C for 1 hour until tender.

Mix hoisin, soy and honey, brush over pork and roast 20 more minutes until caramelised.

Quick pickle cucumber in rice vinegar and sugar for 20 minutes.

Rest pork 10 minutes, slice thickly.

Steam bao buns 5 minutes until warm and soft.

Open each bun, add pork belly, pickled cucumber and spring onions.

Drizzle with extra hoisin, scatter with sesame seeds and coriander.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

903

Protein

16.9g

Fat

83.8g

Carbs

20.9g

Fiber

Sodium

612mg

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