Pork Belly Bao

How man can you eat?

📝 Ingredients

• 400 g pork belly
• 12 bao buns
• 4 tbsp peanuts
• 1 handful coriander
• 4 carrots
• 1 tsp sesame seeds (optional)
• 2 spring onion
• 2 red chili
• 375 ml ginger beer
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 150 ml kecap manis
• 2 tsp chili flakes
• 2 tsp ginger (grated)
• 2 cloves garlic (crushed)
• 100 ml rice vinegar
• 50 ml olive oil

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Cut the skin from the top of the pork belly and then cut into 1” thick pieces about the length of your index finger.
2. 2Place pork belly, ginger beer & soy sauce into a saucepan, cover with a lid and simmer gently for 1 hour.
3. 3Slice the carrots into thin matchsticks, the spring onion and chili into thin slices too.
4. 4Chop the peanuts, pick the coriander and set aside.
5. 5Mix the glaze ingredients together until ready to use.
6. 6Heat a saucepan of water ready to steam the bao buns.
7. 7Once porked is cooked, pat dry and fry for 1-2 minutes per side (be careful as it will burn quickly due to the sugars in the ginger beer)
8. 8Add glaze to pan, reduce heat to low/medium and cook for approx. 6-7 minutes until glaze has reduced and is sticky.
9. 9Remove pork and place in a bowl until ready to use.
10. 10Steam pork buns using a bamboo steamer or colander over the previously boiled water (approx. 2-3 minutes, following instructions on packet
11. 11--- Serving ---
12. 12Place carrots on base of bun, top with pork belly and remaining ingredients
13. 13Demolish!