Sticky pork belly bao buns

19 INGREDIENTS • 9 STEPS • 2HR 30MIN

Sticky pork belly bao buns

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An Asian street-food favourite: fluffy bao buns filled with tender outdoor-bred pork, quick-pickled veggies and crunchy peanuts – what could be tastier?
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An Asian street-food favourite: fluffy bao buns filled with tender outdoor-bred pork, quick-pickled veggies and crunchy peanuts – what could be tastier?
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2HR 30MIN

Total time

Ingredients

Servings
4
1 bottle
(150 g)
M&S hoisin sauce
2 tsp
soft light brown muscovado sugar
2 tbsp
soy sauce
2 tbsp
M&S white rice vinegar
2 cloves
M&S Remarksable Value garlic, crushed
1 piece
root ginger, peeled, grated
thumb-sized piece
700 g
M&S Heritage Gold British outdoor bred salt and pepper pork belly joint
1/2
cucumber, sliced
1
M&S Remarksable Value carrot
cut into matchsticks
2 tbsp
caster sugar
4 tbsp
white wine vinegar
2 tbsp
M&S pure honey
2 packs
(224 g)
M&S bao buns
12
2 tbsp
M&S classic mayonnaise
3 tsp
sriracha
1 handful
peanuts, roughly chopped
2
M&S spring onions, shredded
to taste
coriander leaves
to serve
1
red chilli, finely sliced
optional

Nutrition per serving

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Calories
1332kcal
Fat
77.9 g
Saturates
24.9 g
Sugars
37.4 g
Salt
1570.8 mg
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step 1
Preheat the oven to 160ºC/140ºC fan/gas mark 3.
step 2
Mix the hoisin sauce (1 bottle), muscovado sugar (2 tsp), soy sauce (2 tbsp), rice wine vinegar (2 tbsp), crushed garlic (2 cloves) amd grated ginger (1 piece) together in a bowl.
step 3
Place the pork belly (700 g) in a lined baking dish and then pour over the sauce, ensuring the meat is fully coated. Pour in 50ml water, cover the tray with foil and then place in the oven to slow cook for 2 hours, basting with the liquid every so often.
step 4
While the pork is cooking, coat the sliced cucumber (1/2) and carrot matchsticks (1) in the caster sugar (2 tbsp) and white wine vinegar (4 tbsp). Set to one side to pickle.
step 5
Once the pork is tender, remove the meat from the dish.
step 6
Add the honey (2 tbsp) to the remaining cooking juices and heat on the hob until the sauce has reduced and become sticky.
step 7
Cook the bao buns (2 packs) according to packet instructions. Cut the pork into slices and then pour over the sticky sauce. Drain the liquid from the quick pickled cucumbers and carrots.
step 8
Mix together the mayo (2 tbsp) and sriracha (3 tsp) and spread a layer on the base of each bao bun. Add the pork slices and pickled carrots and cucumber.
step 9
Top each bao bun with the chopped peanuts (1 handful), spring onions (2), coriander leaves (to taste) and some chilli (1), if you like it.
step 9 Top each bao bun with the chopped peanuts (1 handful), spring onions (2), coriander leaves (to taste) and some chilli (1), if you like it.

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