Lunar New Year Glazed Pork Belly Bao
  1. Braise pork belly for two hours with light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, rock sugar, cinnamon, star anise, ginger and enough water to cover

  2. Cool and slice the braised pork belly

  3. Fry pork belly slices and add braising liquid, reduce until glaze consistency forms

  4. Knead flour, milk, sugar, yeast, baking powder and salt until smooth and rest for 20 minutes

  5. Divide dough into 6 balls of 60g each

  6. Roll out each ball to half centimetre thick circle

  7. Brush one side with oil and fold over

  8. Place on parchment paper to proof covered until puffy (30 minutes to 1 hour depending on temperature)

  9. Steam for 10 minutes

  10. Salt julienned carrot and daikon and rest until soft and bendable (1 hour)

  11. Wash off salt from vegetables and place in jar

  12. Add 1 part hot water, 1 part white vinegar and 0.5 part sugar to cover vegetables

  13. Wait a day before enjoying pickled vegetables

  14. Assemble bao with glazed pork belly, pickled vegetables and Spicy Mayonnaise

Course🍽️Main Course

Diets🥩Carnivore...

Category🥟Bao

Cuisine🇨🇳Chinese

Occasions🎉Celebration🎉Festive

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyMedium ⏰ 2h

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