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Food/Recipe
Taiwanese Pork Belly Gua Bao
Prep30 mins
Cook2 hours
Total2 hours 30 mins
🌍 Chinese🍽️ Main Course👥 6 servings
Ingredients
- 🐷 Pork belly – 1.5 lbs
- 🍚 Bao buns – 6
- 🌱 Pickled mustard greens – 1 cup
- 🥜 Crushed peanuts – for topping
- 🌿 Cilantro – for garnish
- 🌶️ Chili sauce – to taste
- 🍚 Sugar – 2 tbsp
- 🍶 Soy sauce – 1/4 cup
- ⭐ Five-spice powder – 1 tsp
Instructions
- 🔥 Braise pork belly in soy sauce, sugar, and five-spice powder until tender.
- 🔪 Slice the pork belly into thick pieces.
- ♨️ Steam or warm the bao buns.
- Fill each bao with pork belly, pickled mustard greens, and crushed peanuts.
- 🌿 Garnish with cilantro and add chili sauce if desired. Enjoy! ✨