Classic Pork BAO Recipe - Great British Chefs

Classic Pork BAO Recipe - Great British Chefs

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The pork gua bao are as iconic a part of BAO as they are the streets of Taiwan, and now you can learn to make them at home. The combination of funky suan cai, sticky pork belly and fluffy bao truly...

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Ingredients

  • 500g of mustard greens, Chinese, washed and chopped into 2.5 cm (1 inch) pieces
  • 2 tsp salt, 2% of the total weight of the greens
  • 1kg pork belly, cut into 5 cm (2 inch) cubes
  • 50ml of light soy sauce
  • 40ml of dark soy sauce
  • 60ml of Shaoxing wine
  • 20g of spring onions
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 20g of fresh ginger, peeled, sliced and crushed
  • 1 star anise
  • 20g of rock sugar
  • 1 pinch of garlic powder
  • 4 dried red chillies
  • 6g of cinnamon stick
  • 100g of plain flour
  • 500ml of filtered water, cold
  • 420g of plain flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 90g of caster sugar
  • 40g of milk powder
  • 2.5g of fast-action dried yeast
  • 5g of baking powder
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 80ml of milk, at room temperature
  • 80ml of water, at room temperature
  • 10ml of vegetable oil, plus extra for brushing
  • 2 tbsp of vegetable oil
  • 1/2 tsp doubanjiang
  • 100g of suan cai (fermented mustard greens)
  • rice vinegar, a few drops
  • 1 bunch of coriander, chopped

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