Pork Belly Steamed Buns - Maricel's Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1 ½ 1 lb pork belly, with skin, cut into 2-inch-wide strips x ½ inch thick
• 2 tbsp light soy sauce
• 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine
• 4 tbsp sugar
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 ½ in piece ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 star anise
• 1 cup water
• 3 scallion sprigs, cut in half
• 12 ready-made bao buns
• 2 tbsp hoisin sauce
• 1 English 1 cucumber, thinly sliced into 24 slices
• ¼ cup shredded carrots
• ¼ cup scallions, sliced