Asian pork bao buns
Prep
60+ mins
Total
7 HRS 20 MIN
Servings
8 Servings
Ingredients
1 kg
Piece boned pork belly, skin on
1 tsp
Salt
2
Red onions, sliced
3-4
Gregg's whole star anise
2 cups
Unsweetened apple juice
1
Fennel bulb, finely sliced
1/4
Small savoy cabbage, finely sliced
1
Small carrot, grated
1
Green apple, grated
1/4 cup
Heinz [seriously good™ sweet chilli mayonnaise
8
Frozen bao buns, thawed
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Gregg's sesame seeds to garnish (optional)
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Fresh coriander leaves to garnish (optional)
Instructions
Step 1
Using a sharp knife, score the pork skin thinly. (alternatively, get the butcher to do this for you.) Rub the skin with salt. Place on a tray and cover with baking paper. Refrigerate for 4 hours or ideally overnight to allow the skin to dry out.
Step 2
Preheat oven to 150°C (fan assisted). Put the onions and Gregg's Whole Star Anise into a roasting dish.* Sit the prepared pork on the onions, skin side uppermost. Pour the apple juice around the base of the pork, being careful not to get any on the skin.
Step 3
Roast for 2-2½ hours or until the pork is tender. Make sure that the liquid does not evaporate, adding more apple juice or water if necessary.
Step 4
Remove the pork from the roasting dish and set aside. Pour the remaining apple jus and onions into a saucepan. Increase the oven temperature to 200°C (fan assisted). Put the pork into the roasting dish and return it to the oven for a further 15-20 minutes or until the crackling has crisped.
Step 5
Simmer the onion and apple jus until reduced to a sticky jam consistency. Remove the star-anise.
Step 6
To make the Chilli, Fennel and Apple Slaw: Toss the ingredients together, mixing through the HEINZ [SERIOUSLY] GOOD™ Sweet Chilli Mayonnaise.
Step 7
To serve, heat the Bao buns according to packet directions. Fill the buns with thickly sliced pork, glazed onions and slaw. Sprinkle with Gregg's Sesame Seeds and coriander, if wished.