Gua Bao

割包 · Guà bāo

Ingredients12

• pork belly600 g
• all-purpose flour300 g
• instant yeast5 g
• sugar30 g
• soy sauce80 ml
• rice wine40 ml
• star anise2
• pickled mustard greens80 g
• roasted peanuts40 g
• cilantroa small bunch
• rock sugar20 g
• salt4 g

Method

1. Mix flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and 160 ml warm water into a soft dough; knead until smooth, then rest covered for 1 hour.
2. Divide the dough into 12 pieces, roll each into an oval, brush with oil, fold in half, and steam for 10 minutes.
3. Simmer pork belly with soy sauce, rice wine, star anise, rock sugar, and water until very tender, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
4. Slice the pork and reduce the braising liquid to a glossy sauce.
5. Crush the peanuts coarsely and rinse the pickled mustard greens.
6. Open each bun and fill with pork, mustard greens, peanut powder, cilantro, and a spoon of sauce.