# Pork Belly Bao Buns

A recipe for making pork belly bao buns with a cucumber salad.

- Total time: 60 min
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cucumber
- garlic
- rice vinegar
- sesame oil
- MSG
- 1 pound pork belly
- soy sauce
- sugar
- scallions
- cinnamon stick
- star anise
- flour
- yeast
- water
- carrots
- peanuts
- cilantro

## Instructions

1. Smash the cucumbers.
2. Cut the cucumbers.
3. Chop the garlic.
4. Add rice vinegar, sesame oil, and MSG to the garlic.
5. Pour the dressing over the smashed cucumbers and mix.
6. Cut the pork belly into cubes.
7. Sear the pork belly in a Dutch oven.
8. Add soy sauce, sugar, scallions, a cinnamon stick, and star anise to the pork belly and let it simmer for about an hour.
9. Sieve the flour into a bowl.
10. Add yeast and water to the flour and whisk to combine.
11. Knead the dough on a cutting board.
12. Divide the dough into smaller pieces.
13. Roll out each piece of dough into an oval shape.
14. Brush one side of the dough with oil.
15. Fold the dough in half.
16. Roll the folded dough gently.
17. Steam the bao buns.
18. Slice the carrots into thin strips.
19. Mix the carrots in a bowl with water.
20. Blend peanuts in a blender.
21. Assemble the bao buns with pork belly, cucumber, carrots, cilantro, and crushed peanuts.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- bowl
- Dutch oven
- sieve
- whisk
- rolling pin
- pastry brush
- pan
- bamboo steamer
- blender
- tongs
- plate

## Tips

- I personally like oil-based things
- God I love second chances

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP2EMWTkmC3/?igsh=cXc2bWNkcGtmYXJq
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5c076cba-3cf1-4938-a38e-85c30ed31609
- Extracted: 2025-10-15

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