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    Hoisin Pork with Steamed Buns (Gua Bao)

    Last Modified: October 9, 2022 by Elaine| 22 Comments

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    Easy Chinese style marinated pork with hoisin sauce, oyster sauce and Chinese five spice powder. Served with Chinese fold over buns.

    Hoision Pork With steamed buns

    This easy sautéed pork belly with hoisin goes well when served with common steamed buns, known as Chinese lotus leaf buns (a name because of the shape). Besides, you can decorate it with a fork just like this one.

    There are always busy days when I just want to finish up the meat dishes of the meal in a quick way. And my favorite solution is to sauté pork, chicken or roasts a fish marinated in the previous day. I highly recommend you trying this if you have to serve a big group in the next day or you are possibly out of time for the coming meals.

    You will need

    • Small chunk of pork belly or pork butt (250g)
    • 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
    • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
    • ½ tablespoon honey
    • a small pinch of salt
    • ¼ teaspoon Chinese five spice
    • half of a middle size red onion
    • oil for brushing the pan

    Steamed buns

    • 2 cups (250g) all purpose flour
    • 125ml water, room temperature or 150ml milk
    • 2 teaspoons instant yeast
    • 2 tablespoons sugar
    • Pinch of salt

    Other serving ingredients

    • Coriander, cleaned and cut into 1 inch pieces
    • Pickles, any type and minced
    • Dip sauce if you prefer

    hoisin pork with steamed buns steps

    Freeze the pork belly for around 1 or 2 hours until it is firmed and then cut into thin slices, as thin as possible.

    hoisin pork with steamed buns steps

    Add salt, Chinese five spice, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce and honey. Stir slowly for couple of minutes until all the pieces are well coated. Mix with red onion and cover the plate with a plastic wrapper and then refrigerate overnight.

    hoisin pork with steamed buns steps-3

    In a sand mixer, mix flour, yeast, water(milk), sugar and salt together, mix with low speed for around 8 minutes until the dough begins to gather in a ball. Shape the dough to a round ball with hands and then cover with a wet cloth and set aside until the dough is double in size (place the dough in warm place).

    Transfer the dough to a slightly floured board and then knead forcefully until there are no more small holes inside the dough. Shape the dough into a long log and then divide into 10 equal portions. (I skipped the detailed pictures for this process, if you need extra help, check Chinese steamed buns- Mantou )

    Knead each of the portions for 1 or 2 minutes until they are smooth. And then roll each of the small balls to an oval like shape.

    hoisin pork with steamed buns steps

    Slightly dust the oval and fold the dough over by the middle.

    Place them in steamer and let it stay for 15 minutes (second proofing). In cold water days when the room temperature is quite low, turn up the fire and heat for 2-3 minutes, turn off the fire and wait for 10 to 15 minutes. After the second proofing, start the fire and steam the buns for 10 minutes after the water boils.

    steamed lotus leaf buns step

    Brush some oil in the pan and lay the pork slices (try to spread and avoid folded pieces). And then start the fire and fry over medium to slow fire. Turn over the well-fried pieces immediately.

    hoisin pork pan-frying

    Hoision Pork With steamed buns

    Prepare other serving side ingredients and enjoy!

    Hoision Pork With steamed buns

    Hoisin Pork with Steamed Buns

    Elaine
    Super yummy hoisin pork with Chinese steamed buns shaped as lotus leaf.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 30 mins
    Total Time 40 mins
    Course staple
    Cuisine Chinese
    Servings 10
    Calories 266 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 250 g Pork belly or pork butt , around 1 pound
    • 1 tbsp. hoisin sauce
    • 1 tbsp. oyster sauce
    • ½ tbsp. honey
    • a small pinch of salt
    • ¼ tsp. Chinese five spice
    • half of a middle size red onion , cut into 3-4 pieces
    • oil for brushing the pan

    Steamed buns

    • 2 cups all purpose flour
    • 125 ml water , room temperature or 150ml milk
    • 2 tsp. instant yeast
    • 2 tbsp. sugar
    • Pinch of salt

    Other serving ingredients

    • Coriander , cleaned and cut into 1 inch pieces
    • Pickles , any type and minced
    • Dip sauce if you prefer

    Instructions
     

    • Freeze the pork belly for around 1 or 2 hours until it is firmed and then cut into thin slices, as thin as possible.
    • Add salt, Chinese five spice, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce and honey. Stir slowly for couple of minutes until all the pieces are well coated. Mix with red onion and cover the plate with a plastic wrapper and then refrigerate overnight.
    • Brush some oil in the pan and lay the pork slices (try to spread and avoid folded pieces). And then start the fire and fry over medium to slow fire. Turn over the well-fried pieces immediately

    For steamed buns

    • In a sand mixer, mix flour, yeast, water(milk), sugar and salt together, mix with low speed for around 8 minutes until the dough begins to gather in a ball. Shape the dough to a round ball with hands and then cover with a wet cloth and set aside until the dough is double in size (place the dough in warm place).
    • Transfer the dough to a slightly floured board and then knead forcefully until there are no more small holes inside the dough. Shape the dough into a long log and then divide into 10 equal portions.
    • Knead each of the portions for 1 or 2 minutes until they are smooth. And then roll each of the small balls to an oval like shape. Slightly dust the oval and fold the dough over by the middle.
    • Place them in steamer and let it stay for 15 minutes (second proofing). In cold water days when the room temperature is quite low, turn up the fire and heat for 2-3 minutes, turn off the fire and wait for 10 to 15 minutes. After the second proofing, start the fire and steam the buns for 10 minutes after the water boils.
    • Prepare all the side ingredients and serve with warm buns.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 266kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 5gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 483mgPotassium: 175mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 115IUVitamin C: 11.6mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 2.2mg
    Keyword buns, pork
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    Hoision Pork With steamed buns

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    Comments

    1. ALChan

      August 03, 2019 at 11:01 pm

      Eliane, thank you for your detailed recipe.
      There is a minor error in your print version You mentioned
      "250 g Pork belly or pork butt , around 1 pound"
      one pound =425 gm
      250 gm would be closer to 1/2 pound.

      Reply
      • Elaine

        August 04, 2019 at 6:57 am

        Hi ALChan,
        Thanks so much for bring that to me. I have double checked the problem and it seems that I have updated the recipe once which cause the difference in print version. Can you please empty the cache and re-print it again?

        Reply
    2. Diana Kam

      November 30, 2020 at 9:37 am

      I remember having these @ 7 to 9 course meals from where I lived. Now, I think maybe they sell
      the buns' in the Asian market as I'm without a mixer
      of any type. Thank you ?? (sorry, no Bao in Emoji)

      Reply
    3. Cherry

      March 26, 2021 at 3:14 pm

      Hi Elaine,
      Is it possible to make the bao in advance and freeze +steam them later?

      Reply
      • Elaine

        March 28, 2021 at 7:22 pm

        Yes. You can steam the buns and then wait for it to cool down. Then freeze with pacakge.

        Reply
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