Description
A representative street food sandwiching melting braised pork belly, mustard greens, peanut powder, and cilantro in a white fluffy steamed bun.
Restaurants serving Gua Bao (Steamed Pork Belly Bun)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Gua Bao bun
- Pork belly
- Peanut powder
- Suan Cai
- Cilantro
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Bun] Prepare oval steamed 'Gua Bao' buns.
- [Meat] Braise skin-on pork belly with star anise and cassia for hours until melting.
- Sauté Suan Cai with garlic and chili.
- [Assembly] Open a hot bun, place pork.
- Sprinkle massive 'sweet peanut powder', heap on Suan Cai and fresh cilantro, and close.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Star anise and Cilantro aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Store-bought frozen buns, Store-bought braised pork
Pairing
Sishen Tang(Medicinal offal soup)
Trivia
[For Everyone] A.k.a 'Tiger Bites Pig'. Genius flavor composition where sweet peanuts cut pork fat and cilantro refreshes the whole bite. Popularity surging in Shin-Okubo.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Press the bun slightly through the bag to meld ingredients, then bite into the mix of melted pork fat and peanut powder!
Allergen
Wheat, Pork, Peanuts, Soy, Dairy