Braised Pork Belly with Spring Onions and Crushed Peanuts Bao

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      2 hr 30

Appears in
My Asian Kitchen

By Jennifer Joyce

Published 2018

  • About

You can either serve this tender, soft pork belly straight from the slow cooker, roasting tin or pot or pan-fry the chilled thick slices until crisp. Combined with the crushed peanuts, chilli hoisin sauce and pickles, it’s ridiculously good.

Ingredients

  • 2 tsp vegetable oil
  • 2 kg (4 lb 8

Method

In a large frying pan, heat the oil. Season the pork with the five-spice, sea salt and black pepper. Add to the pan and brown on all sides. Remove and place in a slow cooker, large roasting tin or pot.

Add the garlic to the pan and sauté until golden, about 2 minutes. Add all the remaining ingredients, apart from the buns, along with 75