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Ingredients
Char siu marinade
- 30 g piece fresh ginger, peeled
- 5 garlic cloves
- 60 g eschalots
- 2 tsp Chinese five spice
- 60 g hoi sin sauce
- ½ tsp ground white pepper
- 40 g water
- 30 g molasses
- 50 g Shaoxing wine
- 40 g dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp tomato sauce
- 500 g boneless skinless pork belly, cut into 3-4 pieces
Buns
- 1 tbsp dried instant yeast
- 300 g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 50 g cornflour
- 50 g caster sugar
- 180 g warm water
- 10 g vegetable oil
Char siu bao
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 600 g water, plus extra as needed
- 3 spring onions/shallots, white and light green part only, cut into pieces (1 cm)
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- Nutrition
- per 1 portions
- Calories
- 1162.4 kJ / 276.8 kcal
- Protein
- 14.2 g
- Carbohydrates
- 33.9 g
- Fat
- 8.8 g
- Saturated Fat
- 2.8 g
- Fibre
- 2.8 g
- Sodium
- 563.1 mg
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