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Crispy Pork Belly Baos

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Crispy Pork Belly Baos made in the air fryer? Yes, please! This method gives the pork belly a perfectly crispy, crackly, golden skin while keeping the inside tender and juicy, all with a fraction of the time and effort. Wrapped in soft, fluffy bao buns and topped with cilantro, green onions, and sweet savory sauce. It’s the kind of dish that feels like a gourmet treat, but with the simplicity and ease of an air fryer. Get ready to impress your guests (or yourself) with these next-level crispy pork belly baos that are as fun to make as they are to eat!

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Crispy Pork Belly Baos

Recipe by Julia Vuong
5.0 from 1 vote
Course: AppetizersCuisine: Chinese
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

50

minutes
Cooking time

1

hour 

Ingredients

  • 2 strips pork belly

  • 1 tbsp kosher salt (to salt the boiling water)

  • 1 tbsp vinegar

  • 1 tbsp kosher salt (to rub onto the pork belly skin)

  • green onions

  • cilantro

  • frozen bao buns

  • Sweet Savory Sauce

  • 1/4 cup hoisin sauce

  • 1 tbsp soy sauce or coco aminos

  • 1 tsp sugar

  • 1 tsp rice vinegar

  • 2 thai chilis

Directions

  • Boil water and add kosher salt, boil the pork belly strips for 20 mins.
  • Dry the pork belly strips with a paper towel and make slits along the skin with about 1/2 inch spacing, make sure to not cut all the way through the layer of fat, the slit should be about 1/2 cm. Brush vinegar onto the skin and rub kosher salt on top to break down the skin. Rest for 20 mins and wipe off the excess salt.
  • Air fry pork belly strips with skin facing up for 30 mins at 215F degrees then 20 mins at 400F degrees.
  • Steam the frozen bao buns according to instructions on package.
  • Mix the sweet savory sauce ingredients together.
  • Thinly slice green onions into 3 inch strips and roughly chop cilantro.
  • Assemble with sliced pork belly, sauce, green onions, and cilantro inside the freshly steamed baos.
  • Enjoy!

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