Recipe: To Try At Home Siu Yuk Bao (Roasted pork belly sandwich)

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Recipe: To Try At Home Siu Yuk Bao (Roasted pork belly sandwich) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Siu Yuk Bao (Roasted pork belly sandwich). Cantonese Roast Pork Belly, or siu yuk (bah…my Cantonese is terrible…slash nonexistent), is getting added to our compendium of roast meats that can usually be found in your average Chinatown restaurant window. After already posting recipes for Soy Sauce Chicken, "White Cut" Chicken, Roast Duck, and Char Siu Pork, we've saved the best for last. Siu yuk (Chinese: 燒肉; pinyin: shāo ròu; Cantonese Yale: sīu yuhk; lit.: 'roast meat') is a variety of siu mei, or roasted meat dishes, in Cantonese cuisine.

Usually the meat is served plain with.

Longer cooking time makes the pork belly a little bit soft but not dried out.

Whilst all crispy roast pork bellies are created crispy and crunchy, I do prefer the Chinese-style roast pork belly method.

You can cook Siu Yuk Bao (Roasted pork belly sandwich) using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Siu Yuk Bao (Roasted pork belly sandwich)

  1. You need 2 lb of pork belly.

  2. Prepare 2 tablespoons of pepper.

  3. You need 2 tablespoons of salt.

  4. Prepare 2 tablespoons of garlic.

  5. It’s 1 tablespoon of cumin.

  6. It’s 1 cup of shaved daikon radish.

  7. You need 1 cup of carrots.

  8. It’s 3/4 cup of rice wine vinegar.

  9. Prepare 2 tablespoons of sugar.

  10. It’s 3 tablespoons of sesame oil.

  11. It’s 1/2 cup of shaved onions.

  12. You need 1 bunch of chopped cilantro.

  13. You need 4 of steamed buns.

It has not only a crunch but a brittle texture as well that is easy to the bite.

Siu yuk, as it is more fondly known, has been a Southern China delicacy for ages.

Unlike the western style that scores the skin, the Chinese crispy roast pork belly requires you to.

On the way home, I simply bought a strip of roasted pork belly with crispy crackling & juicy tender melt-in-your-mouth meat gulp So siu yuk sandwich it is!

Siu Yuk Bao (Roasted pork belly sandwich) step by step

  1. Apply the dry rub of garlic, salt, pepper, and cumin to the pork belly. Let is marinate for 6-24 hours..

  2. Toss shaved daikon radish, carrots with vinegar, sugar, and sesame oil. The slaw should sit for at least 30 minutes..

  3. Roast the pork belly on high at 450 for 30 minutes then turn down oven to 250 for 2-3 hours..

  4. Prepare steamed buns..

  5. Slice the pork belly. Place in steamed bun, top with slaw, onions & cilantro..

I don't think I can call this a recipe, and I didn't make the roast pork nor the bread.

After all, you will be rewarded with the irresistible aroma of the roast pork belly, enjoy the crackling, firecracker-like music as you slice the meat and eat it.

Note: This Chinese roast pork belly is called 烧肉, translate into English as siew yoke, siew yuk or siu yuk which means the same thing.

The base for your bao is steamed pork belly that's then crisped in a pan.

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