SWEET & STICKY Fable BAOS
Soft, fluffy baos filled with juicy, sweet and sticky Fable
Makes 4-5 baos
Prep time: 15 mins | Cook time: 15 mins
INGREDIENTS
180g of Fable
1 nugget of ginger (size of two thumbs), sliced into match sticks
2 tsp Chinese Five spice
2 tbsp Oyster sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp tomato sauce/ketchup
1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
3 tbsp honey
3 tbsp Chinese cooking wine
3 tbsp water
1 tbsp oil
Pickled carrot & daikon:
1 carrot, julienned
50g daikon, julienned
200ml white vinegar
200ml of warm water
2 tsp of sugar
Garnishes:
Spring onion, sliced into thin strips
Coriander leaves
Sesame seeds
Fresh chili, sliced
METHOD
Combine all ingredients for carrot and daikon pickles into a bowl and set aside. When ready to assemble buns, remove pickles from liquid.
Excluding Fable, honey and oil, combine all other ingredients for the sweet and sticky filling in a jug or bowl. Mix well to incorporate.
Heat oil in pan and add Fable when hot. Fry until Fable starts to brown – around 5 minutes, using a wooden spoon, press down and agitate Fable into smaller parts.
Add bao filling sauce mixture to the pan with Fable, stirring to coat Fable evenly. Cook for 3 minutes and then stir honey through the mixture and continue until sauce thickens and caramelizes, another 3-5 minutes.
Heat bao buns according to packet instructions.
Once warmed, assemble bao by first adding sweet and sticky Fable filling and then carrot and daikon pickles. Garnish with spring onion, coriander, fresh chilli and a sprinkle of sesame seeds.
