Description
Cuapao is a type of a steamed bun shaped like a thick folded taco filled with fermented mustard greens, pork and chopped peanuts.
Ingredients
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Cuapao
- lotus leaf buns
- pork asado filling, ingredients and method below
- burong mustasa, ingredients and method below
- chopped roasted peanuts
Pork Asado Filling
- 400g pork loin, cubed
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp cornstarch, dissolved in 1/3 cup water
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp Chinese five spice powder
- 1 cup water
- oil
- salt
Burong Mustasa (Fermented Mustard Greens)
- 1 bunch mustard greens
- 1 cup uncooked rice
- 6 cups boiled water
- 2½ tbsp sea salt
Instructions
Pork Asado Filling
- On a pan add oil and sauté garlic then add pork, stir fry pork for 3 minutes.
- Add water, soy sauce, brown sugar and five spice powder. Bring to a boil and simmer in low heat for 2 hours or until the meat breaks apart, mixing occasionally to prevent burning, add additional water if needed.
- Once meat has broken down add hoisin sauce then thicken it with cornstarch mixture, simmer further until sauce thickens.
- Season with salt. Turn heat off then set aside.
Burong Mustasa
- Wash the leaves very well, drain then soak under the sun for 2 hour or until wilted.
- Combine rice and water in a pot, cover then cook the rice in medium heat until soft.
- Place salt and mustard leaves in a bowl. Gently mash the mixture then place in a sterilized jar
- Using a muslin cloth separate the rice from the water. Reserve water and let it cool down. Pour rice water into a sterilized jar up to the top, cover the jar then let is ferment in room temperature for 5 days.
Cuapao
- Steam Lotus leaf buns according to packet instructions. Once soft and hot, fill it with several pieces of burong mustasa, 2 tablespoons of pork asado then top it with chopped peanuts. Serve.