These delicious bites are so tasty. The texture of the soft bao bun with the crispy pork, sour pickled onions and crunchy, sweet carrot makes them the perfect bite.
These bao buns are perfect for parties and dinner parties. You can use pre-made buns or make them yourself. For this recipe i use pre made buns from costco as they were very cheap $6 for 24.

Ingredients:

1 packet Pork mince (approx 500g)
1 packet Taco seasoning
1 packet Bao Buns
1 Carrot, grated
pickled onions, sliced thinly
Grated Parmesan cheese to serve (if wanted)
Sauces to taste (we used sriracha & tomato)

Method:
Heat a large heavy frying pan over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil. Add pork and cook, breaking up with a spoon, for 3-4 mins or until pork is cooked through. Add taco seasoning and stir though until its all combined.  Spread pork in an even layer and cook, without moving, for 3 mins or until crisp underneath. Once mince is crisped to your liking. Turn off heat.
Cook bao buns using the packets instructions (we steamed ours in the microwave).
To serve open up bun and spread a thin layer of sauce, fill with crispy mince, carrot, pickled onion and a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese. Serve whilst buns are still warm.
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After having a taste of The Core Cider House's Apple Cider i had a think of what would compliment it. It was a sunday arvo when i cooked this and as you do every sunday! you have a roast. Nothing sounded better than a thick juicy pork belly cooking the the cider. ve paired it with a cauliflower puree (trying to get my daughter, and me! to try more veggies!!) Grilled pumpkin and a cider jus (Fancy name for cooking juice sauce)

Ingredients:

500g Pork Belly 
Salt (for the crackling, this amount can vary)
1 bottle Core Sparkling Apple Cider
1/2 Cauliflower, Diced
250ml Chicken Stock
5 Tablespoons Cream
2 Tablespoons Honey
1/2 Red Apple, Sliced thinly
150g Pumpkin, Sliced Thinly
2 Teaspoons Cornflour mixed with a little water to make a paste

Method:

Preheat oven to 180'c. Salt pork skin generously and place skin side up in a roasting pan (make sure pork fits snug). Pour all but 2 Tablespoons of the cider into the pan around the pork, you will use the remaining for the cauliflower puree. Make sure pork is fully submerged up to the layer of fat at the top if it isn't top up with water.  Cover dish with al foil and cook in the oven for 45-50mins. 
Towards the end of the pork cooking add Cauliflower, the remaining 2T of cider and chicken stock into a medium saucepan. Bring to the boil, then turn to a simmer and cook cauliflower until it is tender when pressed between your fingers (this should take about 25mins). Once cauliflower is tender add it (and stock liquid) to a food processor and blitz until smooth.
Once meat is cooked remove foil ( but keep the foil for the resting stage), turn up the heat on your oven to maximum and cook until crackling crisps up (keep an eye on this as it can happen quickly). Once crackling is to your liking bring meat out, drain remaining liquid into a saucepan for the juice and rest the pork on a board covered with foil to rest for 15-20mins.
Grill pumpkin in a griddle frying pan to achieve griddle lines for around 3-4 mins on each side, set aside. 
To make sauce to the cider/pork cooking juices add mustard, cream and honey. reduce by half, then add cornflour mixture to thicken (add bit by bit of cornflour to get the thickness you like).
Reheat the cauliflower puree if it has cooled down. Cut the rested pork into cubes. To arrange the plate spread a layer of puree top with pork, pumpkin an apple slices and drizzle with cider jus.