Korean style beef bao buns
Posted on Sunday, 2 April 2023 under Beef
Ingredients
Slow-cooked beef
1.3-1.5kg of ANZCO Foods oyster blade beef
2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
½ cup flour
1 brown onion, roughly chopped
3 large garlic cloves, pasted
1Tbsp grated ginger
250ml beef stock
¼ cup soy sauce
1 Tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp sweet paprika
½ cup brown sugar (or honey)
3 Tbsp gochujang paste
1 cup cloudy apple juice
2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
Salt, white and black pepper
Bao Buns
12-24 Bao buns
Hoisin sauce
Coriander, picked into sprigs
Sliced carrot
Cucumber sticks
Lime mayonnaise (see recipe right)
Chopped roasted peanuts
Black sesame seeds
Serves 4-6
Method
1. Preparation of the ANZCO Foods oyster blade beef
Preheat oven to 160°C. Cut oyster blade into generous sized cubes. Season, and coat in flour. Shake off excess flour, heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan and brown the oyster blade in batches until it is browned all over.
2. Slow cooking the ANZCO Foods oyster blade beef
In a Dutch oven or large pan, gently cook onion, garlic and ginger using 1Tbsp sesame oil and 1Tbsp vegetable oil.
Once sweated, add gochujang paste, tomato paste and sugar, cook for 1 minute. Add soy sauce, and vinegar and cook for a further minute before adding the apple juice and beef stock.
Stir thoroughly to combine and add the seared beef to the broth.
Place in the oven tightly covered for 3 hours. Once cooled, remove the beef and either slice or “pull” depending on your preference.
Strain the sauce into a saucepan and reduce over a rolling heat until halved.
Use this to glaze the beef before placing in the bao buns.
3. Assembling the bao buns
Steam the bao in a lined steamer for 3 minutes and assemble. Starting with hoisin, your choice of vegetables, beef then the mayonnaise, nuts, herbs and optional chilli.
4. Lime Mayonnaise
2 Egg yolks
1 Lime, juice and zest
1 cup vegetable oil
Salt
Whisk egg yolks and lime together.
Using a jug gently pour the oil slowly into the egg yolks, whisking continuously. Season with salt. If the mayonnaise is too thick, whisk in a couple of teaspoons of boiling water to thin it out.
