Corned Beef Bánh Mi Bao Bun

How to make Corned Beef Bánh Mi Bao Bun

Prep Time: 15 minutes        |        Cook Time: 15 minutes        |        Makes: 8

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp White Mill caster sugar
• 1 tbsp Pure Vita white vinegar
• 1 carrot, peeled and cut into thin batons
• 8 Urban Eats bao buns
• 1 tbsp Pure Vita canola or sunflower oil
• 250g cooked Ready, Set…Cook! corned beef silverside, shredded
• 1 Lebanese cucumber, cut into batons
• 1 spring onion, finely sliced
• 1 red chilli, sliced
• Asia Specialities soy sauce, to serve
• Asia Green Garden sriracha sauce, to serve
• Colway real mayonnaise, to serve
• 1 tbsp Forresters salted peanuts, chopped
• Handful of coriander leaves, to serve

Method

1. Cook the corned beef, as per package instructions.
2. Combine sugar, vinegar and 1 teaspoon salt in a small bowl with 50ml water. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then add the carrot batons and toss to coat. Set aside to lightly pickle.
3. Steam the bao buns according to packet instructions – until fluffy and hot.
4. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the corned beef and cook for 5 minutes, pressing occasionally, until the edges are crisp and browned. Remove from the heat.
5. Open each bao bun and layer with crispy corned beef, pickled carrot, cucumber, spring onion and chilli.
6. Drizzle with soy sauce, sriracha and mayonnaise. Scatter with chopped peanuts and coriander leaves then serve.

Option: You can use leftover cooked corned beef.