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Chicken Bao Buns

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

4-6 people

Enjoy the taste of savory Chicken Bao Buns, a delightful Instant Pot recipe. Juicy chicken thighs are infused with a blend of aromatic spices and sauces, then nestled in fluffy lotus buns for a convenient and delectable meal any day of the week.

Ingredients

500 g

Chicken Thigh

1 tbsp

Dark Soy

1

Onion

5 cloves

garlic

1 thumb

Ginger

1

cinnamon stick

-

star anise

-

Cloves

1/4 cup

Dark Soy

2 tbsp

Light Soy

1 tbsp

five-spice powder

1/2 tsp

White Pepper

-

Salt

1 tbsp

Sugar

500 ml

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Instructions

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  1. Set instant pot to saute mode.
  2. Saute the onion, garlic, and ginger until fragrant.
  3. Add in the chicken and sear.
  4. Add the cloves, star anise, cinnamon stick, and 5 spice powder and cook for a bit.
  5. Add the dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, salt, sugar, and stock then set instant pot to pressure cook on high pressure for 9 minutes.
  6. Do a quick release and then remove the chicken from the pot, leaving the sauce.
  7. Add in corn starch slurry to thicken and put the trivet on your lotus buns.
  8. Set instant pot to steam mode for 2 minutes
  9. Do quick release. Remove buns and return the chicken to coat with sauce.
  10. Assemble the buns with lettuce, chicken, and parsley, and enjoy!