Sweet & Sour Chicken Bao Bun Banquet
with Cheesy Bacon Potato Chunks & Creamy Apple Slaw
Delicately fluffy bao buns are the perfect vessels for succulent chicken pieces complete with a crunchy coating and our creamy apple slaw. Pair with loaded potato chunks for an unforgettable flavour sensation that will have you coming back for more!
We’ve replaced the potato in this recipe with sweet potato due to local ingredient availability. It’ll be just as delicious, just follow your recipe card!
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat.
Ingredients
1 packet
Cheddar Cheese
(Contains: Milk;)
1 packet
Garlic Aioli
(Contains: Eggs;)
1 sachet
Sesame Seeds
(Contains: Sesame; May be present: Almond, Brazil nut, Cashew, Gluten, Hazelnut, Macadamia, Milk, Peanuts, Pecan, Pine nut, Pistachio, Soy, Walnut, Wheat.)
330 g
Chicken Thigh
1
Spring Onion
1 sachet
Sweet Soy Seasoning
(Contains: Sesame, Gluten, Soy, Wheat;)
1 packet
Shredded Cabbage Mix
2
Sweet Potato
90 g
Diced Bacon
(May be present: Milk, Soy.)
1 packet
Cornflour
(May be present: Almond, Brazil nut, Cashew, Gluten, Hazelnut, Macadamia, Milk, Peanuts, Pecan, Pine nut, Pistachio, Soy, Walnut, Wheat, Sesame.)
6
Gua Bao Bun
(Contains: Gluten, Wheat; May be present: Soy.)
1
Red Apple
1 packet
Sweet & Sour Sauce
(Contains: Gluten, Soy, Wheat; May be present: Milk.)
Not included in your delivery
1 drizzle
olive oil
½ tsp
honey
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Preheat oven to 240°C/220°C fan-forced.
• Cut sweet potato into bite-sized chunks.
• Place sweet potato on a lined oven tray. Drizzle
with olive oil, season with salt and toss to coat.
Roast until tender, 20-25 minutes.
• In the last 8-10 minutes of cook time, sprinkle
diced bacon and Cheddar cheese over potatoes
(you may need to break up the bacon with your
hands!). Return to oven and bake until melted
and golden.
• Meanwhile, cut apple into thin sticks.
• Thinly slice spring onion.
• Cut chicken thigh into 2cm chunks.
• In a medium bowl, combine chicken, sweet
soy seasoning, a drizzle of olive oil and a pinch
of pepper.
• When sweet potato has 10 minutes remaining, to
the bowl with chicken, add cornflour. Toss to coat.
• In a large frying pan, heat a generous drizzle of
olive oil over medium-high heat. When oil is hot,
dust off any excess flour and cook chicken, tossing
occasionally, until browned and cooked through,
5-6 minutes.
• Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
TIP: Chicken is cooked through when it is no longer
pink inside.
• Wipe out pan, then return to medium-high heat.
• Return chicken to the pan, then add sweet & sour
sauce, the honey and sesame seeds, tossing, until
well combined, 1 minute.
• While chicken is cooking, place gua bao buns on
a microwave-safe plate and cover with a damp
paper towel.
• Microwave on high for 1 minute. Set aside to rest for
1 minute.
• In a second medium bowl, combine shredded
cabbage mix, apple, garlic aioli and a drizzle of
olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Uncover baos, then gently halve buns and fill
with some creamy apple slaw and sweet and sour
chicken. Top with spring onion.
• Serve baos with cheesy bacon sweet potato chunks
and remaining slaw. Enjoy!
