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Sweet & Sour Chicken Bao Bun Banquet

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!

Allergens:
Milk
Eggs
Sesame
Gluten
Soy
Wheat

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat.

Preparation Time35 minutes
Cooking Time20 minutes
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

Serving amount

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

Nutritional Values

Energy (kJ)5070 kJ
Calories1210 kcal
Fat48.7 g
of which saturates11.9 g
Carbohydrate119 g
of which sugars41.7 g
Dietary Fibre9 g
Protein57.1 g
Sodium2190 mg
The average adult daily energy intake is 8700 kJ

Utensils

Large Non-Stick Pan
Baking Paper

Cooking Steps

Bake the cheesy bacon potato
1

• 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. 

Get prepped
2

• 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. 

Fry the chicken
3

• 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.

Make it saucy
4

• 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.

Heat the buns & assemble the slaw
5

• 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. 

Finish & serve
6

• 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!

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