OT - Sous vide Saam pork belly steamed bun.

Tixunau

Hi,

I've been trying lots of experiments since I got a sv machine. Most cooks have been good but there are rooms for improvement. Yesterday meal:

Marinated the belly with ginger, scallion, soy sauce, honey, mirin and garlic powder. Left it in the fridge over night. Before heading out to work, dropped it in the bath @ 77 C for 10hrs. After drying the belly, cut it into desired pieces and a quick oven broil to crisps the skin. (This is where I would have loved to used the egg but to much trouble to light it up and sear only a small portion of meat)

Used the 'juice' in the sv bag to make a glaze. Strained the liquid and reduced until thick.

At the mean time, steamed the bun with a bamboo 'steamer tray'. Got the store bought frozen one which turns out to be not that great. I will be making some homemade next time.

Assembled everything: steamed bun, a little of hoisin sauce, Boston lettuce, pork belly, drizzled some reduced sauce, cilantro. Voilà! (Missing some picked veggies which I didn't have any on hand)

Have nice day everyone! Cheers!!

Black_Badger

Yep, that looks pretty darned delicious! Congrats!

B_B

tulocay

Awesome!

Canugghead

Looks amazing, you should sell the last photo to Momofuku!

NDG

wow - thats so Official it needs a Whistle!

Tixunau

Thank you folks. Appriciated the kind comments.

Cheers and keep on egging or sv!!

caliking

Very very nice. I made the buns at home when I did SV pork belly, and they tasted great. Not pretty to look at, but they were tasty .

BigWader

@Tixunau - That looks awesome.  How succulent was the belly?  I thought you had to cook belly for longer than that to really soften the collagen etc.

 

 

Tixunau

@bigWader - The belly was very moist and was very tender with still some texture to it. My family don't like meat that is cooked until 'buttery' texture. They like to still have to chew a little so that is the reason why I did not go longer. I guess it all depends on everyone's taste. 

Cheers!

Wolfpack

Wow- winner for the week. Nice job

DMW

That looks really good. I wish belly was easier to find around here. I need to check next time I'm at Restaurant Depot and stock some in the freezer if they have it for a reasonable price.

Eggcelsior

@DMW‌ do you have a Wegmans nearby? They have Berkshire pork belly on weekends at mine.

DMW

@Eggcelsior - Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out.