Pork Belly Buns with Spicy Mayo, Scallions, and Pickled Bean Sprouts

These buns combine spicy mayo, scallions, and pickled bean sprouts. They'd also be great with some hoisin sauce and sliced scallions or sweet Japanese mayo and shredded lettuce.

Sous Vide Pork Belly Buns With Mayonnaise and Quick-Pickled Cucumbers

Steamed buns stuffed with pork belly cooked sous-vide in a Japanese-style marinade.

Chinese Steamed Pork Buns

Pillowy soft steamed buns filled with a sweet, savoury saucy pork filling. Homemade Chinese Pork Buns are truly just like what you get at dim sum / yum cha!

Sheng Jian Bao (Pan-Fried Pork Soup Dumplings)

Xiao long bao, Shanghai-style soup dumplings, have become legendary for good reason, but so far their doughier pan-fried cousins called sheng jian bao remain much less well-known here in the States. If you love XLB, you need to try sheng jian bao.

Carrot Ginger Pork Buns, Two Ways (Bao Zi)

Carrot Ginger Pork Buns is one of the best fillings we’ve ever made. The sweetness of the carrot combined with ginger makes these pork buns just heavenly.

Instant Pot Braised Pork Buns

Instant Pot Braised Pork Buns are a revelation. Fall-apart pork shoulder comes together quickly in an Instant Pot, and it's served in a fluffy steamed bun.

Bowl-Steamed Pork Belly

Chinese-style pork belly steamed in a bowl with pickles and chilies until tender.

Pretzel Bao With Sweet Sesame-Hot Mustard Pork

German-Chinese fusion may sound strange, but when pillowy pretzel buns meet bao, and mustard-slathered roasted pork meats char siu, it works. Chinese hot mustard, sesame paste, and honey make a flavor-packed change-up from the traditional char siu sauce, while a special Chinese bread-making trick makes the pretzel buns even more moist and tender. It's impossible not to love this Deutsch version of a Dim Sum classic.

Lu Rou Fan (Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice Bowl)

Lu rou fan, a Taiwanese comfort food classic of braised pork belly over rice, is probably the best recipe to come out of our kitchen this month.

Chinese Hamburger, Rou Jia Mo 肉夹馍

Chinese Hamburger, Rou Jia Mo (肉夹馍) means “meat in a bun,” which sort of makes it similar to what we’d think of as a hamburger, or maybe a Chinese sloppy joe. So there’s the meat filling of shredded pork belly with spices and fresh herbs sandwiched between a homemade pan baked bun.