Gua bao is a Taiwanese street food. It is a soft, flat steamed bun folded in half like a taco and stuffed with a hot, savory filling. The name means "cut bun," for the way the dough is folded open. In Taiwan it is sometimes called the Taiwanese hamburger, and you will see it on menus as bao buns or pork belly bao.
The classic version is braised pork belly with pickled mustard greens, cilantro, and crushed peanuts with a little sugar. At Steam Boys we keep the soft, slightly sweet bun and fill it a few different ways, so there is a gua bao for every kind of eater.
