20-Min Pork Manapua
Pillowy baked buns stuffed with garlicky brown sugar pork filling — a Hawaiian comfort classic made weeknight-fast with crescent roll dough. Sweet, savory, and impossible to stop eating.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 4
- Calories
- 385
- Protein
- 16g
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground pork
- 3 whole green onions
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 16 oz crescent roll dough (2 cans)
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 375°F. Cook ground pork in a skillet over medium-high, breaking it up with a spoon, until no pink remains, ~5 minutes.
- 2
Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, ~30 seconds. Add brown sugar and soy sauce; stir until caramelized, ~2 minutes.
- 3
Chop 2 green onions and fold into the filling. Cool for 1 minute.
- 4
Unroll crescent dough and separate into triangles. Spoon 1 tbsp filling onto each triangle, roll tightly from wide end.
- 5
Place buns seam-side down on a sheet pan. Brush with water and sprinkle sesame seeds if desired.
- 6
Bake until golden brown, ~12 minutes. Slice remaining green onion over top before serving.
Tools you’ll need
- 12-inch skillet
- wooden spoon
- sheet pan
- parchment paper (optional)
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