Recipe: Tasty Chinese BBQ pork/ Char Siu

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Chinese BBQ pork/ Char Siu. Char siu, or Chinese BBQ Pork, is a delicious Cantonese roast meat. Growing up in the Catskills, the first time I saw this Chinese BBQ pork, or char siu, was at the Holiday Inn of all places. My father, the hotel restaurant's head chef at the time, used a closely guarded recipe of Chinese sauces, lots of.

Chinese BBQ pork/ Char Siu As a Chinese person who grew up on bbq pork, I was very pleased with this. Char Siu Pork is also known as Chinese style BBQ pork is famous roasted pork dish. The main ingredients for Char Siu sauce contains oyster sauce (for more information about commonly used sauces in Chinese cooking, check Chinese Sauces), soy sauce, sugar, red onions, garlic and red. You can cook Chinese BBQ pork/ Char Siu using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chinese BBQ pork/ Char Siu

  1. You need 450 g of Pork belly 1.5 inch stripes/pork butt 1 inch thick.
  2. It's 1 tbsp of maltose.
  3. You need of Marinade:.
  4. Prepare 1 inch of cube red fermented tofu,mashed.
  5. It's 5 tbsps of sugar.
  6. It's 1 1/2 tbsps of oyster sauce / vegetarian stir-fry sauce.
  7. You need 4 cloves of garlic, minced.
  8. Prepare 1/2 tbsps of dark soya sauce /2 tbsps soya sauce.
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp of Shao xing wine.
  10. It's 1 package of char siu seasoning mix.

Chinese Barbecue Pork (Char Siu Pork). If you love a juicy, sweet & sticky char siu (Chinese BBQ Pork), give this easy recipe a try! Delicious char siu is achievable at home! Updated to include instructions on how to make char siu in the oven so this can be made in the oven or the grill depending on the season.

Chinese BBQ pork/ Char Siu step by step

  1. Tenderize pork with a turkey lifter fork. Mix all marinade ingredients together then put on pork. Put pork into a zipper bag or a container and let it marinade overnight in refrigerator..
  2. Preheat oven to 375C. Put water in roasting pan. Remove pork from fridge and arrange on a wire rack inside roasting pan. Bake for 30 minutes then turn it oven and bake for another 30 minutes..
  3. Meanwhile, add maltose to marinade. Simmer marinade until it turn glossy and thick. Set aside.
  4. Bast thickened sauce on pork, bake for 10 minutes in order to get a nice caramelisation and char. Turn pork and bast other side, bake for 10 minutes to get even char on both sides. Remove from oven and rest for 10 minutes before slicing..

This Chinese BBQ pork tastes just like the pork at your favorite Chinese restaurant (but better). Caramelized on the outside, nice and tender on the inside. This Chinese BBQ Pork (aka Char Siu) is out of this world good. And the flavor (especially when smoked) is outstanding! BBQ pork belly char siu is the epitome of Cantonese BBQ.