Recipe: Perfect Char Siu, Chinese BBQ Pork

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Char Siu, Chinese BBQ Pork. Char siu literally means fork burn/roast-'Char' being fork (both noun and verb) and siu being burn/roast-after the traditional cooking method for the dish: long strips of seasoned boneless pork are skewered with long forks and placed in a covered oven or over a fire. 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 garlic, and spices to make his classic char siu.

Char Siu, Chinese BBQ Pork Made with a simple yet flavour loaded Char Siu sauce, pork is marinated to infuse with flavour then roasted until caramelised. Baste your Chinese BBQ Pork frequently for best results! Char Siu - Chinese BBQ Pork Yummy and easy to prepare homemade Char Siu Pork with a homemade Char Siu Sauce. You can have Char Siu, Chinese BBQ Pork using 4 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Char Siu, Chinese BBQ Pork

  1. You need 1/2 cup of hoisin sauce (Lee Kum Kee Brand).
  2. You need 1/2 cup of char siu sauce(Lee Kum Kee Brand).
  3. It's 1/2 cup of korean bulgogi bbq sauce.
  4. Prepare 1 lb of pork butt (get the cut that is cut with the grain at the asian supermarket).

Char Siu Pork is also known a s Chinese style BBQ pork is famous roasted pork dish. It is featured not only by the yummy taste but also the light red color. In Chinese Char Siu is 叉烧 meaning roasted pork on certain of fork. Easy to prepare oven roasted Char Siu (Chinese Barbecue Pork).

Char Siu, Chinese BBQ Pork instructions

  1. Combine the hoisin sauce, char siu sauce, and korean bulgogi bbq sauce in a large ziplock bag..
  2. Place the pork butt into the ziplock bag with the sauce..
  3. Place the ziplock bag in the refrigerator overnight..
  4. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees farenheit..
  5. Place a roasting or cooling rack on a sheet pan. Place the marinated pork butt on the rack. Pour the remaining sauce into a bowl and set aside..
  6. Place the sheet pan with the rack and pork into the oven..
  7. After 10 minutes coat the meat with a layer of the remaining sauce and flip the meat. Return the meat to the oven..
  8. Repeat step 7 until the temperature of the thickest part of the pork butt reads 145 degrees farenheit..
  9. Remove the sheet pan with the rack and pork from the oven and let sit for 15 minutes..
  10. Eat..

Perfect with steamed rice or noodles. Char Siu (Chinese Barbecue Pork) is one of the most popular and ubiquitous roast meat in Chinese cuisine. Most restaurants have them hanging in glass cases at the entrance to entice you. A char siu sauce is a mix of various Asian pantry ingredients, including soy sauce, oyster sauce, honey, and Chinese five-spice powder. I like to add grated fresh ginger to my marinade for a bit of warm heat.