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Char Siu Recipe

Sweet and gooey Chinese BBQ Pork Recipe
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Marinating Time 1 day
Total Time 1 day 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • grill rack
  • baking sheet

Ingredients
  

Char Siu

  • 1.5 lb pork shoulder cut into long pieces
  • 1/4 tsp sesame oil
  • 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1/2 tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1/2 tbsp xiaoxing wine
  • 1/2 tsp white pepper
  • 1/2 tsp five spice
  • 2 pieces whole star anise
  • 1 tsp salt

Char Siu Glaze

  • 1.5 tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp water
  • char siu marinade use all
  • 1 tsp five spice
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tsp xiaoxing wine

Instructions
 

  • Mix pork with sesame oil, dark soy sauce, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, garlic, brown sugar, honey, xiaoxing wine, white pepper, five spice, salt, and star anise. Rub marinade into the meat. Cover with cling wrap and set in the refrigerator at least 48 hours.
  • After meat is marinated, prepare to broil. Turn oven onto broil setting: 525 degrees F. Place meat onto a suspended rack above a baking sheet. Add in 1 cup of water onto the bottom of the baking sheet.
  • Move oven rack so that it is 10 inches under the top broiler.
  • Meanwhile, make glaze. Add juices from the meat marinade into a saucepan and add in hoisin sauce, honey, water, soy sauce, oyster sauce, xiaoxing wine, brown sugar, and five spice. Using a sieve, remove pieces of coagulated blood. Boil on high heat until it is thickened and just coats the back of a spoon.
  • When oven is pre-heated, place meat into the oven. Meat should broil in the oven for about 20-30 minutes, depending on the thickness of your meat. Baste every 5 minutes.
  • If oven has hotspots, rotate the pan to allow even cooking.
  • Basting process instructions: Allow the pork to broil for 5 minutes, then baste with glaze. Repeat 2 times after this.
  • Flip pork over with tongs. Repeat the basting process 3 times.
  • Once both sides of pork are glazed and caramelized, remove from the oven. This takes about 20-30 minutes of broiling in the oven.
  • There will be juices on the bottom of the baking sheet. Take these juices and boil on high heat with the remaining glaze until reduced to half. This takes about 5 minutes. Use this as a sauce to serve with your char siu.
  • Optional: Top with toasted white sesame seeds and green onion.
  • Enjoy with steamed jasmine rice!
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