Char Siu
Char Siu

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Char Siu is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Char Siu is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Find Deals on Char-siu in Groceries on Amazon. 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. Char Siu, or Chinese BBQ pork, is one of the most popular pork recipes in Cantonese cooking.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have char siu using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Char Siu:
  1. Make ready 8 lbs pork shoulder, sliced 1 in thick
  2. Take 1 cup sugar
  3. Get 1 cup soy sauce
  4. Make ready 1 jar kikkoman hoisin sauce
  5. Make ready 1/2 cup dry sherry
  6. Take 2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
  7. Take 1/2 tsp white pepper
  8. Make ready 2 tsp Chinese five spice powder
  9. Get 2 Tbsp ginger, grated
  10. Get 2 Tbsp garlic, grated
  11. Take 1/2 cup ketchup
  12. Get 2/3 cup honey

This unadorned dish can is available in every corner of the street, and each restaurant boasted to have the best secret recipe for the barbecue pork. A good Char Siu should have a glossy surface with the trademark dark mahogany color. Char Siu (叉烧), also knows as Chinese BBQ pork, is a type of roasted pork originating from Cantonese cuisine. Traditionally, the marinated pork is skewered with long forks and roasted in an oven or over an open fire.

Instructions to make Char Siu:
  1. Combine the sugar, soy, hoisin, spices, ginger, garlic, sherry, oil.
  2. Divide the sauce in half.
  3. Places the pork in a large ziplock and cover in one half of the marinade. Marinade 4 hours to over night.
  4. Remove the pork from the marinade and smoke at 225 to 250 for 4-5 hours.
  5. Add the ketchup and honey to the other portion of marinade.
  6. On a wire racked inserted into a baking tray, lay the smoked pork out in a single layer.
  7. Turn the overhead broiler on in your oven. Do NOT use a drawer broiler.
  8. Brush with the reserved sauce and broil 5 minutes until the surface is bubbling and mahogany in color. Feel free to layer the sauce on as it broils. Repeat on the other side.
  9. Serve sliced with extra sauce or chop and make char siu bao.

That's where its Chinese name Char/叉 (fork) Siu/烧 (roast) comes from. Char Siu is a fragrant and delicious Chinese BBQ pork usually made using pork shoulder or pork belly. It is marinated in a homemade sauce for hours before being cooked over a charcoal grill. This is the ultimate Char Siu pork recipe to cook restaurant quality dish. Char Siu is a Cantonese-style roasted boneless BBQ pork that is commonly used in Chinese cuisine.

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