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Chinese BBQ pork/ Char Siu. As a Chinese person who grew up on bbq pork, I was very pleased with this. Thank you, Chef John! "Char siu" literally means "fork roast" - "char" being "fork" (both noun and verb) and "siu" being "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. Also known as Pork Neck, Pork Collar or Pork Neck Collar, this is an excellent cut of pork which is ideal for both quick cooking (such as pan seared pork chops) and slow cooking (such as this Slow Roasted Brown Sugar Garlic Butter Pork).

Chinese BBQ pork/ Char Siu The edges are charred and crispy, and the inside is super juicy and delicious. 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. You can have Chinese BBQ pork/ Char Siu using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chinese BBQ pork/ Char Siu

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

To serve the Char Siu (Chinese barbecue pork) Bring the remaining marinade to a boil. Arrange the Char Siu on the serving plate and drizzle the marinade on top. You can also use it as char siu dipping sauce. You can keep the excess marinade to mix with noodles, drizzle on chicken, etc., which is very flavorful..

Chinese BBQ pork/ Char Siu instructions

  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..

Char Siu (Chinese BBQ Pork) Most Chinese restaurants will serve Char Sui as a side dish or appetizer. At my favorite Chinese restaurant, they will serve this with the main entree alongside the fried rice. No matter how it is served, if made RIGHT, it can easily be my favorite part of the meal. Cha siu (叉燒/叉烧), usually called Chinese BBQ Pork in English, is a classic southern Chinese dish that's often attributed to Cantonese cuisine. Char Siu, or Chinese BBQ pork, is one of the most popular pork recipes in Cantonese cooking.