Honey Grilled Pork (Char Siu or Char Siew)
Honey Grilled Pork (Char Siu or Char Siew)

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Place the pork into the marinate, turn to coat completely, and cover with cling wrap. BBQ pork belly char siu is the epitome of Cantonese BBQ. They are always sliced into thin pieces and served with steamed white rice, with vegetable on the side. Sometimes spelled as char siew or char sui, the pork is always perfectly charred, juicy, tender, dripping in a sticky, sweet and savory sauce.

Honey Grilled Pork (Char Siu or Char Siew) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Honey Grilled Pork (Char Siu or Char Siew) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have honey grilled pork (char siu or char siew) using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Honey Grilled Pork (Char Siu or Char Siew):
  1. Make ready 0.5 kg pork armpit
  2. Make ready Brine
  3. Take 5 ml salt
  4. Take 1 litre water
  5. Make ready Marinade
  6. Prepare 1.5 tbsp honey/maltose
  7. Make ready 2 tbsp brown sugar
  8. Take 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  9. Make ready 2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine/ Shaoxing/ Hua Diao
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp dark soy sauce

This honey glazed Chinese barbecued pork has that slightly charred and signature mahogany color finish with an addicting sweet but savory flavor… Char Siu Pork Chinese BBQ Pork Recipe 叉燒 Char Siu is simple to make, it just calls for patience to let the pork marinade to infuse with flavour and make the pork stained red! Be sure to baste generously, slathering / dabbing the marinade on - it's the key to get a really great sticky surface! There is a technique to cutting pork that I learned from my father.

Steps to make Honey Grilled Pork (Char Siu or Char Siew):
  1. Brine: Rinse meat and soak into brine for 2 hours.
  2. Marinade: Mix ingredients well over boiling water. Easier to dissolve the sugar and stir the maltose. - · When marinade is ready, cool it for 5-10 minutes. - · Rinse and pat dry the meat. - · Marinade meat in a zip lock bag overnight. (You may marinade for 6 hours.)
  3. Grill: 200 degrees Celsius, grill and fan mode. - · Simmer remaining marinade (from zip lock bag) over small heat until it becomes thick. - · Brush meat with marinade and grill for 8-10 minutes on each side. Brush every 3-5 minutes.
  4. Note: Brine is optional. It is to keep the meat moist and tender and remove boar taint. You may soak for 6 hours. - · For a more charred surface or taste, try grilling at 170 degrees Celsius, 12-15 minutes each side. (I HAVE NOT TRIED THIS BEFORE) - · Honey or maltose is optional. It can give a lacquer look. - · Dark soy sauce is optional. It can give a dark colouring look.

Be sure to baste generously, slathering / dabbing the marinade on - it's the key to get a really great sticky surface! There is a technique to cutting pork that I learned from my father. First, find where the meat has the fat and the membrane between the muscle, and use a sharp knife to cut and separate them. Char siu (or slightly different spelling, cha siu) is its Cantonese name, but in Mandarin, it is known as cha shao. To make char siu, pork is marinated in a sweet BBQ sauce and then roasted.

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