Best Cha Siew Duck Recipes

CHAR SIU (CHINESE BARBECUE PORK)

Steps:

• Combine ½ cup (120ml) water, maltose, Shao Hsing cooking wine, hoisin sauce,
• five-spice powder, and dark soy sauce in a small saucepan. Stir to dilute maltose. Bring marinade to a boil.
• Add minced garlic. Reduce heat to medium low and continue to simmer until marinade is thick and syrupy. This should take about 10 minutes.
• Turn off stove. Add sesame oil and allow marinade to cool completely.
• Place pork in a zip top plastic bag. Pour half the marinade into the bag. Press out as much air as possible and zip the bag. Allow pork to marinade in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight if possible.
• Preheat oven to 375˚F (190˚C). Line a baking tray with aluminum foil. Place a metal rack on the top. Brush some oil on the metal rack.
• Remove pork from the refrigerator. Unzip the bag and transfer pork with a pair of tongs onto the led oiled metal rack.
• Roast pork in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Carefully remove pork from the oven. Brush remaining marinade onto each strip of pork. Turn and brush the other side with more marinade.
• Return the pork to the oven and continue to roast for another 15 minutes.
• When done roasting, remove char siu from the oven. Allow it to rest for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

CHAR SIU (CHINESE BBQ PORK)

Steps:

• Cut pork with the grain into strips 1 1/2- to 2-inches long; put into a large resealable plastic bag.
• Stir soy sauce, honey, ketchup, brown sugar, rice wine, hoisin sauce, red food coloring or red bean curd (see Cook's Note), and Chinese five-spice powder together in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook and stir until just combined and slightly warm, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the marinade into the bag with the pork, squeeze air from the bag, and seal. Turn bag a few times to coat all pork pieces in marinade.
• Marinate pork in refrigerator, 2 hours to overnight.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Remove pork from marinade and shake to remove excess liquid. Discard remaining marinade.
• Cook pork on preheated grill for 20 minutes. Put a small container of water onto the grill and continue cooking, turning the pork regularly, until cooked through, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).