Char Siu (The Best Recipe)

Name: Char Siu (The Best Recipe)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3, 3 people
Cuisine: chinese
Ingredients: 1 lb. skinless pork belly (cut into 2 long strips); 2 tablespoons garlic (finely chopped ); 2 pieces Chinese fermented red bean curd; 1 tablespoon maltose (or honey); 1 tablespoon Chinese Shaoxing wine; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 1 tablespoon oyster sauce; 1 teaspoon dark and thick soy sauce; 1 teaspoon five-spice powder; 1/4 teaspoon white pepper powder; 3 1/2 oz sugar (100 g or 8 1/2 tablespoons)

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Cantonese-style BBQ pork belly roasted with five-spice, soy sauce, and a sweet glaze made with maltose. Tender and glossy, tasting like authentic Chinatown restaurant food.

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Ingredients

3 SERVINGS

1 lbskinless pork belly
2 tbspgarlic — finely chopped

Char Siu Sauce:

2Chinese fermented red bean curd
1 tbspmaltose — or honey
1 tbspChinese Shaoxing wine
1 tbspsoy sauce
1 tbspoyster sauce
1 tspdark and thick soy sauce
1 tspfive-spice powder
¼ tspwhite pepper powder — powdered
100 gsugar — 8½ tbsp

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Method

45m total

Read the method on Rasa MalaysiaBee Yinn Low’s original page

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 33mg
Calcium: 8mg
Iron: 1mg

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