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Category
Basic Component
Cuisine
Asian
Difficulty
130 min

Char Siu Asian red pork meat

This is the basic version of the classic red pork meat you get in a lot of Chinese restaurants. Its a BBQ-ed pork meat also called Char Siu or Char Siew.

 

Nutritional information

Nutritional information per portion
Calories 800
Carbs 10g
Fat 25g
Protein 65g

Ingredients for 1 portion

Recipe instructions

Marinate the meat overnight

We marinate the meat overnight in a plastic ziploc bag. Add all the ingredients to the mixture and if necessary add some water.

Wrap it !

BBQ it !

The next day, take the meat out of the fridge and BBQ-it. I suggest you use pork shoulder or belly (more tender meat)

Lean Pork meat solution

If you have a lean piece of meat, the best thing is to put it in a casserole submerged in water, in an oven for about two hours (about 100°C). This slow low temp cooking will tenderize the meat. Aftwerwards we BBQ-it to caramelize the sugar in the marinade. You can use the marinade to bast the meat while BBQ-ing it.

Low temp cooker

If you have a low temp cooker, like the Anova I use, let the meat cook for about 3 hours at 63°C.

Pork belly result

You can even use sliced pork belly, although this will be relatively dry and not so tender. If I were you, I'll read my full recipe of the real deal, with a secret ingredient that makes the whole thing taste like the real deal... 

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