Char Siu (Chinese Barbeque Pork)
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
4
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Ingredients for - Char Siu (Chinese Barbeque Pork)

1. Honey - 2 tablespoons
2. Shaoxing cooking wine - 2 tablespoons
3. Hoisin sauce - 1 tablespoon
4. Pureed kiwi - 1 tablespoon
5. Chinese dark soy sauce - 1 tablespoon
6. Thai chile sauce - 1 tablespoon
7. Garlic, grated - 2 cloves
8. Oyster sauce - 2 teaspoons
9. Chinese five-spice powder - ½ teaspoon
10. Pork belly, skin removed - 1 ½ pounds

How to cook deliciously - Char Siu (Chinese Barbeque Pork)

1. Stage

Mix honey, cooking wine, hoisin sauce, kiwi, dark soy sauce, chile sauce, garlic, oyster sauce, and five-spice powder together in a large resealable plastic bag. Add pork belly. Seal bag, pressing out as much air as possible.

2. Stage

Place bag on a plate and marinate pork belly in the refrigerator, flipping occasionally, for at least 2 days.

3. Stage

Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C) with a rack in the upper third of the oven. Set a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet.

4. Stage

Place pork belly on the wire rack, reserving marinade.

5. Stage

Bake pork belly in the preheated oven until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F (71 degrees C), about 1 hour. Remove pork belly from the oven; baste with reserved marinade.

6. Stage

Move oven rack to the top position and preheat the oven's broiler.

7. Stage

Broil pork until it is dark and glossy and the edges start to blacken, about 5 minutes. Flip and baste on the second side. Continue broiling until second side darkens and starts to blacken, about 5 minutes more. Slice with a sharp knife.