Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, honey grilled pork (char siu or char siew). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Honey Grilled Pork (Char Siu or Char Siew) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Honey Grilled Pork (Char Siu or Char Siew) is something which I have loved my whole life.
"Char siu" literally means "fork roast" - "char" being "fork" (both noun and verb) and "siu" being "roast" - after the traditional cooking method for the dish: long strips of seasoned boneless pork are skewered with long forks and placed in a covered oven or over a fire. However, char siu, if made well, can really hit a good spot. Originally from China, char siu has many names including char siew, chasao, char siew rice, and chasao. BBQ pork belly char siu is the epitome of Cantonese BBQ.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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):
- Prepare 0.5 kg pork armpit
- Make ready Brine
- Take 5 ml salt
- Get 1 litre water
- Take Marinade
- Make ready 1.5 tbsp honey/maltose
- Get 2 tbsp brown sugar
- Prepare 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- Get 2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine/ Shaoxing/ Hua Diao
- Get 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
This honey glazed pork is slightly charred and has a finger licking sticky glaze on it. The pork is at its best when grilled on an outdoor grill. A Classic Chinese Delicacy: Char Siew, Chinese Barbecue Pork 叉烧 "Char Siew " literally means "fork burn / roast" after the traditional cooking method for the dish. It is of Cantonese origin where pork meat is marinated and then roasted in the oven to a charred and sticky sweet perfection.
Instructions to make Honey Grilled Pork (Char Siu or Char Siew):
- Brine: Rinse meat and soak into brine for 2 hours.
- 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.)
- 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.
- 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.
A Classic Chinese Delicacy: Char Siew, Chinese Barbecue Pork 叉烧 "Char Siew " literally means "fork burn / roast" after the traditional cooking method for the dish. It is of Cantonese origin where pork meat is marinated and then roasted in the oven to a charred and sticky sweet perfection. 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. That is why pork with some fat like pork belly and sirloin is the best for Char Siu.
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