Chinese Pork Skewers (char siu)

  • Pork butt
    FOR MARINADE
  • 1/2 C brown sugar
  • 1/4 C dry rice wine or sake
  • 6 TBL Hoisin sauce
  • 2 TBL Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
  • 1/2 C regular soy
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 TBL ginger
  • 1 TBL sesame oil
  • 1 tsp Chinese 5 spice powder
  • 1/4 tsp white ground pepper
  1. Cut pork butt into 1 x 2 inch “French Fries”
  2. Poke holes with a fork all along the length
  3. Put pork and (all but 1/2 C) marinade in a plastic bag
  4. Let rest in the refrigerator for 1-4 hours
  5. Mix marinade, putting 1/2 C into a pot for a glaze to be used later
  6. Add 1/3 C honey to the pot
  7. 1/4 C ketchup
  8. Bring up to a simmer and cook 5 minutes
  9. Spray drying rack with Pam and set it on a foil sheet
  10. Put strips of pork on the rack, add 1/4 C water to the bottom, and wrap the whole thing in aluminum foil
  11. Roast at 300ยบ for an hour
  12. Remove foil and bake for another 40 minutes
  13. Put into broiler for 7 minutes to dry out
  14. Put on glaze and broil 5 minutes
  15. Flip, dry out 7 minutes, glaze, and broil 5 more minutes
  16. Rest 10 minutes before slicing into medallions
  17. Serve over top of sticky white rice

 

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