Char Siu (BBQ Pork)

Name: Char Siu (BBQ Pork)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1kg pork shoulder or neck; 4 tbsp hoisin sauce; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tsp five spice powder; 1/2 tsp sesame oil; red food colouring a few drops (traditional)

A Cantonese classic, roasting pork in a glossy honey glaze until deeply fragrant, tender and caramelised at the edges.

Total time

70 min

Prep

25 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Chinese

Ingredients

1kgpork shoulder or neck

4 tbsphoisin sauce

3 tbspsoy sauce

2 tbsphoney

2 tbspShaoxing wine

1 tbspoyster sauce

1 tspfive spice powder

1/2 tspsesame oil

red food colouringa few drops (traditional)

Instructions

Mix all marinade ingredients.

Marinate pork 24 hours.

Roast at 200°C on a rack over a water-filled tray for 20 minutes.

Brush with marinade. Roast 15 more minutes.

Brush and grill on high heat 5 minutes until lacquered.

Rest 10 minutes.

Slice and serve with steamed rice and cucumber.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

1.2g

Fat

1.1g

Carbs

16.2g

Fiber

0.3g

Sodium

912mg

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