cantonese roast pork (char siu)
This roast pork is so delicious, especially when you are having won ton soup on a cold evening. It is also very good with chinese hot mustard, as a side dish.
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Serves 4
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds pork belly, unsliced
- 2 tablespoons rice wine
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon chinese five spice powder
- 2 tablespoons honey
How To Make cantonese roast pork (char siu)
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Step 1In a large bowl, mix together the rice wine, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, hoisin sauce and chinese five-spice powder.
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Step 2Rub pork belly with marinade mixture and marinate for 2 to 3 hours in the refrigerator.
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Step 3Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
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Step 4Rub excess marinade of the pork belly, not all of it. Place the pork belly in a roasting pan and roast it for 40 - 45 minutes.
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Step 5Flip the pork belly over after 20 minutes and brushing honey on the surface.
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Step 6The pork belly is done when the outsides begin to crisp and blacken and the center of the pork belly feels as firm as a tight fist.
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Step 7Remove from the oven and let it rest for about 10 minutes then transfer to a cutting board and slice into thin pieces.
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Step 8Serve with rice or noodles, or with won ton soup.
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