cantonese roast pork (char siu)

Kaneohe, HI
Updated on Dec 7, 2010

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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yield 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)

  • Step 1
    In a large bowl, mix together the rice wine, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, hoisin sauce and chinese five-spice powder.
  • Step 2
    Rub pork belly with marinade mixture and marinate for 2 to 3 hours in the refrigerator.
  • Step 3
    Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Step 4
    Rub 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.
  • Step 5
    Flip the pork belly over after 20 minutes and brushing honey on the surface.
  • Step 6
    The 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.
  • Step 7
    Remove from the oven and let it rest for about 10 minutes then transfer to a cutting board and slice into thin pieces.
  • Step 8
    Serve with rice or noodles, or with won ton soup.

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Culture: Asian
Category: Pork
Category: Roasts

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