Recipe of Ultimate Char Siu

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, char siu. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Char Siu is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Char Siu is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook char siu using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Char Siu:

1. Make ready 8 lbs pork shoulder, sliced 1 in thick
2. Get 1 cup sugar
3. Prepare 1 cup soy sauce
4. Take 1 jar kikkoman hoisin sauce
5. Get 1/2 cup dry sherry
6. Get 2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
7. Take 1/2 tsp white pepper
8. Get 2 tsp Chinese five spice powder
9. Prepare 2 Tbsp ginger, grated
10. Get 2 Tbsp garlic, grated
11. Get 1/2 cup ketchup
12. Take 2/3 cup honey

Steps to make Char Siu:

1. Combine the sugar, soy, hoisin, spices, ginger, garlic, sherry, oil.
2. Divide the sauce in half.
3. Places the pork in a large ziplock and cover in one half of the marinade. Marinade 4 hours to over night.
4. Remove the pork from the marinade and smoke at 225 to 250 for 4-5 hours.
5. Add the ketchup and honey to the other portion of marinade.
6. On a wire racked inserted into a baking tray, lay the smoked pork out in a single layer.
7. Turn the overhead broiler on in your oven. Do NOT use a drawer broiler.
8. Brush with the reserved sauce and broil 5 minutes until the surface is bubbling and mahogany in color. Feel free to layer the sauce on as it broils. Repeat on the other side.
9. Serve sliced with extra sauce or chop and make char siu bao.

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