Making your own Cantonese Char Siu is a fun and tasty way to prepare this dish, which you can typically get at a Chinese restaurant, at home. The roasted pork tastes sweet and savory due to ingredients such as honey, hoisin sauce, and soy sauce. This dish is delicious for dinner and goes perfectly with a Chinese rice table.
Chinese BBQ Pork: Char Siu
I love Chinese dishes because of the different flavors they offer. I am surprised again and again. This is also true with this delicious Chinese Cantonese dish called Char Siu.
Pork tenderloin is ideal for making Char Siu because it is lean and tender and marinates well.
The marinade is the most important part of the recipe. Marinating the meat for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight, is essential so that all the flavors can penetrate the meat, and it becomes wonderfully tender.
Grilling it gives it a caramelized, crispy outside and a juicy inside. It is a wonderfully tender and tasty dish, perfect for dinner or as part of a rice table.
Tip: Eat it with white rice and a green and spicy cucumber salad.
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Ingredients
- 1½ pound pork tenderloin
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, fresh, grated
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon mirin, Chinese cooking wine
- ½ teaspoon ground white pepper, ground
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon red food coloring
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Instructions
Marinate
- Cut the pork tenderloin in half lengthwise.1½ pound pork tenderloin
- Mix all the marinade ingredients in a large bowl.4 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, 1 tablespoon sunflower oil, 3 tablespoons honey, 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce, 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce, 1 teaspoon oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon mirin, ½ teaspoon ground white pepper, ⅛ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon sesame oil, ½ teaspoon red food coloring
- Remove a third of the marinade from the bowl and store it in the refrigerator.
- Marinate the pork tenderloin pieces in the remaining marinade and cover them well.
- Marinate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
- Choose one of two preparation to finish the char siu
1. Seared in the pan and then in the oven
- Preheat the oven to 350 ℉.
- Cover a baking tray with baking paper or aluminum foil and place a rack on top.
- Heat a skillet on high heat.
- Place the pork into the pan and sear it quickly until it's well browned.
- Take it out of the pan and place it into the oven. Bast it with the leftover marinade.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Bast halfway of the time, so it won't become dry. The Char Siu is ready when the core temperature is 140 °F (60 °C)
2. Grill / BBQ
- Place the marinated pork loin on the grill of your BBQ or your hot grill pan.
- Cook on medium heat for 15 minutes (until cooked through).
- Turn around and bast.
Notes
- Refrigerator: Store the Cantonese Char Siu covered for up to 2 days.
- Freezer: Freeze the Char Siu in portions in the freezer. This way, it will last for up to 3 months.
- Reheat: Place the Char Siu in an oven dish, cover with aluminum foil, and heat in a preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) for 15 minutes.
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Cher says
That came out lovely.
I just started cooking along w/ DC this month. This was a fun first challenge.
Hope you are feeling better! Keeping track of everyone is tough enough when you are feeling 100%, let alone when you are sick.
Inma Miranda says
Wonderful job, your pork looks luscious and the photo is amazing
shelley c. says
I hope you are feeling better! Your char sui looks delicious. Great job!
chefindisguise.com says
Great job on the challenge
I hope you are all better now being sick with three kids is not easy
4pure says
I'm getting better bit by bit, although not as fast as I would like to.
But christmas is coming and that gives me enough spirit so I will be allright.
4pure says
I'm getting better bit by bit, although not as fast as I would like to.
But christmas is coming and that gives me enough spirit so I will be allright.