hi everyone
welcome to Mrs. Lin's Kitchen
Nihao
today I'm going to show
you how to make
Cantonese style of barbecue pork
or char siu
it literally means
grilled pork in Mandarin chinese
char siu served in the restaurant
are baked
in the vertical ovens
where the heat is evenly distributed
today I'm going to show you a home version
using a regular oven
so let's get started
so one of the ingredients
in the list is
a red fermented bean curd
and the reason that it's red is
because it has a red rice in it
It's actually how it makes that red color in the tashu
but if you cannot find the this red fermented bean curd
don't worry about it
just user the bean paste
and you will be okay
so I have a 1 pound of pork butt here
it's already cut up
when I got them
it was I like this
and I cut them
across the grain
the pork grain
so and
you wanted to cut it so
it's elongated
it's a 1 long strips
and you wanted to
cut it to about 1/2 to 3/4 inches thick
after it's been cut like this
then you want to use a folk
to kind of poke the meat on both sides
and the reason for doing so
is so that when you started marinating the meat
with all the sauces
all the sauces and seasoning you prepared it will easily go in
start by adding 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
then 2 tablespoon of rice wine
for this recipe
shaoxing rice wine is preferred
but you can use any rice wine
and it will still be fine
then pour in one tablespoon of oyster sauce
one tablespoon of hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon of bean sauce
2 tbsp of sugar
and finally one cube of the fermented bean curd
mix well until all ingredients have mixed together
you can then add in the sliced shallot
and mix it again
once all ingredients are all mixed together
you can then add in the pork and
coat with the sauce
allow the pork to marinate
in the sauce either in the bowl
or in the ziplock bag
for at least one day
the longer is better
but this batch we have
marinated for three days
once the pork has marinated
pre-heat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit
and place the meat
onto a raised cooking rack
and baking pan
you may want to experiment with the cooking temperature
a couple times
because every oven is different
you will want to spread out the pork
and make sure none of the pieces are
overlapping each other
you can then place the tray
and rack into the center rack
of your oven and
allow it to bake for 20 minutes
once 20 minutes has passed
carefully flip over the pork
and make sure not to overlap the pieces once again
place into the oven
and bake for another 20 minutes
while waiting
you can prepare the honey glaze with
one tablespoon of sugar
3 tbsp of water
and 4 tbsp of honey
mix well until all ingredients have combined
after 20 minutes has passed
bring out the pork
and use a basting brush
to coat the honey glaze mixture onto the pork
do this while the pork is still warm
flip over and glaze the other side as well
you will see some of the edges charred
on the pork which is desired for
this dish
some have a preference of baking the pork for 5 more minutes
after the honey glaze is placed on
however, this is optional
once 5 minutes has passed
cut the pork against the grain
into long strips
and you're all done
so here's the char siu
it always tastes good with a bed of rice
and along
with some greens such as steamed bok choy
or broccoli
the pickle vegetable
also tastes good
and you can find the recipes
and how to cook it in our other
YouTube videos
and char siu is a easy dish
you can always make it ahead of the time
of like few days earlier
and then when you're ready to enjoy
then just
put it in the oven
and bake it for about half an hour
to 40 minutes depending on
how thick the meat is
and adjust the temperature as well
so I hope you enjoy watching me
show you how to make char siu today
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