Honey Grilled Pork (Char Siu or Char Siew)

Name: Honey Grilled Pork (Char Siu or Char Siew)
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 3-5pax
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 0.5 kg pork armpit; Brine; 5 ml salt; 1 litre water; Marinade; 1.5 tbsp honey/maltose; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine/ Shaoxing/ Hua Diao; 1 tbsp dark soy sauce

Frank Choo @cook_14232004

Chinese dish. Using pork armpit has the best of both worlds; tender lean meat and half fatty 🍖. Simple ingredients and short grill time.

Frank Choo @cook_14232004

Chinese dish. Using pork armpit has the best of both worlds; tender lean meat and half fatty 🍖. Simple ingredients and short grill time.

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Ingredients

16-20mins grill

3-5pax

0.5 kgpork armpit
Brine
5 mlsalt
1 litrewater
Marinade
1.5 tbsphoney/maltose
2 tbspbrown sugar
2 tbspoyster sauce
2 tbspChinese cooking wine/ Shaoxing/ Hua Diao
1 tbspdark soy sauce

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Steps

16-20mins grill

1

Brine: Rinse meat and soak into brine for 2 hours.
2

Marinade: Mix ingredients well over boiling water. Easier to dissolve the sugar and stir the maltose.
· When marinade is ready, cool it for 5-10 minutes.
· Rinse and pat dry the meat.
· Marinade meat in a zip lock bag overnight. (You may marinade for 6 hours.)
3

Grill: 200 degrees Celsius, grill and fan mode.
· Simmer remaining marinade (from zip lock bag) over small heat until it becomes thick.
· Brush meat with marinade and grill for 8-10 minutes on each side. Brush every 3-5 minutes.
4

Note: Brine is optional. It is to keep the meat moist and tender and remove boar taint. You may soak for 6 hours.
· For a more charred surface or taste, try grilling at 170 degrees Celsius, 12-15 minutes each side. (I HAVE NOT TRIED THIS BEFORE)
· Honey or maltose is optional. It can give a lacquer look.
· Dark soy sauce is optional. It can give a dark colouring look.