Char Siu

Lance Wilson
Lance Wilson @lance_wilson
Nyack, NY

Taken from cooks illustrated with liberties. I smoke the pork in a smoker instead of steaming in the oven at 300F. The ketchup, while untraditional, gives a nice finished mahogany color to the final pork and is full of sugars that carmelize.

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Ingredients

  1. 8 lbspork shoulder, sliced 1 in thick
  2. 1 cupsugar
  3. 1 cupsoy sauce
  4. 1 jarkikkoman hoisin sauce
  5. 1/2 cupdry sherry
  6. 2 Tbsptoasted sesame oil
  7. 1/2 tspwhite pepper
  8. 2 tspChinese five spice powder
  9. 2 Tbspginger, grated
  10. 2 Tbspgarlic, grated
  11. 1/2 cupketchup
  12. 2/3 cuphoney

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Combine the sugar, soy, hoisin, spices, ginger, garlic, sherry, oil.

  2. 2

    Divide the sauce in half.

  3. 3

    Places the pork in a large ziplock and cover in one half of the marinade. Marinade 4 hours to over night.

  4. 4

    Remove the pork from the marinade and smoke at 225 to 250 for 4-5 hours.

  5. 5

    Add the ketchup and honey to the other portion of marinade.

  6. 6

    On a wire racked inserted into a baking tray, lay the smoked pork out in a single layer.

  7. 7

    Turn the overhead broiler on in your oven. Do NOT use a drawer broiler.

  8. 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. 9

    Serve sliced with extra sauce or chop and make char siu bao.

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