How to Make Chinese Barbeque Pork (Cha Siu)
By tim-tim
I love to prepare some meals during the weekends because of the busy working schedule. Cooking recipes online make our daily lives so much easier.
Today I am going to share this recipe with you. Hope you will enjoy that. The meat in the picture shows about three times of the recipe. I like to make a lot and save it for other recipes.
Ingredients:
1.5 lbs. Pork Roast or Pork Loin ( It is best to use half lean meat instead of all lean), cut into long thick strips.
3 pieces of cut Ginger Root (optional) Sometimes is hard to find at the grocery stores.
3 stalks of Green Onion or Scallion ( chopped in long pieces)
1 Tablespoon of Cooking Wine ( optional) It helps to tenderize the meat.
2 Tablespoons of Sugar
5 Tablespoons of Soy Sauce
1 Tablespoon of Hoisin Sauce( Can be found in Oriental Grocery Stores) ( I found Lee Kum Kee brand works best for me)
1 Tablespoon of Black Bean and Garlic Sauce(Can be found in Oriental Grocery Stores as well) ( I found Lee Kum Kee brand works best for me)
1 Tablespoon of cooking oil
1/3 Teaspoon of Red Food Coloring (optional) It makes the meat more appealing
Direction:
Put all the ingredients together in a glass baking dish. Cover that in plastic wrap. Marinade it for a couple days in the refrigerator. You might want to turn the meat over after a day so it would be evenly marinated.
Heat oven in 300 degree, put pork on a baking sheet. Bake it for about an hour. I broiled it for a few minutes on each side at the end. Cool it a little before you cut it into pieces. Pour sauce over pork. Serve with white rice or noodle. It is a great meal.
Comments
I used to eat it when I was in Singapore--I especially love Cha siu pao. Will the recipe taste as good with chicken?
Thanks for stopping by,tony0724. It is pretty easy to make. I am not sure about chicken,anglnwu. If you try that, let me know. I love Cha Siu!
I could never have it come out this good. Where in chinatown do they have the best?
Thanks
Thanks Michael. I think BBQ King in Chinatown is pretty good in the Chinatown Square Plaza.
I love cha siu, prefer it to be served with rice. Thanks for the recipe.. maybe i can get Agnes to cook for me some day. haha.
Hi Jason,it is really easy. I too prefer to have rice with it. Maybe you can cook it yourself and suprise Agnes, LOL. Thanks for stopping by.
nicely done/ I love Chinese food.
Thanks Nikki for visiting! The beauty of Chinese cooking is you cannot go wrong with the right ingredients.
Hi, Tim-tim. Thanks for your great recipe! My husband loves Cha siu bao so I would like to make this:)
Question: After you slice the pork and when you talk about "pouring sauce" over it... That sauce is the marinade juice that you cook in a different pot? or the gravy from the pan? Thanks in advance.
Kaerunohime,thank you for your comment. Glad you like Cha Siu. The sauce that I saved is just from the marinade juice. Now if you want to make Cha Siu Bao, you have to use corn starch and make the thick gravy. You need to cool the meat and gravy in the fridge overnight, Then use it for the Bao. Hope you enjoy that.
Hungry already lor..
Glad you like it,alan.
Wow, chinese new year is coming, can't wait to eat more cha siu.
Yes,bizich. It is the Year of the Rabbit! Happy New Year!
I was raised in Mexicali, BCN, Mexico which there is a belief that there is a underground chinese city. I don't know if is true, but one thing is for sure, their chinese cuisine is one of the best. Cha Siu happens to be one of my favorite chinese plate. In fact, all of our family would fight over it. I am sooo glad that you posted your recipe. I can't wait to go home and try it!! THANKS
Awesome! Francescoli, glad that you stopped by and love Cha Siu! Hope you get to try it. Let me know how it turns out.
Mmmm - just googled 'Cha Siu' and your recipe came up! I'm making this over the weekend & yours is the recipe I'll follow :)
Awesome,Suki! Try that. Hope you like it!
tony0724 2 years ago
What time is Dinner ? I am starvin. And tim-tim I will bring the beverage of your choice!This looks yummy!