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Lockdown Recipe of the Day: Char Siu pork

Lockdown Recipe of the Day: Char Siu pork
Char siu pork. (Photo: Tony Jackman)
By Tony Jackman
06 Nov 2020
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Char siu (literally fork roast) is a method of cooking pork, with a glaze of soy, honey, hoisin (so more soy), sherry and Chinese five spice. My recipe adds a touch more garlic (though there will be some in the hoisin too).

 

This accompanies Tony Jackman’s column on the Dark Arts of Soy

Ingredients

1 piece rolled pork belly

¼ cup soy sauce

¼ cup honey

⅓ cup hoisin sauce

3 Tbsp full cream sherry

1 tsp five spice (a mix of cinnamon, fennel, cloves, star anise and Szechaun peppercorns)

1 tsp garlic powder

Method

Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Salt the rolled pork belly well all over. Smear with the baste and roast in a pre-heated oven at 200℃ for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 160℃ and roast until tender, with a golden skin. DM168/TGIFood

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