my kitchen is about 2 by 4 metres, very very tiny to work with. But in my little kitchen, i am able to do wonders and whip up quick and yummy meals! This is my very first attempt at making Char Siew (叉烧) Rice - Cantonese Style Roast Pork, my dad loves 叉烧 & Roast Pork Combination rice, and for me, things would be perfect if there was roasted duck and spicy spicy chili!
i adapted this version of 'oven-cooked' 叉烧 from this lady's blog - 'MyWokLife'. i have used tons of her recipes and i must say they are fantastic. her blog is one of my favourite as the ingredients involved are inexpensive and most of them would already exist within your household, hence you wouldn't have to go hunting for weird ingredients that you may never have heard of. Cooking and experimenting with all sorts of flavors is how i keep myself from being extremely homesick over these 3 years here, as i could have a taste of local delights from home, it would cost alot more to enjoy such lavish food out. i must say z was pretty impressed with my 叉烧, he wiped out every drop of gravy on his plate!
Recipe as follow -
Serves 4
Ingredients:
500 gram of long strips pork shoulder cut (could use pork
belly, but that would be toooo guilty..)
1 small cucumber, sliced (as side dish)
Seasoning:
1 teaspoon of ground white pepper
1 teaspoon of light soy sauce 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce (thick soy sauce) 1 tablespoon of honey
5 tablespoon of sugar (add more, if desired)
1 teaspoon of Hua Diao Rice Wine
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
½ teaspoon of Zedoary, ground, or in 3 - 4 small pieces (Chinese translation: 沙姜)
(Or, replace with 1 teaspoon of ginger juice.)
500 gram of long strips pork shoulder cut (could use pork
belly, but that would be toooo guilty..)
1 small cucumber, sliced (as side dish)
Seasoning:
1 teaspoon of ground white pepper
1 teaspoon of light soy sauce 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce (thick soy sauce) 1 tablespoon of honey
5 tablespoon of sugar (add more, if desired)
1 teaspoon of Hua Diao Rice Wine
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
½ teaspoon of Zedoary, ground, or in 3 - 4 small pieces (Chinese translation: 沙姜)
(Or, replace with 1 teaspoon of ginger juice.)
Use oven-baking:
1) Preheat oven to 250ºC.
2) Line baking dish with aluminum foil, and place pork strips on it.
3) Place baking dish in the center of preheated oven.
4) Bake one side for 10 minutes. Turn pork strips over and bake for another 10 min, or until caramelized.
5) Remove from oven. Thinly slice when strips are cooled. Serve with Char Siew sauce, and cucumbers.
1) Preheat oven to 250ºC.
2) Line baking dish with aluminum foil, and place pork strips on it.
3) Place baking dish in the center of preheated oven.
4) Bake one side for 10 minutes. Turn pork strips over and bake for another 10 min, or until caramelized.
5) Remove from oven. Thinly slice when strips are cooled. Serve with Char Siew sauce, and cucumbers.
Tips: I would cook a side dish of boiled veggies as the amount of pork is a little overwhelming for me.
Also, do not leave the pork in the oven for too long, as it would not keep the meat tender.
Drizzle pork strips with the seasoning mixes during marination to intermingle meat and the sauce further.
I have not added red food coloring to my 叉烧 as i do not really like food addictive, especially with the huge amount of sauces in this recipe, and secondly, i wouldn't be able to use the red coloring any where else, hence decided to go without it!
According to the author, Zedoary (沙姜) is a mild Indian spice, it has benefits of helping food digestion hence i guess it would highly recommend it since this dish is quite meaty.
Good luck trying, and do visit 'MyWokLife' for very healthy and easy-to-cook recipes!
P.S Many thanks to MyWokLife for this wonderful recipe.
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