Easiest Way to Make Tasty Pork char siew / BBQ pork belly (Simplified version)

Pork char siew / BBQ pork belly (Simplified version). BBQ pork belly char siu is the epitome of Cantonese BBQ. They are always sliced into thin pieces and served with steamed white rice, with vegetable on the side. Sometimes spelled as char siew or char sui, the pork is always perfectly charred, juicy, tender, dripping in a sticky, sweet and savory sauce.

Learn how to make Pork Belly Char Siew! Sweet, juicy and tender - all the goodness that you want from a deliciously well made Char siew. Char siu, or Chinese BBQ Pork, is a delicious Cantonese roast meat. You can have Pork char siew / BBQ pork belly (Simplified version) using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pork char siew / BBQ pork belly (Simplified version)

1. It's 200 gram of Pork belly.
2. It's 1 tbsp of Maltose syrup.
3. It's 1 tbsp of Honey.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of Chinese cooking wine.
5. You need 2 tbsp of Soy sauce.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of Salt.
7. It's of Garlic (Only for taste, remove after marinade).

Growing up in the Catskills, the first time I saw this Chinese BBQ pork, or char siu, was at the Holiday Inn of all places. My father, the hotel restaurant's head chef at the time, used a closely guarded recipe of Chinese sauces, lots of. A super delicious char siew, as authentic as (or pretty similar to) the char siew served at the local Malaysian eateries. Remove and squeeze out shallot/garlic juice over pork belly in a separate bowl.

Pork char siew / BBQ pork belly (Simplified version) instructions

1. Mixed all marination into a bow, and marinate the pork belly in marination for at least 2 hours, or best, overnight..
2. Separate the meat from marination, preheat the oven to 200℃. Place the pork belly on a wire rack and bake for 20 minutes. (I'll suggest to place an aluminum foil under the rack, as it will be very difficult to wash the burned stain.).
3. At the same time, heat up the marination sauce, and add another tbsp of maltose syrup or honey into the sauce for coating. Cook until it is thicken, and it's ready for the char siew..
4. Brush the char siew sauce on the char siew every five minutes. Repeat 4 times..
5. Cooking time is depend on how thick the meat you have select, I personally preferred slightly over burned Char Siew, the burned end is the key to heaven's door..
6. Lastly, slice into bite size pieces, and serve it over rice, noodle, or just eat it on it own. Enjoy. 😉.

Char Siu Pork (Chinese BBQ Pork) is SO easy to make at home in the oven! No trip to Chinatown here in Sydney is complete without taking home a container of Chinese BBQ pork. And I am yet to manage the drive all the way home without sneaking in a little taste test (or two…or three). Some pork collar cuts are way too fatty and an I'm just wondering if you would have a recipe for BBQ pork ribs - something like BBQ char siew except prob. An indulgent dish - Easy Baked Pork Belly is slightly spicy with hints of saltiness and sweetness; it's super moist and super delicious!