Hong Kong Char Siu

Name: Hong Kong Char Siu (香港义燒)
Yield: Serves 4–6 if served with side dishes
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 cloves of garlic; 2 teaspoons tomato purée (tomato paste); 2 teaspoons dark soy sauce; 2 tablespoons Shaoxing rice wine; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 2 teaspoons pure sesame oil; 4 tablespoons hoisin sauce; 4 tablespoons honey; ½ teaspoon five-spice; 2 x 300 g (10½ oz) pieces of pork neck fillet (swapsies: pork belly slices for extra fat, or pork fillet for a leaner finish); ½ a thumb-size piece of ginger; ½ teaspoon white pepper

香港义燒

Preparation info

Serves
4–6
if served with side dishes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hong Kong Diner

By Jeremy Pang

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

2 x 300 g (10½ oz) pieces of pork neck fillet (swapsies: pork belly slices for extra fat, or pork fillet for a leaner finish)

Asia
Hong Kong (China)
Garnish
Main course

Method

Finely chop the ginger and garlic, then mix with all the rest of the marinade ingredients in a small bowl. Massage the marinade into the pork neck fillets, then cover and put into the fridge to marinate for at least 1 hour, or overnight for best results (though this dish can be cooked immediately if you’re too hungry to wait).

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