Chinese Roast Pork, also known as Char Siu, is a delectable dish with a rich history and tantalizing flavors. Originating in the southern regions of China, this culinary creation has garnered immense popularity worldwide. Whether you prefer the tender and succulent texture of Cantonese-style Char Siu or the crispy and aromatic Hong Kong-style BBQ Pork, you'll find yourself immersed in a symphony of flavors. In this article, we'll embark on a culinary journey, unveiling the secrets behind cooking the perfect Chinese Roast Pork, exploring the diverse cooking methods, essential ingredients, and invaluable tips to elevate your culinary expertise.
Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!
CHINESE ROAST PORK
Marinated in a sherry honey glaze, then roasted to perfection, this dish will have you 'pigging out' to your heart's content!
Provided by CHRISTYJ
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Chinese
Yield 9
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- To Marinate: Pierce meaty sides of meat with fork; place roast in a large plastic bag. In a medium bowl combine the soy sauce, sherry, honey, garlic and ginger. Mix well and pour mixture into bag with pork. Press air out of the bag and tie securely. Refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight, turning bag over occasionally.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Remove roast and marinade from refrigerator. Reserving marinade, remove roast and place in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Roast in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Brush with reserved marinade; cover loosely with foil and roast for an additional 1 1/2 hours (or until the internal temperature has reached 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), brushing several times with marinade.
- Remove roast from oven and let stand 15 minutes. Combine pan drippings with remaining marinade. In a small bowl combine cornstarch with cold water, mix together and add mixture to marinade. Boil marinade mixture for 4 to 5 minutes, or until mixture thickens. Serve with roast.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 351.4 calories, Carbohydrate 15.1 g, Cholesterol 81.9 mg, Fat 21.7 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 22.3 g, SaturatedFat 8.1 g, Sodium 1309.5 mg, Sugar 10.7 g
CHINESE ROAST PORK
Steps:
- For the marinade: Put the ginger, shallots, and garlic into a blender, and puree.
- Transfer the mixture to a bowl, and add the oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, and tomato paste, and stir to incorporate.
- For the pork: Put the trimmed tenderloins into a baking dish, and pour over half of the marinade, turning to coat. Cover the dish with plastic wrap, then place the pork in the refrigerator, and let it marinate for a minimum of 30 minutes to a maximum of 24 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large, ovenproof saute pan over medium-high heat. Remove the pork tenderloins from the marinade and sear on all sides in the hot pan. Baste the pork with the remaining marinade throughout the cooking process.
- Slide the pan into the preheated oven, and cook until the pork is cooked through, approximately 20 minutes. Allow the meat to rest for 15 minutes before serving.
CHINESE ROAST PORK (AUTHENTIC AND DELICIOUS)
Do not deviate from this recipe. It may look complicated, but it is actually very easy! - NOTE: THE 2 HOURS OF MARINATING TIME IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREPARATION OR COOKING TIME.
Provided by Alan Leonetti
Categories Pork
Time 42m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Combine salt, sugar, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, ginger, hoisin sauce, bean paste, garlic, shallots and wine in a large bowl.
- Add the pork loin roast, baste thoroughly and marinate 2 hours.
- Place the roast on a rack in a roasting pan, and bake in a preheated oven at 425 degree for 15 minutes.
- Turn meat and bake 7 minutes longer.
- Remove the meat and brush with the honey mixed with the red food color.
- Return to the oven for 10 minutes, or until done.
- Cut the meat crosswise into thin slices and serve either hot or cold.
CHINESE ROAST PORK (CHAR SIU)
Provided by Robert Farrar Capon
Categories dinner, weekday, main course
Time 6h45m
Yield Enough for several meals serving 3 to 4 people
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cut pork into neat billets about 6 by 3 by 1 1/2 inches and place in bowl. Put brown bean sauce, garlic, stock, salt, sugar, soy sauce and tomato paste in small saucepan and warm, stirring until everything is well blended. Remove from heat and stir in five-spice powder and sherry. Pour sauce over pork; mix to coat all pieces, cover and allow to marinate in refrigerator for at least 6 hours, turning a few times.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place a large shallow pan half full of hot water on the bottom of the oven (or on the lowest rack). Wipe top rack, which should be at least 7 inches above the water, with paper towel dipped in vegetable oil. Turn pork once more in marinade to coat well and place pieces directly on the rack, leaving spaces between them but arranging them so that the drippings will fall into the water (the water will also provide moisture during cooking). Bake 20 minutes.
- Lower heat to 350 degrees and bake 10 minutes more. (For sweeter pork, brush pieces lightly during the last 10 minutes with 2 tablespoons honey mixed with 2 tablespoons marinade.)
- Remove pork pieces from oven; if it will not be used immediately as an ingredient in one of the following dishes, cool, wrap and refrigerate or freeze until needed. To use, cut into pieces to match the dish you have in mind; for example, dice pork if dish contains diced vegetables.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 313, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 12 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 40 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 517 milligrams, Sugar 11 grams
ROAST PORK (CHAR SHU) CHINESE
this recipoe came from my mother-in-laws highschool cookbook from Molokai. My whole family likes this one!
Provided by LizAnn
Categories Chinese
Time 8h15m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Stir together sauce ingredients adding only 1 minced garlic clove.
- place roast in crockpot.
- slice remaining garlic cloves and tuck into roast Pour sauce over roast and cook 6-8 hrs.
- turn roast over half way through cooking.
- Serving suggestions; serve with rice and Ramen Salad or Coconut Carrot Salad.
CHINESE ROAST PORK
Provided by Dorothy Lee
Categories Ginger Pork Marinate Roast Dinner Fall Soy Sauce House & Garden Sugar Conscious Dairy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free
Yield Serve immediately to 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Rinse meat with cold water. Pat dry with paper towel. Cut with grain into strips 1 1/2" wide. Combine ginger scallions, soy sauce, sherry, sugar and hoy sin sauce. Mix well. Marinate pork for 1 hour. Roast on wire rack placed on shallow baking pan in moderate 350°F. oven for 20 minutes. Turn and brush with the marinade every 10 minutes. Turn oven to 400°F. and bake 10 more minutes. Serve either hot or cold, cut in 1/8" thick slices.
CHINESE ROAST PORK PANINI
Recently, I've began to love and discover different panini and grilled cheese in my grill panini. From Rachael Ray
Provided by Boomette
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 450°F Season the pork with salt and pepper. Heat a heavy, mdeium ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil, then the pork; cook, turning, until browned, about 2 minutes. Transfer to the oven and roast until a thermometer registers 150, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest for 10 minutes; cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
- In a small skillet, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until softened, about 8 minutes.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the hoisin sauce, honey, sesame oil and soy sauce. Stir in the onion and the pork and its juices.
- Preheat a panini press. Divide the pork mixture evenly among the roll bottoms, then cover with the tops. Working in batches if necessary, grill until browned and crisp.
MARINATED CHINESE ROAST PORK
Steps:
- 1. place the ginger, garlic and shallot in a food processor and puree. Add the oyster sauce, hoisin sauce, and tomato paste.
- 2. Place the pork tenderloin in a baking dish or large baggie and add the marinade. Roll the pork around in the marinade and set in the refrigerator for up to 8 hours.
- 3. Preheat oven 400 degrees. Remove the pork from the marinade. Sear the tenderloin in the oil over medium high heat. Add the marinade to the pan and place it in the oven and cook until pork is cooked through about 20 to 30 minutes. let rest for 15 minutes. Serve the pork with the sauce garnished with chives
BONNIE'S CHINESE PORK ROAST AND DUMPLINGS
I was craving Chinese food, so I thought I would try my hand at making a pork roast with all my favorite Asian flavors. I also wanted to make it in the crockpot. I paired the roast with steamed white rice, vegetables and pork dumplings. It turned out really good, and I am happy to share this recipe with my JAP friends! ...
Provided by BonniE !
Categories Roasts
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- 1. Wash and prepare the carrots and onions and place in the bottom of the crockpot and pour one can of vegetable broth over the vegetables. Add grated ginger, cilantro and garlic to the vegetables. Add mushrooms to the vegetables if desired.
- 2. Place the meat on top of the vegetables. You may brown the meat if you wish. I chose not to. Pour 1/2 cup of soy sauce over the meat. Sprinkle the top with 2 tablespoons sesame oil. Sprinkle the Chinese 5 spice powder and the red pepper flakes evenly over the top of the meat, then do the same with the brown sugar. The meat will not be covered with liquid. (Don't wash off the spices or sugar) Cook on high about 4 hours, and low 1 to 2 hours. Test with meat thermometer. Time will depend on your crockpot and size of the roast. You don't want to overcook the meat. You want it just done enough so it will be firm enough to slice, or it will fall apart. Add the snow peas in the last hour of cooking.
- 3. Fry 14 frozen dumplings (or pot stickers) in a little olive oil and sesame oil until golden brown, add 2/3 cup of water and put the lid on to steam them according to package directions. Set aside.
- 4. Remove the meat to a platter and slice it in thick slices.
- 5. Push the vegetables to the side of the crockpot and carefully put the cooked dumplings in the juices. Handle them carefully so as not to tear them. Then add the sliced pork. Let the dumplings and meat rest in the juices about 10 minutes on low to warm up and absorb the flavors, then serve immediately. Serve the sliced pork with the dumplings, white rice and the vegetables from the crockpot. Garnish with chopped onions.
- 6. Dinner is served! Enjoy!
CHINESE ROAST PORK
This is a very easy dish to throw together, as once you have combined all the ingredients, it is just the marinating of the pork that takes the time. I tend to marinade mine in the morning before work but it can also be marinated overnight if preferred. I served ours with vegetable and egg fried rice but feel free to serve it with whatever you like. Prep Time does not include marinating time.
Provided by The Flying Chef
Categories Pork
Time 55m
Yield 3 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl, mix well, add pork, toss to coat, refrigerate several hours or over night.
- Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius, drain pork, reserving marinade.
- Place pork in an oven proof dish, roast uncovered, for about 50 Min's or until browned and cooked through. Brush pork several times with reserved marinade whilst cooking.
- Let pork stand for 5-10 Min's before slicing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 418.7, Fat 11.7, SaturatedFat 4.2, Cholesterol 137.5, Sodium 1457.8, Carbohydrate 19.7, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 16.8, Protein 48
Tips:
- Choose the right cut of pork: The best cut for Chinese roast pork is a pork shoulder or pork butt. These cuts have a good amount of fat, which will help to keep the pork moist and flavorful as it roasts.
- Use a good quality Chinese marinade: The marinade is what will give the pork its delicious flavor. Use a marinade that contains a variety of spices and herbs, such as soy sauce, Chinese five-spice powder, garlic, ginger, and green onions.
- Marinate the pork for at least 8 hours, or overnight: The longer the pork marinates, the more flavorful it will be. If you don't have time to marinate the pork for 8 hours, you can marinate it for as little as 30 minutes, but the flavor will not be as developed.
- Roast the pork at a high temperature: Roasting the pork at a high temperature will help to create a crispy skin and a juicy interior. The ideal roasting temperature is 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Baste the pork with the marinade: Basting the pork with the marinade will help to keep it moist and flavorful. Baste the pork every 30 minutes or so during the roasting process.
- Let the pork rest before carving: Once the pork is roasted, let it rest for at least 10 minutes before carving. This will help the juices to redistribute throughout the pork, making it more tender and flavorful.
Conclusion:
Chinese roast pork is a delicious and versatile dish that can be served as a main course or an appetizer. It is perfect for a special occasion, but it is also easy enough to make for a weeknight dinner. With a little planning and effort, you can make Chinese roast pork that is sure to impress your family and friends.
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