Chinese-style roast pork is a flavorful and versatile dish that is often served during special occasions and holidays. It is made with a simple marinade of soy sauce, rice wine, five-spice powder, and other aromatics. The pork is then roasted in a hot oven until the skin is crispy and the meat is tender and juicy. It can be sliced thinly and served with steamed rice or vegetables, used as a main course in a stir-fry, or added to soups and stews.
Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!
CHINESE ROAST PORK BELLY
Chinese roast pork or siu yuk. Save yourself a trip to Chinatown and use this easy recipe for the best and crispiest Chinese roast pork belly at home.
Provided by Rasa Malaysia
Categories Chinese Recipes
Time 2h5m
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C), arrange a pan on the bottom 1/3 of oven rack and fill with water. The pork belly should be roasted using the rack above it.
- Wash and use paper towels to dry the pork belly.
- Make some horizontal slits on the sides of the belly, then rub the meat side with the five spice powder.
- Insert each garlic and push them deep inside the pork belly.
- Layer the top of the pork belly with the salt evenly.
- Place the pork belly on a wire rack. This is how it should look before going into the oven.
- Place the pork belly at the top 1/3 of the oven and roast for 1 hour. While baking, the oil will drip to the bottom pan with water.
- Bake until the salt crust forms, the salt should be hardened. Check water in the pan below and add if needed. This is how the pork belly and salt crust will look like in the oven. You have to insert the garlic deep inside the horizontal slits or else they will be pushed out during the roasting process.
- Remove the pork belly from the oven, pull off the salt crust and discard.
- Raise the heat of oven to 465°F (240°C), place the pork belly back in the oven and roast for another 40 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let set for 10 minutes.
- Cut and serve immediately with some chili sauce and hoisin sauce, or eat as is.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 446 calories, Carbohydrate 1 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 127 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 33 grams fat, Fiber 0 grams fiber, Protein 35 grams protein, SaturatedFat 12 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 6 people, Sodium 495 grams sodium, Sugar 0 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 19 grams unsaturated fat
CHINESE ROAST PORK (CHAR SIU)
Sweet, delicious roast pork. Recipe adapted from my chef's version at culinary school. If you follow all the steps, it's the best char siu you'll ever have. I am usually "lazy" and use the marinade on a pork roast, then glaze it at the end.
Provided by laurenlikesfood
Categories Pork
Time P1DT35m
Yield 1 1/2 lbs., 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- First day preparation:
- To make the marinade, combine the first 8 ingredients in a freshly-sanitized plastic container just large enough to hold the pork snug - or - in a Ziploc plastic bag. Reserve 1/4 cup of marinade for glaze. Add the pork, turn well to coat, and refrigerate at least 24 hours and not longer than 48 hours.
- Second day preparation:
- Preheat oven to 450°F Set a pan filled with 1" water on the bottom rack.
- Combine the honey, 2 Tbs. soy, sesame oil, and 1/4 cup pork marinade in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Set aside.
- Place pork strips on broiler pan and put on rack above water pan. Roast 10 minutes.
- Brush with 1/3 of the glaze, roast 10 minutes more, and then lower the heat to 350°F
- Brush with half of remaining glaze and roast 10 minutes more.
- Brush with remaining glaze and turn off oven. Remove from oven after 5 minutes and cool to room temperature on a rack (if using for Bao; otherwise, serve it up!).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 497.2, Fat 28.2, SaturatedFat 9.7, Cholesterol 107.4, Sodium 1177, Carbohydrate 29.4, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 24.4, Protein 28.6
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
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
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
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
Provided by Craig Claiborne And Pierre Franey
Categories dinner, main course
Time 1h
Yield 8 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Put the pork strips in a mixing bowl.
- Combine the remaining ingredients and pour over the pork, turning the pieces until the meat is coated.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Place a rack on top of a roasting pan. The rack should be about two inches above the bottom of the pan. Arrange the pieces of meat parallel to each other but without the sides touching. Bake 30 minutes, basting, then turn each piece of meat and bake 15 minutes longer. Continue baking and turning the pieces often, basting, about 15 minutes longer.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 302, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 39 grams, Fat 6 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 23 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 361 milligrams, Sugar 38 grams
CRISP CHINESE PORK BELLY
This mouth-watering pork belly dish with crispy crackling is great for entertaining and so easy to make. Serve with our four ingredient dipping sauce
Provided by Barney Desmazery
Time 4h10m
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Rub the pork with the five-spice and 2 tsp sea salt then leave, uncovered, in the fridge for at least 2 hrs, but preferably overnight. When ready to cook, heat oven to its maximum setting. Lay the pork on a rack over a roasting tin, making sure the skin is exposed. Roast for 10 mins before turning down the heat to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4, then leave to cook for a further 1½ hrs. Have a look at the pork - if the skin isn't crisp, turn up the heat to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7, then cook for another 30 mins until crisp. Leave to rest on a board for at least 10 mins.
- To make the dipping sauce, mix all the ingredients together with 2 tbsp water. Cut the pork into small pieces, then serve with the sauce, plus boiled rice and steamed greens, if you like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 696 calories, Fat 50 grams fat, SaturatedFat 19 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 3 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 2 grams sugar, Protein 59 grams protein, Sodium 5.83 milligram of sodium
CHINESE ROAST PORK ON GARLIC BREAD
Chinese roast pork on garlic bread is one of the great New York sandwiches, a taste of the highest peaks of Catskills cuisine: thinly sliced, Cantonese-style char siu married to Italian-American garlic bread beneath a veil of sweet-sticky duck sauce. It's been around since the 1950s, a favorite of the summertime borscht belt crowd. You can make the sandwich with store-bought char siu if you like, but I prefer the homemade variety because I can make it with fancy pork from the farmers' market. It's also juicier and more flavorful. Then, layer the meat onto garlic bread, and add a drizzle of duck sauce - for that, I use leftover packets from Chinese takeout orders or make my own with apricot preserves cut through with vinegar. Some people add a slash of hot mustard; others fresh pickles, or coleslaw. "It's the ultimate assimilation crossover food," the food writer and erstwhile restaurant critic Arthur Schwartz told me. "That sandwich is a symbol of acculturation."
Provided by Sam Sifton
Categories dinner, lunch, weeknight, sandwiches, main course
Time 1h15m
Yield 4 sandwiches
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Cut the pork into 1-by-4-inch pieces (each about the size of a stick of butter).
- Make the marinade: In a large bowl, whisk together the honey, soy sauce, wine, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, five-spice powder and, if using, the bean curd and its liquid. Add the pork, and mix thoroughly, then cover, and refrigerate for a few hours or up to 1 day.
- When you're ready to cook the pork, heat the oven to its highest temperature (not the broil setting). Line a large sheet pan with aluminum foil, and put a metal rack on top. Take the pork out of the marinade, and place it on the rack in an even layer. Reserve remaining marinade.
- Slide the pan into the top third of the oven, and roast for 20 minutes. Turn the pieces, and roast until each piece is deeply caramelized on all sides and fall-apart tender, another 20 to 25 minutes, basting with the remaining marinade. (If the pork isn't as caramelized as you'd like, turn on the broiler to crisp the meat's exterior, 1 to 2 minutes.)
- Turn off the oven, and transfer pork to a cutting board. Let the pork rest for 10 minutes, then slice about half the pieces lengthwise into thin strips about the size of thick-cut bacon. (Reserve the uncut pieces for future use, over rice, in stir-fries, etc.)
- Make the garlic bread: Mash together the butter and garlic, and then spread across the sliced sides of the rolls or bread. Place bread directly onto middle rack in the still-hot oven to toast for 3 to 5 minutes. While your bread is toasting, prepare your homemade duck sauce by stirring together the apricot jam with vinegar, to taste.
- Assemble the sandwiches: Spread mustard on one side of toasted bread, then duck sauce on the other. Add the sliced roast pork, garnish heavily with sliced scallions and serve.
CHINESE PORK TENDERLOIN
A delicious and easy to prepare marinade consisting of ingredients that can be easily found at a Chinese grocery store. Don't let the ingredients fool you, this is a meal that even the less adventurous will enjoy.
Provided by JENNIFER72_00
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Chinese
Time 2h40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place tenderloins in a shallow glass dish. In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sherry, black bean sauce, ginger, sugar, garlic, sesame oil, and five-spice powder. Pour marinade over pork, and turn to coat. Cover, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Remove tenderloins from refrigerator while the oven preheats.
- Bake pork in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or to desired doneness. Let stand for 10 minutes, and then slice diagonally into thin slices.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 221.7 calories, Carbohydrate 5 g, Cholesterol 98.5 mg, Fat 5.5 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 35.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.7 g, Sodium 373.5 mg, Sugar 2.7 g
Tips:
- Choose the right cut of pork: For the best results, choose a pork shoulder or pork belly with a good amount of fat. This will help the pork stay moist and flavorful during the roasting process.
- Score the pork skin: Scoring the pork skin before roasting helps the skin crisp up and allows the flavors to penetrate the meat.
- Marinate the pork: Marinating the pork in a mixture of soy sauce, honey, rice wine, and spices helps to tenderize the meat and infuse it with flavor.
- Roast the pork at a low temperature: Roasting the pork at a low temperature for an extended period of time helps to render the fat and create a tender, fall-apart texture.
- Baste the pork regularly: Basting the pork with the marinade or a mixture of soy sauce and honey during the roasting process helps to keep the meat moist and flavorful.
- Let the pork rest before slicing: Allowing the pork to rest for 10-15 minutes before slicing helps the juices redistribute throughout the meat, resulting in a more tender and flavorful dish.
Conclusion:
Chinese-style roast pork is a classic dish that is enjoyed by people all over the world. The combination of tender, flavorful meat and crispy skin makes it a perfect meal for any occasion. By following the tips and tricks outlined in this article, you can easily create a delicious and authentic Chinese-style roast pork at home. So next time you're looking for a special dish to impress your friends and family, give this recipe a try!
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