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Char Sui Pork

Aug 17th, 2010 @ 08:27 am › admin
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I was introduced to Char Sui Pork many years ago when I lived with a Chinese family for a couple of years. I instantly fell in love with it but was never allowed to see it being made. It’s one of those dishes that takeaways and restaurants never seem to get right. So you can imagine my relief when I found this recipe and saw that it was just as good as I remember.

Ingredients

500g pork fillet, trimmed
4cm piece ginger, grated
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
50ml soy sauce
50ml rice wine or mirin
2 spring onions, shredded
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp hoi sin sauce
2 tbsp yellow bean sauce
1 tbsp vegetable oil
60ml agave nectar
¼ tsp white pepper
240g rice

Instructions

Score the pork fillet and put in a casserole dish. Combine all the other ingredients into a pestle and mortar and marinade overnight if you can or for at least a few hours, the longer the better.
Pre-heat the oven to 200°C.
Drain the pork from the marinade and place on a rack set over a roasting tin half-filled with hot water.
Cook the pork for about 25 minutes and after 15 minutes, turn the meat over so it colours on both sides while basting regularly with the remaining marinade.

Cooking time (duration): 30

Number of servings (yield): 4

Meal type: dinner

Culinary tradition: Chinese

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★