Char Siu

Author

NuWave

Servings

6

Category

Main Dishes

Ingredients

• 4 lbs pork belly, skin removed
• 4 T char siu sauce
• Sesame seeds
• 2 T Shaoxing cooking wine
• 2 T oyster sauce
• ⅓ c sugar
• ⅓ c hoisin sauce
• 1½ T honey
• ½ t 5-spice powder

Directions

1. Combine wine, oyster sauce, sugar, hoisin sauce, honey, and 5-spice powder in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring up to a boil. Lower to a simmer and allow the sauce to thicken slightly, about 10 minutes.
2. Cut belly into 4 equal pieces and rinse. Pat dry with paper towels.
3. Add the belly pieces and 4 T of homemade char siu sauce to a resealable plastic bag. Marinate at least 24 hours in fridge.
4. About 1 to 1½ hours before cooking, remove pork belly pieces from marinade. Reserve the marinade.
5. Place the pork belly pieces into Fry Pan Basket. Set to 400°F for 10 minutes.
6. At the end of 10 minutes, baste pork belly with the remaining marinade and return to the fryer at 320°F for an additional 10 minutes. Once cooked, remove pork belly and set aside to rest.
7. While pork belly is resting, add 3 T char siu sauce with 5 T water to a small saucepan and bring to a boil.
8. Slice pork belly and drizzle char siu over the top of sliced pork belly then top with sesame seeds.