Char siew

Char Siu is one of my favorite dish to cook because of it is so easy to make and handle. Even if we cannot eat all of them once, it goes so good with common

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An easy air fryer char siu pork recipe that takes no time to put together and yields a flavorful BBQ pork that has a glossy sticky glaze just like the one from the restaurant. {Gluten-Free Adaptable}

So what makes a good char siu? 1. The taste. it should be sweet, balanced with a certain degree of saltiness. It has to be sweet or else it is not char siu. The char siu must also have a good amount of smokiness resulting from the charcoal burnt caramelised sugar. 2. The Glaze. It is not a possibility, it is a necessity. The char siu MUST have that ultimate glossy charred sauce coating every bit of the meat. 3. The texture. Juicy and tender but at the same time not too oily.

Aromatic, smoky, savoury & a little sweet, Cantonese classic dish Char Siu (Chinese BBQ pork) is one of the tastiest ways to roast pork.

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The perfect char siew should be slightly charred, shiny and caramelised on the outside, tender and juicy inside. Once in the mouth, you...

We love Char Siew and I had experimented making them numerous times at home. Some of the recipe came out bland, some came out dry and some came out just missing that X factor. I used Food Canon's recipe some time back and it was closed to the X factor. Even my fussy dad liked it. I also concluded that I cannot stick to my lean meat belief when making char siew. So this weekend, I made a trip to the wet market with my specification. Of course my regular butcher was looking at me with "are you…