Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, char siu. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Char Siu is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Char Siu is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook char siu using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Char Siu:

1. Get 8 lbs pork shoulder, sliced 1 in thick
2. Take 1 cup sugar
3. Get 1 cup soy sauce
4. Make ready 1 jar kikkoman hoisin sauce
5. Make ready 1/2 cup dry sherry
6. Make ready 2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
7. Make ready 1/2 tsp white pepper
8. Make ready 2 tsp Chinese five spice powder
9. Take 2 Tbsp ginger, grated
10. Prepare 2 Tbsp garlic, grated
11. Get 1/2 cup ketchup
12. Get 2/3 cup honey

Instructions to make Char Siu:

1. Combine the sugar, soy, hoisin, spices, ginger, garlic, sherry, oil.
2. Divide the sauce in half.
3. Places the pork in a large ziplock and cover in one half of the marinade. Marinade 4 hours to over night.
4. Remove the pork from the marinade and smoke at 225 to 250 for 4-5 hours.
5. Add the ketchup and honey to the other portion of marinade.
6. On a wire racked inserted into a baking tray, lay the smoked pork out in a single layer.
7. Turn the overhead broiler on in your oven. Do NOT use a drawer broiler.
8. Brush with the reserved sauce and broil 5 minutes until the surface is bubbling and mahogany in color. Feel free to layer the sauce on as it broils. Repeat on the other side.
9. Serve sliced with extra sauce or chop and make char siu bao.

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