Chinese Char Siu Pork Roast
"For Chinese new year must have red food coloring"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (187.4 g)
- Calories 515.3
- Total Fat - 34.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 11.2 g
- Cholesterol - 148.5 mg
- Sodium - 835.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 9.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 7.6 g
- Protein - 38.7 g
- Calcium - 47.8 mg
- Iron - 2.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.8 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Combine all the ingredients except the pork and the food coloring in a saucepan.
Step 2
Heat for 2 minutes until everything is melted and you have a smooth sauce.
Step 3
Remove most of the top layer of fat from the pork.
Step 4
Pierce the pork all over with a fork. Season gently with a little salt.
Step 5
Place the pork in a bowl.
Step 6
Add food coloring to the sauce and stir to combine.
Step 7
In a large bowl
Step 8
Combine 1 cup of the sauce with the pork.
Step 9
Rotate the meat several times so it is well coated on all sides with the sauce.
Step 10
Put in a gallon ziploc bag and put in the refrigerator overnight.
Step 11
Reserve the rest of the sauce for cooking the next day.
Step 12
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Step 13
Shake off the excess sauce.
Step 14
Place pork on a rack in a roasting pan lined with aluminum foil.
Step 15
Roast for 3 hours
Step 16
Baste it every 1/2 hour with the reserved sauce.
Step 17
Let it rest for at least 15 minutes.
Step 18
Slice and brush with the remaining sauce
Tips
No special items needed.