Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, char siu. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Char Siu is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Char Siu is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have char siu using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Char Siu:

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