Chinese BBQ Pork CHAR SIU 叉燒

The Chinese BBQ Pork is also sometimes called 'red pork'. You will find it in Chinese rotisseries, if you never tasted it, you should try it as a fast food dish: ask for a portion of red pork with rice.

I show you the recipe without using any ready-to-use seasoning mix. To succeed this dish everything is important: the ingredients, the marinade, the cooking time. The choice of the piece of pork also determines the success: this dish requires a tender meat with a little fat, for example you can use pork loin or shoulder.

The fermented bean curd to use must be the red one, its taste is more intense and it will color the dish. You can double the dose and remove the red food coloring.

This dish is really delicious just after cooking, do not let it cool. You can enjoy it simply with Thai fragrant rice. It is also an ingredient in many other recipes: fresh noodles, Chineses buns, noodle soup, etc. For a picnic, put it in a sandwich with French baguette. Bon appétit.