Pork Char Siu

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    10hrs 30mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    472

Perfect for adding to noodles, stuffing into bao buns, or simply serving on a mound of steamed rice with vegetables, this juicy roasted pork is deliciously sweet and savoury with an instantly recognisable sticky red exterior. Any leftovers can be kept in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days, or frozen for up to six months.

recipe updated Mar 21, 2025

Ingredients

  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    4
  • Pork shoulder icon
    Pork shoulder
    1.5 kg
  • Water icon
    Water
    500 g
  • Hoisin sauce icon
    Hoisin sauce
    2 tablespoons
  • Soy sauce icon
    Soy sauce
    2 tablespoons
  • Shaoxing rice wine icon
    Shaoxing rice wine
    1 ½ tablespoons
  • Rice vinegar icon
    Rice vinegar
    2 tablespoons
  • Toasted sesame oil icon
    Toasted sesame oil
    2 teaspoons
  • Maltose icon
    Maltose
    2 tablespoons
  • Water icon
    Water
    2 tablespoons
  • Dark brown sugar icon
    Dark brown sugar
    1 tablespoon
  • White sugar icon
    White sugar
    3 tablespoons
  • Fine sea salt icon
    Fine sea salt
    2 teaspoons
  • White pepper icon
    White pepper
    ½ teaspoon
  • Chinese five spice icon
    Chinese five spice
    ¾ teaspoon
  • Red food coloring icon
    Red food coloring
    ¼ teaspoon

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Baking tray - large

Step preview

  1. Add pork into a large bowl and set aside
  2. Fit the Stir Tool
  3. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl
  4. Cook until well combined - 4 minutes, 105ºC, speed Stir 2
  5. Let cool – 20 minutes
  6. Add 3 Tbsp of the cooled marinade into a small bowl and cover
  7. Refrigerate until needed
  8. Transfer the rest of the marinade into the large bowl with pork and stir well to coat the pork
  9. Cover and refrigerate overnight
  10. Remove the pork from the fridge and allow to come to room temperature – 1 hour
  11. Preheat the oven - 220ºC
  12. Place a metal rack in a large baking tray
  13. Transfer the pork strips on top of the rack and spread apart
  14. Pour water into the baking tray below the pork
  15. Transfer the baking tray to the oven
  16. Roast - 20 minutes, 220ºC
  17. Reduce the oven temperature to 160ºC and turn the pork over
  18. Roast – 20 minutes, 160ºC
  19. Remove pork from the oven, brush all over with the remaining marinade and then place back in the oven
  20. Roast – 20 minutes, 160ºC
  21. Remove from the oven and allow to rest – 15 minutes
  22. Serve
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