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Char Siu Glaze

Name: Char Siu Glaze
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: asian
Ingredients: 0.25 cup hoisin; 2 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 1 tsp five-spice powder; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 cube red fermented bean curd (optional, for classic color)

The lacquer on Cantonese BBQ pork. Sweet, savory, mahogany, hoisin and honey doing the heavy lifting. Brush it on in layers late in the cook for that glossy bark.

10 minServes 8

Ingredients

8servings

0.3 cuphoisin
2 tbsphoney
2 tbspsoy sauce
1 tbspoyster sauce
1 tbspShaoxing wine
1 tbspbrown sugar
1 tspfive-spice powder
1 tspsesame oil
1 cubered fermented bean curd (optional, for classic color)

Method

1.Whisk

Whisk everything in a small saucepan.

2.Simmer

Simmer 5 minutes until it thickens into a brushable glaze.

3.Reserve

Reserve some clean glaze for serving, don't cross-contaminate with the pit brush.

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