Delicious Chinese BBQ Pork In an Air Fryer Vs. Regular Oven (Char Siu ) Making Chinese Food

Date: 2024-10-07 01:55:59

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Making Chinese Food. This is an easy recipe to make Chinese BBQ Pork. Also known as Char Siu in Chinese.
Marinade the pork for extra flavor. Then I use an air fryer and a regular oven to cook the Chinese BBQ Pork to discover which is the best method. There are advantages and disadvantages to both methods. Check out my recipe on this Chinese food making channel. Check out my recipe for Chinese BBQ Pork using an air fryer and using a regular oven. Tell me what you think is the best method.
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Recipe is below:

CHINESE BBQ PORK RECIPE 中式叉烧食谱 (Char Siu Recipe)

2 1/2 lbs. (1135 grams) pork shoulder or pork butt
7 to 10 tablespoons char siu sauce (or Chinese bean sauce, Chinese BBQ sauce or hoisin sauce)
3 to 4 tablespoons light soy sauce (regular soy sauce)
2 to 3 tablespoons Chinese oyster sauce (optional)
1 tablespoon beet powder (or red food color)
5 to 6 tablespoons honey
1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt (optional)
2 to 3 tablespoons maltose (optional)

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

Cut cut shoulder or pork butt into 4 to 5 pieces lengthwise and put into a large bowl. In a small bowl, add soy sauce, Chinese oyster sauce, beet powder and salt (optional). Pour marinade over pork pieces and mix well to cover all the pieces with the marinade. The pork should be left in the marinade for at least 2 to 3 hours or overnight in the fridge. If left in the fridge, bring out the pork at least 1 hour before cooking.

Leave about 2 tablespoons of the marinade in the bowl and put in the fridge or make some more marinade for basting the pork during the cooking.

Maltose is a sugar that gives added flavor and texture to the marinade. The char siu sauce I use has maltose as one of the ingredients. If there is no maltose in the ingredients, you can the maltose into the marinade. If the maltose is very sticky and dense, just add about 3 tablespoons of boiling water to the maltose and mix it up before adding to the marinade.

If you can’t find any maltose, just add 5 to 6 tablespoons honey to the marinade. Because honey burns more easily, I would cook the pork at the lower temperature of 350 degrees F and cook slightly longer. The temperature of the pork should reach 165 degrees F to be fully cooked.

REGULAR OVEN COOKING:

To cook the bbq pork, put the pieces of pork on a rack in a roasting pan. Put at least a cup of water in the roasting pan under the rack. Preheat the oven to 390 degrees F.

The pork should be cooked for 40 to 45 minutes. You can turn the pork half way through at 15 minutes, but I usually don’t turn the pork over during the cooking. At this time, put the honey into the marinade. Use a spoon or brush to slather each piece of pork with the marinade. Turn down the oven to 320 degrees F and finish cooking the pork.

Let the char siu pork rest for 10 minutes before cutting into bite size pieces. Serve the char siu on a nice serving plate. Enjoy!

AIR FRYER COOKING:

Preheat heat air fryer for a few mnutes. Set temperature at 390 degrees F. Cook bbq pork for total time of 20 to 25 minutes. At the half way mark, turn over bb1 pork. Brush more marinade on the surface of the bbq pork. Cook for 10 minutes or more. Brush honey in the last 10 minutes.
Let bbq pork rest for 10 minutes. Slice bbq pork into bite size pieces. Display bbq pork on a nice plate. Enjoy!