CHAR SIU PORK

Gorgeous sweet sticky slow roasted char siu marinated loin of pork, the wonderful aromatic aroma of five spice, hoi sin and star anise filling my kitchen with the promise of gorgeous sweet sticky char siu flavours to come did not disapoint.

Prep time 5 minutes / cooking time 45 minutes / Simplicity quick and easy

Ingredients

1 loin of pork or belly pork joint skin off

10 tbsp hoi sin sauce

6 tbsp honey

2 tbsp oyster sauce

1/2 five spice powder

4 star anise

4 tbsp yellow bean paste

Mix all the ingredients together and place in a large zip lock bag, add the pork joint and massage the marinade all over the pork, pop in the fridge for a minimum of 2hrs, the longer you can leave the pork to marinate the better, I like to leave my pork for 24hrs,

Pre-heat your oven to 200 degrees, place a wire rack over a roasting tin and fill the tin three quarters full with water, place the pork joint in the centre of the rack, reserving the marinade, spoon over some of the marinade and place the pork in the oven to roast for 20 minutes, then turn the heat down to 180 degrees and cook until the centre reaches 70 degrees, approx 30 minutes, baste regularly, once cooked leave to rest for 15 minutes. carve and serve your gorgeous juicy sweet and sticky char siu pork on top of a steaming bowl of rice.  

Any leftovers can be finely chopped/shredded and added to egg fried rice with peas and ocean caught prawns for a quick and sumptuous supper meal.