Char Siu but 20% effort

Name: Char Siu but 20% effort
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1.5 lbs pork; 4 tbsp char siu sauce; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 inch ginger; 2 cloves garlic; 1 tbsp five spice powder; 1 tsp white pepper powder; 1 tbsp honey

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Cooking doesn’t need to be hard or complicated. Often, you’re simply looking for a recipe that gets you most of the way there with minimal effort, hence 80/20 — the idea is to get 80% of the results with 20% of the effort!

So here’s a 25m Cantonese Char Siu recipe that saves on time and effort using an air fryer and store-bought Char Siu marinade.

25 min cook time

10 min prep

Servings

Units

Ingredients

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1.5 lb pork (675 g)butt or shoulder, cut into 4 equal chunks

Marinade

4 tbsp char siu sauce (84 g)
(Lee Kum Kee brand)
1 tbsp light soy sauce (15 g)
(optional)
1 inch ginger (20 g)sliced
2 clove garlic (6 g)minced
1 tbsp five spice powder (10 g)
1 tsp white pepper powder (2 g)

To Glaze

1 tbsp honey (21 g)
(just enough to glaze)

Directions

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Place pork chunks into a mixing bowl, and incorporate ginger, garlic, char siu sauce, five spice powder, white pepper powder, and soy sauce.
- 1.5 lb pork (675 g)butt or shoulder, cut into 4 equal chunks
- 1 inch ginger (20 g)sliced
- 2 clove garlic (6 g)minced
- 4 tbsp char siu sauce (84 g)
  (Lee Kum Kee brand)
- 1 tbsp five spice powder (10 g)
- 1 tsp white pepper powder (2 g)
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce (15 g)
  (optional)
Let pork marinate for at least a few hours. For best results, marinate overnight.
Preheat oven to 400F
Place pork into the oven and cook for 15m.
Check in every 2-3m to flip the pork and baste with honey.
- 1 tbsp honey (21 g)
  (just enough to glaze)
To serve, slice pork into slices and serve over rice and with vegetables like bok choy or Chinese broccoli (gai lan).

Nutrition Information

Per serving

Nutrient

Amount

% DV

porkchar siu saucelight soy saucegingergarlicwhite pepper powderhoney

Trans fat

Total (4 servings)