Chinese-Style Barbecue Pork

Name: Chinese-Style Barbecue Pork
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 260 g (9¼ oz/¾ cup) honey; 4 tablespoons sugar; 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 3 tablespoons light soy sauce; 4 tablespoons fermented red bean curd, mashed; 3 tablespoons yellow bean soy sauce; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) shaoxing; 4 tablespoons hoisin sauce; 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) pork neck, cut lengthways into 4 cm (1½ inch) wide strips

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Balance and Harmony

By Neil Perry

Published 2008

About

Interestingly enough, this famous pork is not barbecued, but cooked in an oven, usually the same oven where the ducks are cooked in Chinese restaurants — your oven at home will do a nice job as well. It’s delicious.

Ingredients

1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) pork neck, cut lengthways into 4

Asia
China
Main course
Dinner

Method

To make the marinade, whisk the bean curd, soy sauces, shaoxing, hoisin, sugar and the garlic until the sugar has dissolved. Add the pork and toss to coat, then marinate for 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 240°C (475°F/Gas 8).

Fit a wire rack over a roasting tin f