Smoked Lap Yuk

Chinese Cured Bacon

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Chinese-American Barbecue: Big-Flavor Asian BBQ from the Smoke Queen

By Winnie Yee

Published 2026

  • About

Dry-hanging cured meats has been a technique used in China for centuries. I remember those early mornings, when I spent my summers in Malaysia, going into the local wet market with my Ah-Ma (grandma). We’d walk through the small town with an umbrella in one hand and a rolling basket in the other, with the chatter of roosters and the rumble of motorbikes waking the world around us. There were no supermarkets in this town. Instead, everyone purchased their groceries from the wet markets. Ther