Cantonese Roast Pork

Name: Cantonese Roast Pork (Kua lu ch’a shao jou)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons wine; ⅓ teaspoon red food color; 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce; 1 tablespoon oil (salad oil or chicken fat); 1 tablespoon oil (salad oil or chicken fat); ½ tablespoon syrup (or sugar); ½ tablespoon syrup (or sugar); 2 green onions; ½ tablespoon hot water; 5 tablespoons soy sauce; 3 slices ginger; 1-¼ pounds pork (lean); 1-¼ pounds pork (lean); 1 tablespoon oil (salad oil or chicken fat)

Kua lu ch’a shao jou

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1-¼ pounds pork (lean)
1 tablespoon oil (salad oil or chicken fat)

Asia
Taiwan
Kwangtung
Fukien
Main course

Method

Cut pork into strips 6” long and 1” around, score each side in at least 4 slashes about ¼” deep. Soak with marinade for at least 3 hours but not more than 6 hours.
Hang pork strips on hooks and place in charcoal oven. Cover and roast for 8 minutes. Baste with marinade sauce, place hooks on opposite end and roast for 7 more minutes.
Remove from oven an