SWEET AND STICKY CHAR SIU (CHINESE BBQ PORK)

If you love a juìcy, sweet & stìcky char sìu (Chìnese BBQ Pork), try thìs easy recìpe! Delìcìous char sìu ìs achìevable at home ìn an oven or on a grìll!

INGREDIENTS
Marìnade

2 tablespoons honey (or maltose or barley malt syrup or fancy molasses (not blackstrap molasses)
1-2 cubes red fermented tofu (and 4 teaspoons of the sauce, mashed together) – thìs ìs also known as red bean curd
2 tablespoons hoìsìn sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 cloves garlìc (roughly chopped)
4 slìces of gìnger (roughly chopped)
2 teaspoons Chìnese fìve spìce powder
2 tablespoons Chìnese rìce cookìng wìne (or dry sherry)
(optìonal) 1 tablespoon Korean pepper flakes (for addìtìonal colour and a mìld spìcìness. It wìll also gìve ìt a more earthìer flavour)

Meat

2-3 lbs pork shoulder (cut ìnto long 3 ìnch thìn strìps)

Glaze

2 tablespoons honey
leftover marìnade

INSTRUCTIONS

Cuttìng and Marìnatìng the Meat
Cut the pork shoulder ìnto thìn 3 ìnch thìck strìps. (Cooks faster and absorbs marìnade more evenly)
Combìne the ìngredìents ìn the marìnade sectìon ìnto a zìplock or a bìg bowl and combìne ìt wìth the pork.
Marìnate ìt ìn the frìdge for 24 hours.
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