Cantonese Charred Honey Pork Belly (Cha Siu)

This is a yummy Cantonese grill meat dish that everyone loves. Cha siu is of Cantonese origin where skewers of pork meat is marinated in a honey seafood sauce, and then roast in oven to charred, savory, and sticky sweet perfection.

Ingredients:

1 lb pork belly (cut into 4 pieces)

3 cloves garlic (finely chopped)

1 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil

Seafood sauce:

1 1/2 tablespoons maltose

1 1/2 tablespoons honey

1 1/2 tablespoons seafood sauce

1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon Chinese rose wine

3 dashes white pepper powder

3 drops red coloring (optional)

1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder

1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

Directions:

Add all ingredients in the cha siu sauce in a sauce pan.

Heat it up and stir-well until all blended and become slightly thickened and sticky.

Transfer out and let cool, set aside for later use.

Marinate the pork butt pieces with 2/3 of the cha siu sauce and the chopped garlic overnight.

Add 1 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil into the remaining cha siu sauce.

Keep in the fridge overnight.

The next day, heat the oven to 375 degree F.

Roast the cha siu for 15 minutes (shake off the excess cha siu sauce before roasting).

Transfer them out of the oven and thread the char siu pieces on metal skewers

Grill them over fire with stove top.

Brush the remaining cha siu sauce while grilling until the cha siu are perfectly charred.

Slice the cha siu into bite-size pieces, drizzle the remaining cha siu sauce over and serve immediately with steamed white rice.