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Char Siu Recipe

This version of char siu, or Chinese style barbequed pork, is flavored with soy sauce, whiskey, and honey.

Ingredients

4 pounds pork butt, cut into 5-by-3-by-2-inch pieces

2 tablespoons Hawaiian sea salt

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup soy sauce

2 tablespoons honey

1 tablespoon whiskey

1 teaspoon red food coloring

1/2 teaspoon Chinese 5-spice powder

Instructions
Rub pork with Hawaiian salt and refrigerate 1 hour. Combine marinade ingredients. Soak pork in marinade in refrigerator 24 hours. Place meat on a rack over 1/4 inch of water in a shallow roasting pan. Roast 1-1/2 hours at 300 degrees.

See also:

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