Recipes · Chinese · Main Courses
Char Siu (Cantonese Barbecued Pork)
One serving has 528 kcal and 31 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of thiamin (121%), selenium (81%), zinc (61%), pyridoxine (55%), cobalamin (53%) and niacin (50%). Ready in 525 minutes.
- Preparation: 490 min
- Cooking: 35 min
- Makes: 1 serving (233 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Dairy-free, High protein
- Contains: alcohol, gluten, honey, pork, soy, sulphite
Ingredients
- 170 g Pork shoulder, raw
- 15 g Hoisin sauce
- 8 g Soy sauce
- 5 g Sugar
- 12 g Honey
- 10 g Wine, fortified, dry
- 6 g Garlic, raw
- 1 g Anise seed
- 6 g Ketchup
Method
- Cut the pork shoulder into a long, thick strip and pierce it all over with a fork so the marinade can penetrate.
- Whisk together the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, sugar, half the honey, the wine, garlic, ground anise seed and ketchup, then rub it all over the pork.
- Cover and marinate in the fridge for at least 8 hours, or overnight, turning the meat once or twice.
- Heat the oven to 220 °C (425 °F). Lift the pork from the marinade (keep the marinade) and set it on a wire rack over a foil-lined tray.
- Roast for 15 minutes, then turn, brush with the reserved marinade, and roast for another 15-20 minutes, basting once more, until a skewer meets little resistance and the surface is caramelized.
- Brush the hot pork with the remaining honey, rest for 5 minutes, then slice thinly across the grain and check the middle is no longer pink before serving.
- Cook the leftover marinade in a small pan at a rolling boil for 2 full minutes before spooning any of it over the sliced meat, since it touched raw pork.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 528 kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 27.2 g | |
| Water | 138 mL | |
| Fiber | 0.8 g | 3% |
| Protein | 31 g | 65% |
| Tryptophan | 0.37 g | |
| Threonine | 1.3 g | |
| Isoleucine | 1.4 g | |
| Leucine | 2.4 g | |
| Lysine | 2.6 g | |
| Methionine | 0.76 g | |
| Cystine | 0.38 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.2 g | |
| Tyrosine | 1 g | |
| Valine | 1.6 g | |
| Histidine | 1.1 g | |
| Fat | 31.3 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 13.9 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 3.6 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 3 g | |
| Saturated | 10.7 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 121 mg | |
| Calcium | 52.7 mg | 5% |
| Copper | 0.21 mg | 23% |
| Iron | 2.6 mg | 15% |
| Magnesium | 45.2 mg | 15% |
| Manganese | 0.29 mg | 16% |
| Phosphorus | 345 mg | 49% |
| Potassium | 637 mg | 14% |
| Selenium | 44.8 µg | 81% |
| Sodium | 849 mg | |
| Zinc | 4.9 mg | 61% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 1.3 mg | 121% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.54 mg | 49% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 7.1 mg | 50% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.3 mg | 26% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.71 mg | 55% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 14.1 µg | 4% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 1.3 µg | 53% |
| Choline | 108 mg | 25% |
| Vitamin A | 5.1 µg | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 3.6 mg | 5% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 119 IU | 20% |
| Vitamin E | 0.46 mg | 3% |
| Vitamin K | 0.36 µg | 0% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
1.2 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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