Char Siu Pork Chops
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Char Siu Pork Chops Recipe


Char Siu Pork Chops Recipe

Char Siu is Chinese BBQ. Pork Roast or Belly is often used, and these cuts are marinated overnight in a sweet and savory sauce giving it a distinct red color and a ton of flavor. And for this recipe, I’m taking that idea and making Char Siu Pork Chops.

For this recipe I’m using pork chops but you could use just about any cut of pork. Pork steaks would be really good cooked this exact way.

Char Siu Pork Chops

I combine fresh ingredients garlic, shallot, and ginger with Soy Sauce, Hoisin Sauce (Chinese bbq sauce, Rice Wine Vinegar, sugar, and honey to create the flavor and a little Red Food coloring to give it that Char Siu color.

Char Siu Pork Chops

In traditional Char Siu red beet powder is often used and you can substitute it for the red food coloring if you can find in. My local grocery didn’t have any so I went with the red food color.

Once the marinade is combined, reserve a little for the glaze and pour the remaining over the chops. Refrigerate the chops for 12 hours so the marinade has plenty of time to penetrate the meat.

Char Siu Pork Chops

To cook the chops fire up a drum smoker or other bbq grill set up for indirect cooking at 325 degrees. Take the chops out of the marinade while the smoker is coming up to temperature to allow the excess marinade time to drain off.

Char Siu Pork Chops

Place each chop on the smoker and cook for 15 minutes then flip. Use the reserved marinade combined with 1/2 cup of warm honey to glaze the chops as you flip them.

Char Siu Pork Chops

Repeat this glazing process every 5-10 minutes until the chops reach 150-155 internal and a slight char is formed on the outside.

Char Siu Pork Chops

Serve the chops over steamed rice along with your grilled or stir-fried vegetables and you have a delicious quick and easy meal.

Char Siu Pork Chops

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Char Siu Pork Chops

Char Siu Pork Chops Recipe


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Ingredients

  • 8 Pork Chops
  • 12oz Char Siu Marinade *recipe below
  • 1/4 cup Honey (warmed to thin)

Char Siu Marinade

  • 1 Shallot chopped fine
  • 6 cloves Garlic minced
  • 2 Tablespoons Fresh Ginger chopped fine
  • 1 cup White Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Honey
  • 1/4 cup Hoisin Sauce
  • 1/4 cup Soy Sauce
  • 1/4 cup Rice Wine Vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil
  • 1 Tablespoon Chinese 5 Spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon White Pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Red Food Coloring

Instructions

  1. Combine marinade ingredients and stir to dissolve sugar and spices. Reserve 1/2 cup of marinade for glaze
  2. Place pork chops in a large resealable plastic bag and pour marinade over the chops.
  3. Close the top of the bag and move the pork chops around so everything is covered with the marinade. Place in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
  4. Preheat Drum style smoker or other bbq grill/smoker for indirect cooking at 325 degrees.
  5. Remove pork chops from marinade and place on the cooking grate. Cook chops indirect for 15 minutes and flip.
  6. Combine the reserved 1/2 cup of marinade with 1/2 cup of warm honey and brush over chops. Flip the chops every 5-10 minutes and continue to brush with marinade. The Char Siu chops are done when the outside is charred and the internal temperature reaches 150-155 degrees.

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