Char Siu

Char Siu
From allwaysdelicious.com

Ingredients

  • ¼ c + 2 T honey
  • ¼ c soy sauce
  • ¼ c Shiaoxing wine, sake, sherry, or dry white wine
  • ¼ c hoisin sauce
  • 1 T sesame oil
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • red gel food coloring or cherry/beet juice* (optional)
  • 3/4 t Chinese five-spice powder
  • 2½ lb boneless pork butt
  • ¼ c soy sauce
  • ¼ c honey

To serve

Goes well with Chinese dry fried green beans, bok choy, or in fried rice.

Instructions

  1. Step 1

    Combine the first measurements of soy sauce and honey, wine, hoisin, sesame oil, garlic, food colorant, and five spice in a bowl and mix.

  2. Step 2

    Add pork and turn to coat well. Cover and refrigerate 2-24 hours.

  3. Step 3

    Pour marinade into the Instant Pot and place trivet in. Place pork on top of trivet.

  4. Step 4

    Close, SEALING position, cook on high pressure for 35 minutes. Let release naturally 10 min, then quick release. PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 450F.

  5. Step 5

    Make glaze by combining the remaining soy sauce and honey.

  6. Step 6

    Place pork on roasting rack, brush glaze on pork. Cook in oven 7 minutes. Turn the pork over, brush more glaze on. Cook for another 4 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand before slicing.