Chinese Chickens, Ducks and Meats Recipes - Pork Lean (Char Shiu) Recipe

Ingredients

• 12 oz. lean leg of pork

• pinch salt

• pinch sugar

• pinch Ve-Tsin (M.S.G.)

• few drops cochineal

• 1 dessertspoon red Soya bean curd

• 1 dessertspoon soy sauce

• parsley

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Method:

1. Have the pork cut the way of the grain. Divide it, lengthwise, into two strips. Place them in a bowl. Add the salt, sugar, Ve-Tsin, cochineal, bean curd and soy sauce.

2. Work these well together until the meat soaks them up. Impale each piece of meat on a wire hook and hang them on a bar of the oven shelf with a drip tray underneath.

3. Bake for 30 minutes in the oven preheated to 475°F. or Gas Mark 9.

4. Very thinly slice the meat across the grain. Place the pieces in a heated serving dish and pour the juices from the drip tray over them. Garnish with parsley.