Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, brad's char siu (chinese bbq pork) w/ chow mein. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Char siu, or Chinese BBQ Pork, is a delicious Cantonese roast meat. Growing up in the Catskills, the first time I saw this Chinese BBQ pork, or char siu, was at the Holiday Inn of all places. My father, the hotel restaurant's head chef at the time, used a closely guarded recipe of Chinese sauces, lots of.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have brad's char siu (chinese bbq pork) w/ chow mein using 24 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Brad's char siu (Chinese BBQ pork) w/ chow mein:
- Prepare For the pork
- Prepare 4 1/2-5 lb whole pork loin
- Get 3 char siu marinade packets
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups water
- Get For the chow mein
- Take 1/2 lb baby carrots
- Take 1 medium sweet onion, sliced thin 1" long
- Get 8 Oz shitake mushrooms, sliced
- Take 3 cloves garlic, sliced thin
- Get 1 bunch bok choy, only the whites. Sliced thin
- Make ready 1 head savoy cabbage. Quarter & slice 1" thick
- Prepare 2 yellow squash, slice in half lengthwise, slice thin
- Take For chow mein sauce
- Get 4 cups heavy chicken broth
- Take 2 tbs reduced sodium soy sauce
- Make ready 1-1 1/2 tbs fish sauce
- Take 1 tbs seasoned rice wine vinegar
- Make ready 1 tsp sesame oil
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Mongolian fire oil
- Get 2 whole star anise
- Prepare 1/2 tsp each dry mustard, ground ginger
- Take Other ingredients
- Make ready 1 pkg soft chow mein noodles or lo mein noodles
- Make ready Cornstarch slurry
And like so many other things which I have re-created at home, making your own Chinese Hello, I know what you mean about not using the oven during summer - way too hot! I've made this a few times using the BBQ too and the results. This Char Siu pork tastes just like the pork at your favorite Chinese restaurant. Caramelized on the outside, nice and tender on the inside.
Instructions to make Brad's char siu (Chinese BBQ pork) w/ chow mein:
- Mix water and marinade pkgs. Pierce pork loin all over with a fork. Place both in a lg zip lock bag. Remove as much air as possible. Marinade overnight or longer. I went 3 days. Turn bag over every 8 -12 hrs.
- Pre heat grill. Clean with grill brush. Do not rinse pork loin. Place on grill and char on all sides. You want that dark caramelization. I even put a little smoke to it with Cherrywood chips while cooking.
- When seared on all sides, place in a baking dish and finish in the oven at 350. Bring to an internal temperature of 155. Remove from oven and tent with tin foil 5-8 minutes. This will bring the internal temp up to over 160.
- While pork is in the oven, make chow mein, sauce, and noodles at the same time.
- In a saucepot, place chicken stock, soy sauce, and fish sauce. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer. The idea is to layer these flavors into the sauce. So go down the list, add 1 ingredient and let simmer a few minutes before adding the next. I wrote the ingredients in order for how I added them. When last ingredient is in and it has simmered for a bit, thicken with cornstarch slurry. Equal parts corn starch and cold water. Until desired thickness. it will thin out when you add to veggies.
- For the chow mein, place a small amount of sesame oil in a wok. Heat wok and add whole baby carrots. Stir fry until they just start to caramelize. Add onion, mushrooms, and garlic. Stir fry until onion becomes translucent, don't let them brown. Add bok choy, fry another 3 minutes. Add squash and cabbage. Fry until cabbage is just tender. Pour sauce over and heat through.
- Bring 4 qts water to a boil. Add noodles and cook according to times on the pkg. When done drain and rinse with hot water. Place in a serving bowl and toss with a little sesame oil so it doesn't stick together.
- Plate noodles and add sauced veggies on top. Slice pork thin and add to the plate. Serve immediately. Enjoy.
Most Chinese restaurants will serve Char Sui as a side dish or appetizer. At my favorite Chinese restaurant, they will serve this with the main entree alongside the. Char siu literally means "fork burned" which is a reference to the traditional preparation, skewered and barbecued over a fire. While you may not have had a chance to try it over rice or in noodle soup, you've probably had it chopped up in pork buns (char siu bao) at. 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.
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