Vietnamese Recipes – Char Siu or Barbecued Pork Vietnamese Style – Thit Xa Xiu (Mon An Viet Nam)

1/ How to make the marinade:

+Add into a mixture of red fermented bean curd, 2 tablespoons of red sauce, five spice powder, 2 tablespoons of minced garlic, 1 tablespoon of honey or maltose. Blend them well and add more vegetable oil as well as light soya sauce, dark soya sauce, oyster sauce (1 tablespoon each), 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil and 1 tablespoon of chili pepper.

+Pour a portion of marinade to a small bowl to keep them as your perfect dipping sauce. Add in more water to dilute the mixture and suit your taste best.

2/ How to make pork meat:

+Marinate your pork meat and then put them into a fridge to stay overnight. Only by doing that could all ingredients absorb into your pork fibre.

+Spread a layer of aluminum foil onto a baking tray. Arrange your marinated pork onto the tray and preheat them in an oven with 190 Celsius degree for 20 minutes. Keep an eye on them to remove from the heat. Quickly brush aside all over your meat with marinade. Turn pork meat upside down and cook them in a oven for another 20 minutes again. You can use char coal to pan fry them also if you don\’t have an oven.

3/ Serving: Slice marinated pork meats into thin slices. Used with boiled rice or noodles up to your choice.