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Char Siu Pork (Chinese BBQ Pork) usually makes you think of long marinade times and slow cooking, but we’ve made a quick and easy weeknight version.

Char Siu Pork Rice Bowl

Char Siu Pork (Chinese BBQ Pork) usually makes you think of long marinade times and slow cooking, but we’ve made a quick and easy weeknight version.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Keyword: best char siu pork, char siu pork recipe easy, Easy Char Siu Pork, sticky char siu pork
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Baking sheet
  • Large frying pan
  • Stovetop
  • Microwave

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon hoisin sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
  • sesame oil 1.5 teaspoon total
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • ½ teaspoon five spice powder
  • 2 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 pork tenderloin fillet 500g
  • Salt
  • 1 teaspoon white pepper
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 cucumber
  • ½ bunch coriander
  • 1 lime
  • 2 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoon Greek yoghurt
  • Black pepper
  • 450 g microwave rice

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 220 C and line a baking sheet with paper.
    Line a baking sheet with paper.
  • Make a Char Siu sauce by combining hoisin sauce, soy sauce, Shaoxing rice wine, ½ teaspoon sesame oil, honey, Chinese five spice powder and sugar. Peel and crush garlic into the bowl, then add 1 tablespoon hot water and mix well.
    2 tablespoon hoisin sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine, sesame oil, 1 tablespoon honey, ½ teaspoon five spice powder, 2 tablespoon brown sugar, 2 cloves garlic
    Make a Char Siu sauce.
  • Pat dry your pork and season with salt and white pepper. Heat a large frying pan over medium-high, add 1 teaspoon sesame oil then cook the tenderloin, turning every 1-2 minutes, until browned on all sides.
    1 pork tenderloin fillet, Salt, 1 teaspoon white pepper, sesame oil
    Cook seasoned pork fillet in frying pan until brown on all sides.
  • Transfer to the baking tray and pour over char siu sauce. Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes, depending on the size of the fillet.
    Transfer pork fillet to baking tray and pour over char siu sauce.
  • Meanwhile prepare your veggies. Peel, de-seed and slice avocado. Peel and matchstick (or grate) carrot. Slice cucumber in half lengthwise, remove seeds with a teaspoon and slice into half moons. Roughly chop coriander leaves and finely slice stalks. Slice lime in half.
    1 avocado, 1 carrot, 1 cucumber, ½ bunch coriander, 1 lime
    Prep veggies and slice lime in half.
  • Make a lime yoghurt mayo by juicing lime into a small bowl, then mixing mayonnaise, Greek yoghurt and salt and pepper.
    1 lime, 2 tablespoon mayonnaise, 2 tablespoon Greek yoghurt, Black pepper, Salt
    Make lime yoghurt mayo in a small bowl.
  • Take the pork fillet out of the oven and spoon over the sauce. Let it rest for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, microwave rice according to packet instructions.
    450 g microwave rice
    Spoon sauce over baked pork fillet.
  • To serve, finely slice pork and serve on a bed of rice with avocado, cucumber and carrot, sprinkle over coriander and dollop lime mayo.
    Little kids may like you to chop their pork into fingers.
    1 avocado, 1 carrot, 1 cucumber, ½ bunch coriander
    Serve sliced pork on a bed of rice with veggies and lime mayo.

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Nutrition

Calories: 526kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 85mg | Sodium: 535mg | Potassium: 1008mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 5317IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 4mg