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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
50 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Pork seems to always be present in family meals at least once a week, so let’s upgrade the ordinary pork dish with the delicious char siu made using the Into the kitchen section of TasteVN by using the air fryer in a very unique way. Let’s make this attractive grilled dish right away!
Ingredients for Char Siu made with air fryer Serves 4
Pork 500 gr Garlic 5 cloves Shallots 6 bulbs Oyster sauce 1 teaspoon Soy sauce 1 teaspoon Chinese rice wine 2 teaspoons Five spice powder 1/4 teaspoon Thai caramel sauce 1/4 teaspoon Malt syrup 1 tablespoon Common seasoning a little (Sugar/ salt/ monosodium glutamate/ seasoning powder)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh pork
- Quality pork will have a light pink to dark red color, with no sour smell. When cutting the meat lengthwise, the inside should be dry, the fibers slightly shrunk, the skin soft, and the fat should be translucent white to slightly ivory, with no strong oily smell.
- Clean pork is fresh meat, so it should have very good elasticity. Therefore, when purchasing, you should press the meat with your finger to create a dent but it should not leave a mark when you lift your finger.
- Typically, good pork will have a layer of fat about 1/2 to 1 finger’s width. In which, the layer of fat and the lean meat are tightly attached to each other.
Where to buy char siu powder, five spice powder, and Mai Que Lo wine
- You can buy char siu powder, five spice powder, and Mai Que Lo wine at grocery stores, supermarkets, markets, or specialized ingredient stores.
- You can also visit the nearest TasteVN store to buy char siu powder, five spice powder, or more conveniently, purchase online at the website bachhoaxanh.com.
Tools needed
How to Make Char Siu Pork Using an Air Fryer
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Prepare the Ingredients
Add 5 cloves of garlic and 6 shallots, peeled, into a blender, then add 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 2 teaspoons of Mai Que Lo wine, 1/4 teaspoon of five spice powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of Thai caramel color.
Blend the mixture until smooth.
Soak the pork in diluted saltwater, then rinse thoroughly with clean water, and let it dry.
Effective Ways to Remove the Smell from Pork- Clean the pork, then place it in boiling water for about 2 – 3 minutes. Quickly remove the pork and rinse it under clean water to effectively remove the smell.
- Alternatively, you can use coarse salt dissolved in water, soak the pork for 25 – 30 minutes. After that, remove the pork and rinse it under running water.
See details: Effective Ways to Remove the Smell from Pork
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Marinate the pork
Place 500g of meat into a bowl, then add the blended spice mixture, and massage it well so that the meat absorbs the spices.
Then wrap it in plastic wrap, and place it in the refrigerator refrigerator for about 2 – 3 hours.
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Cook the meat
Take the marinated meat out, add 1 tablespoon of malt syrup and mix well. Then place the meat in the air fryer.
The remaining marinade can be put in a pan, heat it on the stove to boil for about 3 minutes until it thickens, then turn off the heat.
Next, place it in the air fryer and roast at 160 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes, then take it out, flip it over, simultaneously dip it into the remaining marinade, and place it back into the fryer.
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Making Char Siu
You continue to grill the meat with the air fryer, taking the meat out every 10 minutes to flip it over and then putting it back in the pot, repeating this about 4 times (40 minutes) until the meat is cooked.
You can check the meat by poking it with chopsticks; if it feels tender, then the meat is done.
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Final Product
The char siu has an eye-catching golden-brown color, with a dry exterior and a soft, juicy interior, infused with rich spices, delicious, and hot.
Make this attractive dish right away instead of the usual daily meals to treat your family!
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