This Instant Pot Char Siu is an amazing Chinese BBQ dish.
The recipe has the goodness of pork and all the delicious taste of its sauce.
Each bite is full of savory aroma and flavors with a texture that will make you want it more!
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What is Char Siu?
Char siu which is otherwise known as Cha Siu or Char Siew a Chinese BBQ Cantonese recipe.
This toothsome recipe is widely famous and loved all over Chinatown.
Why should I use an Instant Pot?
This recipe is typically prepared in the oven where it takes hours of effort and mess.
Instant Pot saves you from the heat in the kitchen, from all the mess and gets your food ready in just a span of minutes.
What is Char Siu?
A sweet, savory sauce that is actually prepared with several other things.
This Cantonese barbecue sauce is used to marinate the pork meat to infuse the flavors.
Prepare your own or buy readymade from the market to save time.
How to serve?
For a complete and tasty meal serve this Instant Pot Char Siu recipe over black rice or Jasmine rice.
If you need more ideas, Check out What To Serve With Char Siu Pork for 15 delicious recipes.
What else can I add?
Instant Pot Char Siu is typically blood-red in color because of food coloring.
Otherwise, red fermented bean curd is well enough for the color.
I personally prefer to skip the food color.
You can use beet juice instead.
How to make Instant Pot Char Siu?
Gather the necessary ingredients.
Take a bowl and mix in the ingredients except for the Shaoxing wine and salt.
Marinate the pork meat with the prepared sauce mixture.
Pour the left mixture into the Instant Pot.
Place a trivet inside the Instant Pot and place the pork meat on it.
Season the pork with salt to taste and pour Shaoxing wine onto it.
Close the lid and cook on high pressure for 18 minutes.
Do a quick release afterward.
Dish out and serve with chopped green onions.
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Instant Pot Char Siu
Equipment
- trivet
Ingredients
- 1 lb pork meat
- 3 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon chuhou paste
- 2 cubes red bean curd
- 3 tablespoon char siu sauce
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients except salt and wine in a bowl.
- Marinate the pork meat with the prepared mixture.
- Pour the left mixture into the Instant Pot.
- Place a trivet inside the Instant Pot.
- Place the pork meat on the trivet.
- Season the pork with salt to taste and pour Shaoxing wine onto it.
- Close the lid and cook on high pressure for 18 minutes.
- Do a quick release afterward.
- Dish out and serve with chopped green onions.
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