Chinese BBQ Pork (Char Siu) in a Rice Cooker
Chinese BBQ Pork (Char Siu) in a Rice Cooker
Ingredients
For the Chinese BBQ Pork
- 1 1/2 pounds pork belly, sliced into 1-inch thick strips
- 1/2 cup Char Siu sauce
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1 teaspoon dark caramel sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine
- 1 tablespoon maltose sugar, or granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon MSG, or 'Yum Yum' seasoning
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon red food coloring powder, or a few drops of liquid red food coloring
For Serving
- 2 tablespoons duck sauce, as needed for drizzling
- 4 cups cooked rice, for serving, optional
Instructions
- 1
Place the sliced pork belly into the inner pot of your rice cooker. Ensure the rice cooker is set to the 'warm' setting to facilitate mixing.
⏱️ 1 min
- 2
Add the Char Siu sauce, hoisin sauce, dark caramel sauce, honey, Shaoxing wine, maltose sugar (or granulated sugar), MSG (or 'Yum Yum' seasoning), oyster sauce, and red food coloring powder to the pork belly in the rice cooker pot.
⏱️ 3 min
- 3
Wearing a glove, thoroughly mix all the ingredients by hand, ensuring each piece of pork belly is well coated with the marinade. The 'warm' setting of the rice cooker will help the sauces combine more easily.
⏱️ 5 min
- 4
Once the pork is fully coated, cover the rice cooker with its lid. Switch the rice cooker from 'warm' to the 'cook' setting.
⏱️ 1 min
- 5
Allow the pork to cook in the rice cooker for approximately 40 minutes, or until it is tender and cooked through. The rice cooker will likely switch to 'warm' automatically once the cooking cycle is complete.
⏱️ 40 min - 6
Carefully remove the cooked barbecue pork from the rice cooker pot using tongs and transfer it to a cutting board.
⏱️ 1 min
- 7
Using a sharp knife or cleaver, chop the tender barbecue pork into bite-sized pieces.
⏱️ 3 min
- 8
Arrange the chopped Chinese BBQ pork on a serving plate. Drizzle with a little duck sauce before serving. Serve immediately, optionally with cooked rice.
⏱️ 1 min
Kitchen Tools
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
For the Chinese BBQ Pork
- 1 1/2 pounds pork belly, sliced into 1-inch thick strips
- 1/2 cup Char Siu sauce
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1 teaspoon dark caramel sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine
- 1 tablespoon maltose sugar, or granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon MSG, or 'Yum Yum' seasoning
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon red food coloring powder, or a few drops of liquid red food coloring
For Serving
- 2 tablespoons duck sauce, as needed for drizzling
- 4 cups cooked rice, for serving, optional
Instructions
- 1
Place the sliced pork belly into the inner pot of your rice cooker. Ensure the rice cooker is set to the 'warm' setting to facilitate mixing.
⏱️ 1 min - 2
Add the Char Siu sauce, hoisin sauce, dark caramel sauce, honey, Shaoxing wine, maltose sugar (or granulated sugar), MSG (or 'Yum Yum' seasoning), oyster sauce, and red food coloring powder to the pork belly in the rice cooker pot.
⏱️ 3 min - 3
Wearing a glove, thoroughly mix all the ingredients by hand, ensuring each piece of pork belly is well coated with the marinade. The 'warm' setting of the rice cooker will help the sauces combine more easily.
⏱️ 5 min - 4
Once the pork is fully coated, cover the rice cooker with its lid. Switch the rice cooker from 'warm' to the 'cook' setting.
⏱️ 1 min - 5
Allow the pork to cook in the rice cooker for approximately 40 minutes, or until it is tender and cooked through. The rice cooker will likely switch to 'warm' automatically once the cooking cycle is complete.
⏱️ 40 min - 6
Carefully remove the cooked barbecue pork from the rice cooker pot using tongs and transfer it to a cutting board.
⏱️ 1 min - 7
Using a sharp knife or cleaver, chop the tender barbecue pork into bite-sized pieces.
⏱️ 3 min - 8
Arrange the chopped Chinese BBQ pork on a serving plate. Drizzle with a little duck sauce before serving. Serve immediately, optionally with cooked rice.
⏱️ 1 min