Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken char siu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Char Siu is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chicken Char Siu is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken char siu using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Char Siu:
- Make ready 1 kg Chicken thigh fillet / breast
- Get Marinade
- Take 3-4 tbsp maltose/honey
- Make ready 3 cubes red fermented tofu
- Get 3 tbsp the red fermented tofu liquid
- Take 3 tbsp housin sauce
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic (roughly chopped)
- Take 3 tbsp roughly chopped ginger
- Prepare 3 tbsp chinese rice cooking wine
- Prepare 3 tsp chinese five spices
- Get 1 tsp salt (or to taste)
- Get Red food colouring (optional)
- Get Glaze
- Make ready 3 tbsp honey
- Get Left over marinade
Steps to make Chicken Char Siu:
- Marination - Clean chicken. Combine ingredients for marination in a big bowl. Stir to mix. Use this to Marinate chicken fillets for 24hours. Refrigerate.
- For the glaze - Remove chicken from the marinate & let sit for an hour in room temperature. Add the marinate to a small pot & remove the garlic & ginger. Add honey & mix well. Cook on low heat for 5mins or until the sauce start to boil. Set aside for glazing.
- Set up chicken on the tray that comes with a roasting rack. Preheat oven to 400 F /200 C.
- Bake chicken for 20mins. Flip. Bake for another 20mins. For the next 20mins, flip & glaze chicken every 3-5mins until all the glaze is brushed on. Char siu gets charred lightly.
- Once done, let it rest for 10-15mins. Slice & serve or Refrigerate for other uses like bao / buns filling, siu pau etc.
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