Chinese BBQ Sauce (Char Siu)

Name: Chinese BBQ Sauce (Char Siu)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 cloves of garlic (minced); 3 cm ginger (very finely chopped); 150 ml hoisin sauce; 30 ml apple cider vinegar; 100 ml soy sauce; 1 tbsp dark brown sugar; ¾ tsp Chinese five spice

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:5min

Sticky, fruity, sweet and salty. And comes together in 15 minutes. Can you guess what it is? Yes, it is the world-famous Char Siu sauce, which is also known as Chinese BBQ Sauce. Flavoured with ginger, garlic and Chinese five-spice, this is a versatile recipe to use as a sauce, a marinade or as an ingredient in Asian-style salad recipes!

Updated at: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:58:25 GMT