Chinese BBQ Pork

Name: Chinese BBQ Pork
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 3 lbs Pork Butt; 1/3 cup sugar; 3 tbsp oyster sauce; 3 tbsp rice wine vinegar; 2 1/2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp chinese 5 spice; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1/2 tsp kosher salt or msg; 4-5 drops Red food dye, optional; 1 cucumber, sliced

10 steps

Prep:1h 15min

Was craving some chinese bbq pork, so I decided to whip up this recipe! Surprisingly, you can create delicious chinese style bbq pork right at home using your air fryer. The sugar gets nice and caramelized creating some delicious texture and flavors.

Updated at: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 16:19:57 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories442.1 kcal (22%)

Total Fat25.5 g (36%)

Carbs14.3 g (5%)

Sugars11.8 g (13%)

Protein37 g (74%)

Sodium897.9 mg (45%)

Fiber0.3 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

3 lbsPork Butt

⅓ cupsugar

3 Tbspoyster sauce

3 Tbsprice wine vinegar

2 ½ Tbspsoy sauce

1 tspchinese 5 spice

1 tsponion powder

1 tspgarlic powder

½ tspkosher salt

or msg

4 dropsRed food dye

optional

1cucumber

sliced

Instructions

Step 1

For the sauce mix together your sugar, oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, chinese 5 spice, onion powder, garlic powder, and salt. Adjust taste to your preference.

sugar⅓ cup

oyster sauce3 Tbsp

rice wine vinegar3 Tbsp

soy sauce2 ½ Tbsp

chinese 5 spice1 tsp

onion powder1 tsp

garlic powder1 tsp

kosher salt½ tsp

Step 2

Optional: Add a few drops of red food dye to give it that classic red color you see in the restaurants.

Red food dye4 drops

Step 3

Grab your pork butt and begin slicing into 1 - 1 1/2 in steak size pieces. You want them to be this thick so they can cook slower and not burn too fast.