Roast Char Siew Sauce

Char Siew Roast Pork or Chicken is definitely one of the best loved meat of my family. BBQ-charred on the outside, honey sweet and juicy from inside, this is one of the best meals one can have with hot rice or noodles.

There are many versions of the marinating sauce from 3-ingredients to very complicated combination, all are said to be mouth-watering recipes. I have tried them all. True, you could cook the meat to tender with 3 ingredients of soy sauce, sugar and garlic but it will be a simple taste. If you like a lingering flavour in your mouth, a bit like melt in your mouth sensation, the sauce is good withe rice, then you just have to have more ingredients.

Here are some recipes that I have read and tried, copied from cooking classes, book and internet :-

Char Siew Roast Pork

Recipe 1

1 Kg Pork
120 gm Sugar
100 ml Soy Sauce
2 Tbsp Oyster Sauce
5 Tbsp Rice Wine
1/2 tsp Five Spice Powder
1 Tbsp Garlic Chopped
1 Tbsp Fermented Bean Curd
1/4 tsp Salt
2 Tbsp Maltose Sugar
1 Tbsp Water

Marinate for overnight in fridge
Roast 220 C for 15 mins, turn 5 mins
Brush Maltose liquid 230 C 5 mins - Repeat 2-3 times until slightly charred.

Comment :- A bit more work

Recipe 2

1 Kg of Pork
2 pcs Fermented Bean Curd
1 Tbsp Honey
1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
1 Tbsp Oyster Sauce
1 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
1 tsp Five Spice Powder
1/4 tsp White Pepper
100 gm Sugar
5 Tbsp Rice Wine

1) Mix or marinate overnight or warm up sauce & marinate
200 C 15 mins and turn a few tines.

Personally, I like Recipe 2, somehow after the soft boiling of the sauce, the fragrance is well mixed and stronger, marinating them in strong zip lock bags and put in the fridge. It can be stored for a few times and the taste is even better. The wine makes the meat a lot nicer.

I have made 3 portions of Recipe 2 and soak them with 2 Kg of pork and found that I could add more meat and the good thing, the sauce can be used for a second batch as they are thick and store in the fridge.

Elliot learns to Cook 2 - Homemade Burgers

This is yummy, healthy burger recipe for students when you need comfort food. I just learnt this homemade burger recipe recently from my sister in law, Rebecca Poong.

Chicken Burgers - Homestyle

500 gm Chicken minced

1 Egg (a bit too much for 500 gram but it does give nice aroma when frying the si
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Pepper
1 tsp Paprika
1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
1 Tbsp Oyster Sauce
1 Tbsp Garlic Powder
2 Tbsp Yoghurt
1-2 pieces of Bread cubes
1 Tbsp Persley chopped or powder

Elliot learns to Cook 1 - Bolognese Sauce

It is long overdue that Elliot should learn cooking. Here is his first away-from-home cooking lesson at Saujana Putra home on 15 October 2017.

Bolognese Sauce - The Heng's Style

Vegetable :
3 Tbsp            Olive Oil
3 Large           Onions - diced
2 Medium       Carrots - diced
1 Large           Garlic - diced finely
1 Thumb Size Ginger - diced finely
2 Tbsp             Oregano Spice

Marinating Minced Meat :
500 gm            Chicken Minced
3-5 Tbsp          Corn Flour
1/4 Cup            Red Wine or Rice Vinegar
1 Tin               Tomato Puree (medium size)

1 Cup               Water (optional if too dry)

For Taste :
1 Tbsp             Sugar
1 tsp                Salt
1 tsp                Pepper

Addtional :
1 piece           Green Pepper diced
1 Tin              Mushroom (Chinese button mushrooms) diced finely
1 Tin              Kidney Beans

1) Heat up oil, fry Onions until fragrant. Add in garlic and ginger.
2) Continue to fry with Carrots in, add oil if too dry.
3) Add in Oregano Spice, fry to let fragrance out.
4) Mix Corn flour into Minced meat, add in Red Wine or Rice Vinegar. Mix well.
5) Put Minced Meat into sauce and add in Tomato Puree.
6) Add in Sugar, Salt, Pepper and adjust according to taste.
7) Put in mushrooms, green peppers, Kidney Beans and mix well and stop the fire. Cover with lid.

Best to cook this 6 hours prior to eating.

This is a very versatile dish. From this sauce, we could make :-

• Homemade Pizza - may use thin wraps or bread with butter spread
• Lasagne - use non-cooked type, possible to use bread but cut off sides and roll with pin.
• Pasta & Sauce with cheese

Chicken Burgers - Tai's Style

Chicken Burgers - Tai's Style

1 Kg Minced Meat

2 Tbsp Yoghurt

1 Tbsp Soy Sauce

1 Tbsp Oyster Sauce

1 Tbsp Garlic Powder

1 Tbsp Parsley Chopped or powder

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Pepper

1 tsp Paprika 

1 Egg

2 pieces Bread Cubes

1-2 Tbsp Corn Starch

3 pieces Diced Mushrooms (round)

Optional :-
Few shoots Fried Shallots red onions, spring onions, 

3 Tbsp Black Fungus diced

Roast 180 C 20 mins (May need to cover with foil at the end)