Siu Haau Chinese BBQ Sauce. Siu haau sauce is the primary barbecue sauce used in Chinese and Cantonese cuisine. It is used during the barbecue-cooking process as opposed to a flavoring sauce after the food is made. Siu haau sauce is not used for siu mei rotisserie style cooking.
To make char siu, pork is marinated in a sweet BBQ sauce and then roasted. This Chinese BBQ sauce has a rich, sweet, savory taste with well-balanced Asian notes. It is super fast to make and has a thick consistency. You can have Siu Haau Chinese BBQ Sauce using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Siu Haau Chinese BBQ Sauce
- Prepare 4 tbsp of Asian light soy sauce.
- You need 2 tbsp of oyster sauce.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of hoisin sauce.
- It's 2 tbsp of dry sherry.
- It's 6 tbsp of granulated white sugar or palm sugar.
- Prepare 2 tsp of minced garlic.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of honey.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of chinese five spice.
- You need 1/4 tsp of ground black pepper.
- Prepare 4 tbsp of water.
While traditional char siu sauce sometimes uses red food coloring to give roast pork a vibrant scarlet hue, this barbecue sauce is a deep, dark, chocolatey brown. Use it at your next bbq. Traditional Chinese barbecue sauce doesn't contain tomatoes but does contain a lot of fantastic flavors. This thick sauce works perfectly on any grilled or smoked foods, but like most barbecue sauces can burn easily because of the sugar content.
Siu Haau Chinese BBQ Sauce instructions
- Whisk all ingredients together in a medium saucepan.
- Bring to a gentle boil, stirring frequently.
- Reduce heat and simmer until all the sugar has dissolved and the sauce is just beginning to thicken..
- Remove from heat and cool to room temperature, you should end up with about 1 cup of sauce. Note: mixture will thicken after cooling, it should be still a little runny when you remove from heat..
- You can refrigerate in a sealed bottle.
Siu haau sauce is the primary barbecue sauce used in Chinese and Cantonese cuisine. It is used during the barbecue-cooking process as opposed to Shacha sauce, or paste is a Chinese condiment primarily used in Fujian, Teochew, and Taiwanese cuisines. It is made from soybean oil, garlic. Char Siu Pork is also known as Chinese style BBQ pork is famous roasted pork dish. As it is so famous outside China, I guess most of you have tested it in Cantonese restaurants.