Char Siu Pork
  	  		
  	  	
  	  	  		
  			A Chinese classic, delicious with pancakes, spring onion, cucumber and the marinade sauce served with it in place of peking duck.  		
  	  	Recipe Ingredients:
  	
  		  			- Approx 750g pork tenderloin
 
  		  			- 1 1/2 tbs runny honey, mixed with 1 1/2 tbs hot water.
 
  		  			- Marinade:
 
  		  			- 3 tbs soy sauce
 
  		  			- 2 tbs sake or dry sherry
 
  		  			- 4 tbs hoisin sauce
 
  		  			- 1 tsp chinese five spice powder
 
  		  			- 1 tsp brown sugar
 
  		  			- 1 tsp ginger powder
 
  		  			- 1 tsp garlic powder
 
  		  			- dash red food coloring (optional, but gives an authentic & beautiful color)
 
  		  	
  	Recipe Steps:
  	
  		  			- Combine all marinade ingredients and put into a plastic freezer type bag.
 
  		  			- Clean pork tenderloin by removing sinews etc, prick all over with a metal skewer and add pork to marinade in bag. Tie knot in top and massage marinade well into pork.
 
  		  			- Leave in fridge overnight, massaging occasionally.
 
  		  			- Preheat oven to 200c. Half fill a deep roasting tin with water and place a wire rack on top.
 
  		  			- Remove pork from marinate (reserve marinate and set aside for later) and place on wire rack over the water bath.
 
  		  			- Roast for 15 mins, remove and baste with marinate. Lower oven temperature to 180c and roast a further 10 mins.
 
  		  			- Remove and baste with honey/water mixture. Roast a further 10 mins.
 
  		  			- Let it rest and slice thinly.
 
  		  			- Meanwhile, pour marinade into a small heavy saucepan and bring to a boil, simmer 2 mins and serve with pork.
 
  		  	
  	
  		Serving Size: 3-4
  		Preparation Time: 10 minutes  	
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