Chinese Honey BBQ Pork (蜜汁叉烧)

This homemade BBQ pork uses red yeast rice as the natural food color. We can marinate a bunch at a time, and then individually wrap and freeze them. It is a quiet convenient last minute dinner item.

Ingredients:

Char Siu Sauce (Chinese BBQ sauce)- 4 TBSP

Hoisin Sauce - 1 TBSP

Red Yeast Rice - 2 TBSP (Grounded with a spice grinder) 

Pork shoulder butt - 2 LB
Honey - 1/2 cup (or enough to brush both sides of the meat)

Steps:

1. Cut the pork meat into strips about 1-2 inch thick. 

2. In a mixing bowl, add Char Siu Sauce and Hoisin Sauce in 4:1 ratio. For example, 4 TBSP Char Siu Sauce and 1 TBSP Hoisin Sauce. Add enough so that the meat can be thoroughly covered by sauce. Then mix in red yeast rice powder.

4. Marinate the meat for 2-3 hours. I typically cover it up and leave in refrigerator overnight, then package it next day.

5. Preheat oven to 400°F.
6. Line the meat up in a baking pan, and bake for 20 minutes.

7. Take the pan out, flip the meat, and brush with honey, and then put in oven for 15 minutes.
8. Take the pan out, flip the meat, and brush with honey, and then put in oven for 10 minutes.

9. Take the meat out. Cut and serve.