Char Sui Pork

[Geezah]

This recipe is allegedly from a take away, and its not far away even with me guessing quantities.

Pork ribs or loin fillet
Hoi sin sauce... (1 tin/jar)
Soy sauce........(glug)
Lemon juice......(Glug)
Ketchup...........(3 tbspn)
Sugar..............(5 tbsp)
garlic powder ...(1 tsp)
Ginger powder...(1tsp)
Chinese 5 spice.. (1 tsp)
Msg................(1 tsp)
Red colouring...(1/2 tsp - optional)
1/2 Onion........(finely diced)
quarter pt of cold water...

Mix all ingerdients together and marinade the meat in it overnight in the fridge.
Cook on 180c in a covered dish for 20 minutes, then skewer the meat and cook it on a wire rack at 220c to lightly singe the coating.

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[nitelife]

looks good cheers.

[Goldberg]

Looks good.

We have been recently buying joints of pork and get nearly a weeks worth of food out of it.
One thing I like to do is to slice up the cold cooked pork and marinate it in a bit of cider vinegar, toasted sesame oil and Soy Sauce. Whack it in the fridge over night and then stir fry it off as a noodle dish or a rice dish (Egg Fried Rice been the choice at home). Bloody lovely!

[chesser]

Is it just me but if you look carefully at the first pick it looks like a dead rodent? Look at the left hand side looks like a face to me chubby cheeks and it's ear pointing backwards....or maybe I'm seeing things and cracking up! LOL..

[I Black Belt]

This looks superb. I reckon I'm going to cook it really slow for about 6-8 hours and then shred it. Nom nom nom nom nom.

[blacksheep]

Wouldn't cook a pork loin that long - next to no fat on it and it'll end up dry as hell.

[Geezah]

Wouldn't cook a pork loin that long - next to no fat on it and it'll end up dry as hell.

Agreed

A whole pork shoulder is good for a slow cook pulled pork recipe, but a loin cooked like I stated was still nice and moist inside after approx 40 minutes cooking.

[ss30]

can you get MSG from Tesco/sainburys?

[braymond]

Fuck the msg and use some salt and pepper .


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[wijit]

can you get MSG from Tesco/sainburys?

I've not seen it in a supermarket (but saying that, I've not actively looked either), but you can get it in any Chinese upermarket. The MSG makes a huge difference.

[BigBird]

Is it just me but if you look carefully at the first pick it looks like a dead rodent? Look at the left hand side looks like a face to me chubby cheeks and it's ear pointing backwards....or maybe I'm seeing things and cracking up! LOL..

You have the same eye for seeing things as me. Do you also see animal shapes in the clouds that no one else can see? (">

[braymond]

Any decent Chinese doesn't use MSG . It's rotten stuff

[chesser]

You have the same eye for seeing things as me. Do you also see animal shapes in the clouds that no one else can see? (">

I do mate, I'm sure people think I'm mad!

[Geezah]

There is a small percentage of people who suffer from acute ilness if a large amount of MSG is consumed, all the other scaremongering stories are not proven.

I use MSG in chinese cooking, but only 1/2 - 1tsp in whatever i'm cooking.

If you start looking, you will see that 'flavour enhancer' ..i.e... MSG is used in a hell of a lot of food & snacks, and as wijit pointed out, it does make a huge difference and cannot be replaced with just sodium chloride (table salt)

..and I think you will find nearly all chinese take aways / restaurants use MSG.

[braymond]

Unless they are lying on the menus the ones i go to dont. It is used extensively in cheap chinese takeouts i agree. A lot of the ones in Chinatown have stopped using it .
I am allergic to it personally . And you're never going to convince me or any sane person that it's good for you

[Geezah]

I never said it was good for you, I just mentioned that a small percentage of people suffer acute illness if they consume too much.

Salt in general is not good for you, but most people use it everyday without giving the consequences a moments thought.

Peanuts kill on average 12 people a year due to an allergic reaction.... it doesn't make them 'rotten stuff'

The MSG debate was overhyped in the 70's/80's and the stigma about it has stuck.

Shall we try the Teflon debate next

[Roach-Rampino]

There is a small percentage of people who suffer from acute ilness if a large amount of MSG is consumed, all the other scaremongering stories are not proven.

I use MSG in chinese cooking, but only 1/2 - 1tsp in whatever i'm cooking.

If you start looking, you will see that 'flavour enhancer' ..i.e... MSG is used in a hell of a lot of food & snacks, and as wijit pointed out, it does make a huge difference and cannot be replaced with just sodium chloride (table salt)

..and I think you will find nearly all chinese take aways / restaurants use MSG.

I always used to think that the "hangover" feeling from eating Chinese food was down to the presence of MSG but have come to the conclusion that it might be more to do with garlic content as I find it very dehydrating.

Recipe looks good mate. Thanks for sharing.

[coin-op]

I always used to think that the "hangover" feeling from eating Chinese food was down to the presence of MSG but have come to the conclusion that it might be more to do with garlic content as I find it very dehydrating.

Recipe looks good mate. Thanks for sharing.

Aye, a mate of mine once mentioned "onion hangver" and I find if I have a lot of generally raw onion or any type of garlic I get a sort of hangover effect.

[chesser]

I always used to think that the "hangover" feeling from eating Chinese food was down to the presence of MSG but have come to the conclusion that it might be more to do with garlic content as I find it very dehydrating.

Recipe looks good mate. Thanks for sharing.

Not the dozen or so pints before the Chinese Meal