Char siu belly pork on the WSM

[Anne M.]

Just the other day I decided to make bacon. I cut the slabs of belly pork to size, so they would fit into the biggest ziplock bag I had and had some left overs.
Decided to make 2 types: Char siu and Rujak (Indonesian style).
For the Char siu, I used some bottled char siu sauce (as I had it, and I had no Hoisin sauce), added extra garlic, rice wine and pepper.
Marinated overnight (well actually maybe even a bit longer), got the WSM 14.5 ready and put the meat on.
I used the WSM without waterpan.

About an hour in.
Looks promising.

They need a bit longer.
Another peek after about 30 or 40 minutes or so

And done.
No they are not burned....

Resting:
(the meat, not me)

After snacking a couple of pieces, the work went on
Finely chopped the Char Siu and added lime juice as it was a bit sweet for me

Rolled out some bread dough and put the meat in the centre. Formed it all together into a roll and into the steamer they went

Steamed for about 20-30 minutes and then served with smashed cucumber

That's all, folks

 

[James N]

Looks Mighty tasty.

 

[JimK]

Looks great, Anne!

 

[ChuckO]

And done. No they are not burned....

No they're not! BBQ'd perfectly Anne! Always a pleasure to see your cooks

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

That looks unbelievable.

 

[Robert-R]

That's a crazy cook! Good job.

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Another terrific looking cook Anne. What a great use for those PB leftovers. Bet the smashed cucumber was the perfect side for the Char Sui Sauce. I love anything baked in bread dough and I would have loved a couple of those!

 

[Rich Dahl]

Awesome cook Anne, I'd love to try those.

 

[Anne M.]

Thanks all
It really worked out well.
And yes, cucumber goes really well with pork, I find.

I ate the left over bun the next day and heated it up in the oven. It gave a sort of weird looking shiny brown top and I actually liked that even better than just steamed!

 

[Barb D]

Anne, that was an awesome cook and nice to see you cooks again.

 

[Mark B]

The pork looks excellent Anne. Nice job.

 

[JeffG]

Nice to see Anne getting after it again, looks awesome.