Easy Air Fryer Char Siu Pork – Chinese BBQ Pork
What if I tell you there is a way to make Chinese BBQ Pork – Char Siu Pork Rice at home in a way that is simple, mess-free, affordable, AND delicious every single time? Sweet and Savory Pork roasted to a perfect, this finger-licking good Air Fryer Char Siu Pork will taste so good you no longer need to make a trip down to Chinatown for your cravings.
Chinese BBQ Pork Ingredients
- 1 lb Boneless Pork Shoulder
- 4-5 tbsp LLK Char Siu Seasoning
- 2 tbsp vegetarian oyster sauce or oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp honey
- ½ tbsp five spice powder
- 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine optional
Cheat Code Sauce To Easy Char Siu
Since the pandemic, I have avoided restaurants and tried to eat at home as much as possible. Every once in a while, I would have random cravings for Char Siu Pork. Ive made Char Siu Pork from scratch before in the oven, but it is super time consuming, hard to source many of the ingredients, and never tasted nearly as good as the restaurants.
A few days ago, Lee Kum Kee’s Char Siu sauce on sale, and I decided to give it a try. The sauce was too sweet for my liking and lacked depth, but it made a perfect base foundation! I decided to do many test recipes (7 different batches), and I finally found the one.
For The Best Homemade BBQ Pork, Try Air Fryers
I tested it out between roasting it in the oven and an air fryer, and the air fryer is for sure the winner. Not only is it cleaner and faster, but the air fryer also creates a crispy outside with perfect caramelization. The juice of the meat on the inside gets locked in SO MUCH BETTER.
The Air Fryer I am using today is the 1829 Carl Schmidt Sohn All-in-One Multi-Cooker with Pressure Cooker and Air Fryer. I usually am not a big fan of fancy kitchen gadgets,,,I hate when appliances take up a large part of the kitchen counter. Still, I have to admit, having an Air Fryer saves time and the cleaning compared to the oven.
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How To Make Easy Air Fryer Chinese BBQ Pork
- Cut the pork into 4 inches wide and 2-inch thick pieces.
- Marinate the pork with LKK Char Siu Sauce, vegetarian oyster sauce, honey, five spice powder, and optional cooking wine. Massage the pork for 2-3 minutes, making sure every part of the pork is covered in the sauce; let it rest for at least 5 hours or better overnight.
- Spray the net with cooking oil and put the meat into the air fryer basket. Fry it at 400F for 30 minutes.
- Halfway through, flip the meat and add on more sauce.
- Let the pork rest for 3-5 minutes before cutting, serve ontop a bowl of hot rice.
- OPTIONAL: don’t throw away the oil and sauce at the bottom. Toss vegetable or rice in the sauce, or save it and use it as oil to stir fry veggies the next day
Easy Recipes to Upgrade Your Leftover Air Fryer BBQ Pork
Air Fryer Char Siu – Chinese BBQ Pork
By Tiffy Cooks
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb Boneless Pork Shoulder
- 4-5 tbsp LLK Char Siu Seasoning
- 2 tbsp vegetarian oyster sauce or oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp honey
- ½ tbsp five spice powder
- 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine optional
Instructions
- Cut the pork into 4 inches wide and 2-inch thick pieces.
- Marinate the pork with LKK Char Siu Sauce, vegetarian oyster sauce, honey, five spice powder, and optional cooking wine. Massage the pork for 2-3 minutes, making sure every part of the pork is covered in the sauce; let it rest for at least 5 hours or better overnight.
- Spray the net with cooking oil and put the meat into the air fryer basket. Fry it at 400F for 30 minutes.
- Halfway through, flip the meat and add on more sauce.
- Let the pork rest for 3-5 minutes before cutting, serve ontop a bowl of hot rice.
Whats the home made chilli recipe you use?
Halfway through it says flip and add more sauce. Is that the llk char Siu sauce? Or a another batch of the mixture
Hi Tiffy, thanks for sharing!
I couldn’t find pork shoulder, but came home with boneless pork chops instead. Do you think this recipe will work with that as well, or should I rather cook the chops as described in your recipe for Taiwanese pork chops?
Thanks, Vinodh from the Netherlands
Hi Vinodh, it should work for this recipe!
Great marinate for a thick cut of pork butt roast. Quick and easy the next day for lunch or dinner. It hit the spot with scallion dry noodles