Slow Cooker Chinese Barbecue Pork {Char Sui}

This slow cooker Chinese barbecue pork, or char sui, is pretty much meat candy. It's pork that has been cooked for several hours in the slow cooker, and then brushed with with a Chinese-style barbecue sauce and broiled until crispy and caramelized.


I received product for this post from Rhodes BakeNServe. All opinions are my own. #NationalSlowCookerMonth. 

This Slow Cooker Chinese Barbecue Pork, or Char Sui, is such an easy way to prepare pork butt (or Boston butt). I like to make a big batch of it to use in dishes such as barbecue pork lo mein and Singapore noodles. It's also delicious added to fried rice.

I've been a huge fan of char sui, and love marinating pork butt overnight and broiling it the next day. It's pretty much meat candy. It might even be better than bacon.

How to make char sui in the slow cooker:

This recipe is for a slow cooker version, and does not require an overnight marinade. You just cook the pork butt in the slow cooker after rubbing it with Chinese five spice powder, salt, and pepper. Next you slather the pork with a delicious sauce and give the cooked pork a quick broil to create some bark on the meat.

To develop the deep caramelization, before broiling the pork, brush it with a mixture of hoisin sauce, honey, sugar, soy sauce, ketchup, dry sherry or Shao Hsing rice wine, sesame oil, fresh ginger, and minced garlic.

You will end up with a pan full of this sweet pork for using in lots of recipes. You can also serve it as a main course with rice or noodles and vegetables.

Check out this bark. I can't stop picking away at this pork when it come out of the broiler.

One of my favorite ways to serve Chinese barbecue pork is in steamed bao buns slathered with hoisin sauce and garnished with pickled and fresh vegetables and cilantro. I love making homemade bao buns in a bamboo steamer.

When Rhodes BakeNServe, a company that makes several types of frozen bread dough signed on as a sponsor for National Slow Cooker Month, I decided to try making bao buns out of their yeasted frozen dinner rolls.

First, I thawed the rolls in the refrigerator overnight. Next, I rolled each individual roll into a flat oval, and then folded each oval over and placed a piece of parchment paper inside the fold.

After that, I let the dough rise for about an hour, until puffy. Finally, I steamed the buns in a bamboo steamer for about 12 to 15 minutes before stuffing with the Chinese barbecue pork. Guess what? It worked!!

If you don't have a bamboo steamer (affiliate link), you can use a vegetable steamer or a steamer pan, however, if you are a fan of dim sum, you might want to get one. They are very inexpensive.

I like to place mine in my wok for steaming these buns, dumplings, and other dim sum goodies.

These cute little sandwiches, filled with Chinese barbecue pork, are totally delicious. I filled mine with sliced pork, pickled jalapeños, sliced cucumbers, hoisin sauce, and cilantro. You can also add pickled carrots and daikon radishes.

The pork is also delicious in a traditional bun or slider bun with pickles, mustard, and barbecue sauce.

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Slow Cooker Chinese Barbecue Pork (Char Sui)

This Chinese barbecue pork is sweet, succulent, and delicious. Sandwich it in steamed bao buns for for a delicious Chinese-style treat. 

Slow Cooker Chinese Barbecue Pork {Char Sui}

Yield: 8 servings

Author: Karen Kerr

This slow cooker Chinese barbecue pork, or char sui, is pretty much meat candy. It's pork that has been cooked for several hours in the slow cooker, and then brushed with with a Chinese-style barbecue sauce and broiled until crispy and caramelized.

ingredients:

• 1 1/2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder, divided
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (4 pound) boneless pork butt roast, cut into 1 inch thick slices
• 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons shao hsing rice wine or dry sherry
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 2 garlic cloves, minced

instructions:

How to cook Slow Cooker Chinese Barbecue Pork {Char Sui}

1. Mix 3/4 teaspoon of the  5-spice powder, salt, and pepper and rub it over the pork. Place the pork into a 5 to 7 quart slow cooker and cook on high for 3 to 4 hours. 
2. Remove the pork from the slow cooker and place it on a foil lined and oiled  broiler pan with the broiler insert with slits cut into in the foil so that any extra grease will fall through to the lower pan. 
3. Whisk together the hoisin sauce, honey, sugar, soy sauce, ketchup, rice wine, sesame oil, ginger, garlic, and the rest of the 5-spice powder. 
4. Heat the broiler with the oven rack about 10 inches below the broiler element. 
5. Brush the pork with some of the sauce and broil until the meat for 7 minutes, until just caramelized. Flip the meat, brush with more sauce, and broil for 7 more minutes. 
6. Brush the pork again with more sauce and broil until the pork is dark brown and crispy, about 5 minutes. Flip and repeat on the other side. 
7. Transfer the pork to a cutting board, tent with foil, and let rest for 10 minutes. 
8. Slice the meat into thin strips and serve. 

Calories
155.53

Fat (grams)
4.17

Sat. Fat (grams)
1.06

Carbs (grams)
26.08

Fiber (grams)
0.63

Net carbs
25.44

Sugar (grams)
22.31

Protein (grams)
3.74

Sodium (milligrams)
707.40

Cholesterol (grams)
9.45

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