Chinese pork loin steaks 14 January at 10:14AM in Old style MoneySaving 3 replies 222 views

slm6002

Can anyone tell me the spices they put on the shop bought chinese pork loins that you can get in the supermarkets.  I would like to buy just basic pork loin chops and flavour them myself, as not everyone likes them.  Is it just chinese 5 spice?  I am not sure it is but thought someone on here may know.  Thank you all in advance

Longwalker

I dont know the exact ingredients, but you can buy the sachets of the stuff in supermarkets and home bargains, B&M etc for very little. Use what you need and fold over and clip the packet to use another time

I only ever buy meat I can see, I prefer to add the flavour at home 

Katiehound

A quick google will give you a rew recipes, looks like the red colouring is red fermented tofu (or even red colouring!)
but here's the list of possible ingredients:

What is Char Siu Sauce?

A char siu sauce is a mix of various Asian pantry ingredients, including soy sauce, oyster sauce, honey, and Chinese five-spice powder. I like to add grated fresh ginger to my marinade for a bit of warm heat.

Marinade the steaks overnight if possible in a Ziploc bag

full details here:

https://eatlittlebird.com/chinese-barbecue-pork-char-siu/

Another recipe here:

https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/sticky-chinese-pork/

Effician

I find myself looking more & more at ingredients on flavouring sachets & using that as a guide to make my own rubs etc, it helps if you have a local Indian/Asian food store to get ingredients cheap.

Be careful with 5 spice it can be overpowering even in small quantities.