Air Fryer BBQ Pork Char Siu 氣炸鍋蜜汁叉燒
Making Char Siu at home is very easy. This Chinese BBQ Air Fryer Char Siu recipe gets the pork perfectly charred, sticky, and moist inside! All you need is 30 minutes, and you can wrap your fingers around this restaurant-quality barbecue pork you are so used to ordering for Chinese take-out!
- Prep time
- 8 hr
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 lbs pork butt or pork shoulder, 3-inch length x 1.5 inch thick
- 1/2 C Lee Kum Kee Char Siu Sauce (for marinating)
- 4 tsp Lee Kum Kee Char Siu Sauce (for basting)
- 6 tsp honey for basting
- vegetable oil or cooking oil spray
Instructions
- 1
Wash pork and pat dry with a paper towel.
- 2
Trim excess fat off the pork shoulder or pork butt.
- 3
Portion and slice the pork shoulder or pork butt into large 2 to 3-inch strips in length and approximately 1.5 inches thick.
- 4
Add Lee Kum Kee Char Siu Sauce in an extra-large freezer-safe ziplock bag.
- 5
Add the portioned pork into the ziplock bag. Remove as much air as you can before sealing the bag.
- 6
Massage the sauce onto the pork through the ziplock bag.
- 7
Let the pork marinate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours. Overnight is preferred.
- 8
Preheat air fryer at 400F.
- 9
Add the pork into the air fryer basket and baste the top of each pork with 2 tablespoons of char siu sauce, then spray cooking oil onto the pork and air fry at 400F for 8 minutes.
- 10
After 10 minutes, flip the pork over, repeat the step above and air fry at 400F for another 8 minutes.
- 11
Baste the top of each pork with 2 teaspoons of honey air fry at 400F for another 2 minutes.
- 12
After 2 minutes, flip the pork over and repeat this step.
- 13
Carefully remove the barbecue pork from the air fryer with kitchen tongs.
- 14
Let it rest for a few minutes.
- 15
Slice the Char Siu and test for doneness.