That sounds and looks delicious

I finished watching the video three minutes ago and I am now putting the marinade together for the bit of pork I bought for my old recipe for char siu...talk about serendipitous good fortune!

Looks amazing! Thanks for the video!

This looks mouthwateringly delicious!

Thank you so much for sharing this video ❤❤

Oh this looks incredible😭❤️ i'm actually salivating!!

looks lush , needs to try it ,

That looks sooo good! Will have to make it soon! 😋

Wow this looks great!

Can't wait to make this. YUM!

Looks soooo delicious 😋!

Most outstanding!!!

Looks great my friend!

Looks amazing! 😋

I love the char bits also.

Tomatopaste is a nice tip. Have to try it. Thanks!

Greetings from Tucson, Arizona USofA. I always enjoy watching 'School of Wok'.

Ooh, it's my mums 80th on the weekend. Gonna get the ingredients and cook her this - thank you!

Awesome ❤

Delicious

Interesting recipe. I have made this dish several ways but never with tomato paste. Looks worth a try. We have char siu every Christmas served with red hot candy apple sauce.

Good day mate it looks absolutely awesome I can't wait to make it I hope it comes out as good as yours

Looks delicious definitely trying this! ❤

@nez9751

4 ай бұрын

I’ve tried it before, it was very nice. I used a pork tenderloin and used a bought marinade from a Chinese wholesaler I use in Liverpool. But this recipe looks more refined and better

I've tried to make a Char Sui for my wife's family and I asked around chinatown and one guy said to me the red comes from Red fermented bean curd. I found it and used it but it almost seemed like it was the original Char Sui because my wife's dad said oh, this is very earthy like I remember when I was a kid.

@kelvin3103

4 ай бұрын

Yeah agreed, I don’t think tomato purée flavour belongs in char siu

@kevinn1158

4 ай бұрын

@@kelvin3103 Who knows it might just give it a little sweetness. The hoisin sauce is pretty powerful. You should have seen me wondering through the Chinese grocery store looking for that Red bean curd. A nice smiley little old Chinese lady working there helped me. The jar had no English but she had the "trust me, I know what I'm talking about look". Not the "I'm tricking you look". 😂

@kelvin3103

4 ай бұрын

@@kevinn1158 not sure about the acidity though

@mintysingularity

4 ай бұрын

You are correctamundo!

@mintysingularity

4 ай бұрын

@@kevinn1158 next time get some of the white fermented curd, especially the spicy one. They don't call it chinese cheese for nothing. Just on it's own, though diluted because it's super salty, mixed with a little liquid it makes a most excellent sauce for soba noodles. The chinese seem to like it just like it is with some congee.

just made this tonight - it was fantastic, better then takeout!! Thanks

@SchoolofWok

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

Tomato paste is both red and "umami" delicious!

Your Hosin sauce looks so much richer and red compared to the brown stuff I have.

👍 thanks again!! :)

I love Char siu.

hi i love this easy pan dinner i would say and it would be great with pork tenderloin🙏🙏👏👏😋😋😋😋

Good food

Doesn't seem it's 6 years since I first seen this 😅 ❤ on your channel.

That looks delicious

I use red yeast rice. In the States it can be found at the pharmacy and/or super market in the dietary supplements section. Gives a beautiful red color and is harmless.

@sonasona9280

4 ай бұрын

Yes here in The Netherlands i use it too, also in sausage we call fachong (lapcheong).

@jordanbabcock9349

4 ай бұрын

Beet powder..

Replacing foodcoloring and maltose is a very good idea. There are other options than tomato paste , but not all are easily available. If its just about the color, I would use red beets. I made the most vibrant easter eggs once, with only natural edible colors like red cabage, yellowroot, tea and beets.

@mintysingularity

4 ай бұрын

Annatto seeds are used by spanish influenced countries, though the color is more orange-ish than deep red.

@meintveldman4769

4 ай бұрын

​@@mintysingularityInteresting, I've seen 'annatto' in ingredient listings on products sold here.

@mintysingularity

4 ай бұрын

@@meintveldman4769 it's very cheap so it is used as a food coloring in a lot of processed foods, like, Doritos.

I think using tomato paste is a great alternative to red bean paste/tofu since it is more accessible in U.S. supermarkets. I have everything in my pantry to make this recipe! Thank you!

I got to test this recipe on the smoker.

Can this sauce also be used for spare ribs?

Could use crushed annatto seeds for red too, perhaps..

@mintysingularity

4 ай бұрын

the chinese traditionally use red fermented tofu in the marinade that brings the natural red color from red yeast rice.

No fermented red bean curd?

You can use annatto in lieu of food coloring or tomato paste.

I hope the knives you sell are better than the SOW Woks that get sold oh Amazon, forty quid; used/cared for as per instructions and the non-stick coating comes off withing 3 weeks.

Can you use pork loin?

13 spice better than five spice…less cinamon more flavour..my only change…👍

250 C Grill. Did you mean 250C oven, or was it specifically the broiler thingy?

@MadamDust

4 ай бұрын

In the U.K your broiler is called a grill, so it was specifically the broiler thingy.

@zwordsman

4 ай бұрын

Thought so! So the boilers also have a thermo controller? The ones I've had (electircal and natural gas) are just "ripping hot or off"@@MadamDust

@MadamDust

4 ай бұрын

It depends on the oven. Mine is either furnace or nothing also :/@@zwordsman

@zwordsman

4 ай бұрын

adjustabilty sounds pretty nifty honestly! @@MadamDust

@xnyrage

4 ай бұрын

Yes. Found on high end ovens. My Wolf's have three temperature settings. No matter what you have, the broiler does the job. @@zwordsman

Can I use lamb?

Great recipe as always. What happened to the girls? I miss them.

POR FAVOR EL INFORME EN CASTELLANO

Don't use tomato paste ever. Better off using red yeast powder if you can't find red fermented bean curd.

The link goes to a beef dumplings recipe!!

At least you have now learned not to add sugar before roasting lol. Unlike previous char Sui

School of Wok, wok Wednesdays - doesn’t use a wok. Literally unwatchable

@SchoolofWok

4 ай бұрын

Un-wok-tchable - Jeremy

But, does it taste like tomato??

the red should come from the fermented tofu (and the corresponding liquid) and thee actual smoking process not tomato paste or food coloring

Needs more pink food coloring

Why use tomato sauce instead of 紅辣腐乳?

I don't understand why you're mixing it on parchment in a pan instead of in a bowl and then pour into the pan? The parchment looks like you're finding it difficult to mix it on.

@badsawww

2 ай бұрын

Right

Love your cooking but the camerawork is by your nan

Don't like food coloring? Don't use it! Why add tomato paste? If you use different ingredients you change the flavor profile. Leaving out food coloring will change nothing but the look. Gonna taste the same to a blind person.

L…..M…….A………O TOMATO!

Char Sui is sour? What? I thought it was supposed to not be mostly sweet, no sour. Red is probably the safest food coloring there is. I heard it came from a certain bug 😂. So people feel free to not use sour tomato paste.

Why aren't you using the red fermented tofu, colored by red yeast rice? No artificial food coloring needed and proper traditional flavor

@brianrollins3245

4 ай бұрын

Fair point but most homes more likely to have tomato paste on hand

@mintysingularity

4 ай бұрын

@@brianrollins3245 Understood, but the intro says 0:13 it's a "Hong Kong style Char Siu" but it's not. Also 0:32 it speaks of traditionally prepared Char Siu of Hong Kong is only using dyes, which not only is not true but is also misleading because it doesn't speak of REAL traditional methods that do not use food dyes. Western folks don't know the difference so as an authority it says "there are no other choices" If it said "these are the choices, but you might not find this ingredient so we've taken a short cut." that would be something different. So it comes off as either ignorance or self-serving, just another clueless British food opinion that's neither teaching tradition nor real knowledge. Like Jamie Oliver using italian basil in a Thai Curry and calling it a traditional dish. Uncle Roger does not approve.

@simplyme3306

4 ай бұрын

and i've also seen some recipes using red yeast powder for the colour

@simplyme3306

4 ай бұрын

I would just skip the tomato if it is added just for the colour. In fact, the ones we make at home don't add red colouring. Like a Malaysia Kuala Lumpur version@@brianrollins3245

@mintysingularity

4 ай бұрын

@@simplyme3306 the flavor and color of authentic char siu comes from the red fermented tofu, it's fantastic stuff.

You didn't talk about 'resting' the meat....

Your cleaver is more like a nakiri, not a santoku.

that knifes dull mate

New to this channel...why is he mixing it on the wax paper instead of a bowl? Seems tedious

U look like kylie kwong both figuretivly and literally(U is male)

Great video! Love making Char Siu, but can never get it to that reddish color without food coloring. Does the tomato paste give the Char Siu too much of a tomatoey flavor?

You take too long to get to the point.

He lost me at tomato paste 🤦🏻‍♂️ FERMENTED RED BEAN CURD! That's the traditional way and doesn't alter the taste like tomato paste will. Rather unauthentic recipe. I tried it out for fun and nope, that's definitely not like any char shu I used to eat in Hong Kong

who the hell makes their marinade on a sheet of parchment paper?

Meh but

Says he wants to replicate the restaurant recipes….then uses tomato paste (gross). Also says it’s spicy and there’s nothing spicy in it.

@stormkhan4250

2 ай бұрын

There is white pepper in it for the spicy hint. It is not intended to be chilli hot/spicy.

Tomato?!! This looks terrible, sorry. Far too wet as well.

You lost me at tomato paste. 😞

@ChurchladyHmm

4 ай бұрын

So use chemicals and get some food dye.

@maxnovinger3113

4 ай бұрын

What is the problem with tomato paste im not familiar with this dish

@pter7531

4 ай бұрын

Take red fermented tofu.

@luked4043

4 ай бұрын

@@maxnovinger3113not traditional. The chef acknowledged this tho and offered a great alternative that might even improve the dish so idk why OP has their panties in a wad. Imma give it a go with tomato paste. I think it will be really good

@evandavies4049

4 ай бұрын

Better than😂all those shit chemicals looks dilish going try this one uk

Shame, I was going great, then light soy, rice wine, five spice, sesame oil … got none of that stuff. Sausages it is …

My god, do you have something against a glass bowl and a whisk? Can’t watch you take forever to mix something that could be done in seconds 😂

downvote for not including superior freedom units 🇺🇸🖕🥓💵🦅🇺🇲😆

This is the channel I always go to when I want to see how not to cook something…

Easily the dumbest way I have ever seen a sauce mixed.