The pork is diced when put into a pork fried rice dish. When looking at it, it has this red to maroon color on the outside of it as if it had been marinated. The taste is a little sweet. What is it?
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The pork is diced when put into a pork fried rice dish. When looking at it, it has this red to maroon color on the outside of it as if it had been marinated. The taste is a little sweet. What is it?
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6 responses so far ↓
1 R&KBen // Jul 13, 2008
It is a marinade they sell on the specialty aisle in grocery stores called "Chinese Bar B Q". It comes in powdered form in an envelope and you mix with water, marinate the meat in the liquid, then roast in the oven.
It is extremely easy to make and the pork turns out juicy and tasty. I always marinate mine for a little extra time to ensure the flavors soak in correctly.
2 Chip Huxley // Jul 13, 2008
you mean pok fri ric, or chinese egg ro, your bringing grave dishona to the fariry
3 hvn_fun2 // Jul 13, 2008
It's not the spice that turns the pork red. It's food coloring.
Here's a good marinade that is close to BBQ pork in restaurants.
1 package pork loin (usually the have 2 in the package)
1 C soy sauce
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C rice wine vinegar
4 T red food coloring
4 T minced garlic
4 T grated ginger
Put in sealable plastic bag, marinate at least 6 hours (overnight is better) in the refrigerater, turning occasionally.
Bake at 400 about 20 min., let rest, then either slice and serve with hot mustard, ketchup, sesame seeds or chili oil, OR dice or shred for other dishes.
4 rob lou // Jul 13, 2008
I think that is hoisin sauce but somehow it is like put on and air dried or something. I guess marinated but not submerged. Cause it's on the ribs before the make them, cause I saw them make them a lot of times……it's not dye tho unless it's in the sauce.
5 Tailrings // Jul 13, 2008
At typical Chinese restaurants it's food coloring. They cook the pork in the marinade slightly. Just enough to let the pork firm up. Then they marinate it for a half a day to a day. After that they bake the pork in the same marinade till almost done. Then they take it out of the marinade and bake just a little longer so it gets a nice glaze. The restaurant marinade is almost always soy cause, hoisin sauce, garlic, salt, msg for extra flavor, and lots of sugar. Home cooking the same stuff without the coloring, instead ketchup is used, little bit less msg, and maybe some five spice. The pork used is usually pork tenderloin.
6 crumbelievable_oh // Jul 13, 2008
It's char siu pork, or at least some version of it. You're right, it's marinated - the exact recipe for the marinade differs from place to place, but the main ingredients are soy sauce, rice wine, honey, and very often, red food coloring.
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