Homemade Char Siu Sauce

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
  • 3 tbsp granulate sugar
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp five-spice powder
  • 2 tbsp water

Mix all ingredients together, the use it as marinade.

If want to use as dipping sauce, then mix and cook all ingredients in a sauce pan at medium low heat, keep on stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved.

Remove and cool to room temperature. You can also refrigerate the char siu sauce in a sealed bottle, if don’t use at once.

Apparently it also known as Siu haau sauce, a kind of barbecue sauce used in Chinese and Cantonese cuisine.