That's right, food colouring.... found that out when I made my own chinese bbq pork from scratch.
aadunn77,
Jun 23, 7:19am
mmmm homemade chinese pork
krazy_kat,
Jun 23, 8:17am
Isn't it Char Sui (if thats how you spell it) which has a colouring in it? Chinese BBQ sauce.
deus701,
Jun 23, 8:29am
they normally call it char siew powder
korbo,
Jun 23, 9:19am
mmm.not sure about red food colouring. will check it out when i find a good chinese food shop..thanks anyway.
storage4u,
Jun 24, 12:04am
Yes its char sui sauce in which you put a bit of red food colouring aswell.
beaker59,
Jun 24, 1:48am
My BBQ pork gets that red layer in the meat too and I don't add that stuff. Salt the meat well then BBQ long and slow(I do 4hours) over charcoal and it will come, its the same reason ham stays pink and corn beef too I suspect not sure but delicious non the less.
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