China

Char Siu Sou

Name: Char Siu Sou
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8 pieces
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 2 sheets Puff pastry; 250 g Char siu pork; 1 tbsp each Oyster & soy sauce; some of each Sugar & sesame oil; 2 pieces Shallots; 1 piece Egg (for brushing)

Puff pastry parcels with BBQ pork

Char siu sou are golden puff pastries from Cantonese dim sum, filled with sweet-savoury char siu pork.

Unlike steamed char siu bao, they come from the oven and are crisp and flaky outside.

Servings8 pieces

Time70 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Puff pastry2 sheets
Char siu pork250 g
Oyster & soy sauce1 tbsp each
Sugar & sesame oilsome of each
Shallots2 pieces
Egg (for brushing)1 piece

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Dice char siu and fry with shallots.
Bind with oyster sauce, soy and sugar into a filling.
Cut the puff pastry into squares.
Add filling and seal into parcels.
Brush with egg and bake golden.

Make it original

Oyster sauce for char siu sou is in the Asia Boutique.

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