Bak Kwa or Asian BBQ Meat
Recipe submitted by ND14
This is an Asian type of Meat Jerky. It is a must during the Lunar New Year in Singapore. This is everyone's favourite snack.
Serves 10
Ingredients
- 1.5kg pork fillet/tenderloin – minced
- 350gms organic maple syrup or 320gms sugar
- 3 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons Korean hot sauce paste/Gojungjang
- 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 3 tablespoons sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons Hua Tiao Chew/Chinese wine
- 2 tablespoons ikan billis powder – roast ikan billis and pound
- 2 tablespoons Hungarian sweet paprika
Method
- Mix the above ingredients and marinade overnight.
- Crush foil, straighten foil out and line baking pan.
- Spread marinated meat evenly on foil
- Flatten meat with an oiled empty small sauce bottle (this will act as a rolling pin) Roll out till very thin and even.
- Dry flattened meat in a preheated 100 C oven for about 4-5 minutes
- Please do not cook meat.
- Cool meat on a wire rack.
- Cut dried meat into squares
- Grill meat under a very hot grill for about 2-3 mins .
- Enjoy Bak Kwa with a glass of beer
Notes & Tips
The drying process is very important. If you grill the meat without the drying process it will turn out to be dry, hard and burnt.
