Char Siu Sauce

Name: Char Siu Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about ½ cup (100 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 small garlic cloves grated Garlic; 1/4 cup (60 ml) hoisin Hoisin; 4 tsp soy/tamari (20 ml) Soy Sauce; 4 tsp maple syrup (20 ml) Maple Syrup; 2 tsp rice vinegar or Shaoxing (10 ml) Rice Vinegar; 1 tsp five-spice (5 ml) Five Spice

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Hetty Lui Mckinnon recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Hetty Lui Mckinnon.

MARINADE · EGGPLANT & TOFU

In the published recipe, this is the marinade for Tenderheart. The same recipe pairs it with Nearly Nuoc Cham, the nearly nuoc cham.

Hetty Lui McKinnon's char siu sauce for eggplant & tofu.

On the jar

CHAR SIU

Method: shake
Yield: about ½ cup
Ingredients: 6
Jar batch: 2.3× recipe

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Ratio

HOISIN 60 mlSOY SAUCE 20 mlMAPLE SYRUP 20 mlRICE VINEGAR 10 ml

Ingredients

Garlic2 small garlic cloves grated
Hoisin1/4 cup (60 ml) hoisin
Soy Sauce4 tsp soy/tamari (20 ml)
Maple Syrup4 tsp maple syrup (20 ml)
Rice Vinegar2 tsp rice vinegar or Shaoxing (10 ml)
Five Spice1 tsp five-spice (5 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): HOISIN, SOY SAUCE, MAPLE SYRUP, RICE VINEGAR.
Add by count: 4½ CLOVES GARLIC.
Season to finish: FIVE SPICE (about 2 tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Hetty Lui McKinnon is a cookbook author working in Chinese-Australian / vegetarian; recognized with James Beard Book Award: Vegetable-Focused Cooking 2024 (Tenderheart).

Adapted from a Hetty Lui McKinnon recipe (Hetty Lui McKinnon / Stylist (Tenderheart)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 2.3× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Hetty Lui McKinnon / Stylist (Tenderheart) (published as “Char Siu Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

Can I use it as a marinade and a sauce?

Yes, but keep the portions separate. Never pour marinade that touched raw meat, poultry, or seafood back over the finished dish unless you bring it to a full boil first. Set aside a clean portion before marinating if you want a table sauce too.

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