Most people think of char siu as Cantonese BBQ pork. That sticky, lacquered, crimson-edged roast pork hanging in the window of every Chinese BBQ shop. And while that’s the most iconic expression of it ...

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM For Priscilla Lau, making char siu is part of a long cooking tradition that once included Sunday dinner for 12 to 20 family and friends every week. CRAIG T ...

Over on Los Angeles’ east side, Top Chef winner Mei Lin is frying up one of the best hot chicken sandwiches in the city at her fast-casual spot Daybird. She’s taken her travels to Nashville and her ...

To judge from a trio of produce-forward cookbooks published this season, char siu and pork are undergoing a conscious uncoupling. The staple of Cantonese-style barbecue seems to be becoming a popular ...

This Char Kway Teow recipe shows how to make spicy wok stir fry noodles with chicken, prawns, egg, vegetables, and a sweet ...

Char siu is often misunderstood to be the name of a sauce, and it is confusing, because you can indeed buy a jar of sauce called char siu. In fact it is the name of a method of cooking pork, in a ...

When you go for dim sum, it’s hard to resist char siu bao – the fluffy white, steaming hot buns filled with chunks of delicious barbecue pork coated in a sweet sauce. Six of the best char siu ...

I grew up eating “siu mei,” which is Cantonese for roasted meats. My absolute favorite is char siu, a.k.a. Chinese barbecue pork. This is my take on a classic from my childhood; I chose to utilize ...