# Barbecue Pork

A delicious barbecue pork recipe, prepared using an air fryer for convenience and an authentic Chinese restaurant-style taste.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- pork butt, sliced to 1.5 inch thickness
- dark soy sauce
- soy sauce
- 1 pinch salt
- cooking wine
- oyster sauce
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- pepper
- Chinese five spice
- sugar
- chicken bouillon
- red food coloring
- cucumber

## Instructions

1. Slice the pork butt into pieces about an inch and a half in thickness.
2. Place the sliced pork in a bowl.
3. Add dark soy sauce, soy sauce, a pinch of salt, cooking wine, oyster sauce, onion powder, garlic powder, pepper, Chinese five spice, sugar, and chicken bouillon to the pork.
4. Optionally, add a little red food coloring for the traditional Chinese restaurant red color.
5. Mix all the ingredients together, ensuring the pork is well coated.
6. Marinate the pork for at least one hour; overnight is recommended for best results.
7. Lay the marinated pork on the air fryer rack.
8. Place the rack with pork into the air fryer.
9. Cook in the air fryer for 10 minutes.
10. After 10 minutes, remove the pork from the air fryer and flip each piece to ensure even cooking and prevent burning due to the sugar content.
11. Return the pork to the air fryer and cook for another 10 minutes.
12. After the second 10-minute cooking period, remove and flip the pork again.
13. Continue cooking in 10-minute intervals, flipping as needed, until the barbecue pork is ready.
14. Serve the barbecue pork, optionally with cucumber slices.

## Equipment

- bowl
- air fryer
- air fryer rack

## Tips

- At a restaurant, the pork is usually baked in an oven with water underneath to keep it moist and prevent burning.
- You can marinate the pork for one hour at home, or overnight for best results.
- Always do a taste test to adjust the seasoning.
- Mix the seasoning ingredients separately to adjust the taste.
- Red food coloring is optional but gives the pork the traditional Chinese restaurant red color.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Wu14buX4D/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/76e19980-fd9b-4539-8fef-96cb53953c19
- Extracted: 2026-01-24

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