| | |  | Barbecue Sauces and Seasonings | Home » » » » Lee Kum Kee Char Siu Sauce (Chinese Barbecue Sauce) | | | | | | | Description: | | With Lee Kum Kee Char Siu Sauce (Chinese Barbecue Sauce), you can make an authentic Chinese barbecue meal in minutes. Your family will love the sweet mesquite flavor. You'll love how easy it is to prepare your own restaurant-style classic. | | | Features: | |
• Net Wt. 9.0 oz.
• Product of China
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 0.5 pounds | | Package Length:
| 3.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 2.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 6 reviews |
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16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Absolutely Great (Quote me)Sep 22, 2009
By Richard Wong
"Wolf"
Char-Siu, also known as Chinese barbecue, is really a Cantonese delicacy. Most non-Cantonese Chinese rarely consume it and certainly do not cook it. Char-Siu is ever slightly crunchy outside and is moist and tender inside. The sauce is sweet and tangy with a touch of saltiness to it. It is different from the American Southern barbecue which is slow smoked for hours, nor it is like the Coastal barbecue which is grilled on direct flames for minutes. It sits in between. The cook time is about 1-2 hours. The cooking temperature also sit in between the Southern and Coastal barbecue. You can eat it by itself. You can eat it as part of a meal. Of course, it is THE essential ingredient of the infamous Char-Siu Bao (Chinese BBQ pork buns). When you eat a real good Char Siu, you just want to run home and kiss your mom.
I am born and raised in Hong Kong. I have tasted countless authentic Char-Siu for decades. I know how to make my own Char-Siu sauce from scratch, but it takes time. I still encourage people to at least make their sauce once, just to appreciate the ingredients. There is no absolute recipe for Char-Siu sauce, but it must contains sugar, vinegar, honey, salt and soy paste. Some people make their Char-Siu sauce from Hosin sauce since they share many ingredients.
This Lee Kum Kee Char Siu Sauce is authentic -- not because I say so, but because its existence proves its authenticity. Lee Kum Kee is a very famous Hong Kong brand which dedicates in making sauces. Its trademark staple product is the Lee Kum Kee Premium Oyster Sauce, 18-Ounce Bottle (Pack of 2). Actually, that is an understatement. Oyster sauce, in fact, is invented by Lee Kam Sheung, who then founded the company: Lee Kum Kee. (Oyster sauce is another product mostly enjoyed by Cantonese Chinese). This company made its sauces to satisfy Hong Kong residents who do not have time to make their own sauces. These Lee Kum Kee sauces would have never survived if they are not authentic and accepted by the Hong Kong residents.
I uploaded two pictures of my Char-Siu made with this sauce as customer images. By no mean, my Char-Siu is perfected. However, I hope to show that one can achieve good Char-Siu by using this sauce as the main ingredient.
I have used this Char-Siu sauce for more than 15 years, and have also tried other brands in between. I encourage others to try other brands as well. Lee Kum Kee Char-Siu sauce is not the only good one out there, but it is definitely one of the best.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Quick and easy Chinese-American Barbecue SauceAug 21, 2009
By Nainsí MacDhòmhnuill
It is very close to the flavor of the barbecue sauce that you get in American-Chinese restaurants; if that is what you are looking for, you found it. It's quite tasty.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A GENIUSJun 02, 2011
By Fred C. Dobbs
I MADE GRILLED ASIAN STYLE WINGS WITH THIS STUFF FOR MY GIRLFRIEND AND HER CRONIES. THEY WERE AMAZED AT HOW GOOD THEY CAME OUT, AND IT MADE ME LOOK LIKE I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING. LITTLE DID THEY KNOW HOW SIMPLE THEY ACTUALLY WERE TO MAKE. LET ME SHARE MY SECERET WITH YOU.
BURN WINGS ON BOTH SIDES, AND THEN COOK WITH THE TOP DOWN FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIFTEEN MINUTES ON INDIRECT HEAT. POUR THE CHAR SIU SAUCE INTO A LARGE BOWL, AND DUMP THE WINGS IN A COUPLE AT A TIME AND TOSS TO REALLY DRENCH THEM. THEN, PUT THEM BACK ON THE GRILL FOR ANOTHER TEN MINUTES ON INDIRECT HEAT WITH THE TOP DOWN TO HEAT UP THE SAUCE.
TO PLATE: SIMPLY PUT A PILE OF WINGS ON A SERVING DISH AND GARNISH WITH SESAME SEEDS AND FRESH SCALLIONS. IF YOU MAKE THIS FOR A GROUP IT'LL KNOCK THEIR SOCKS OFF, GUARANTEED. LEE KUM KEE MAKES IT EEE-ZZZ.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
EXCELLENT PRODUCTAug 30, 2009
By Vita Dellamonica
"VITAD"
THIS CHINESE BARBEQUE SAUCE TURNED A DULL PORK ROAST INTO A BANQUET. MY WHOLE FAMILY ATE IT UP. WHEN NO ONE TALKS AT THE DINNER TABLE, YOU KNOW THE FOOD IS GOOD. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT BUT GET MORE THAN ONE, IT WON'T LAST LONG. I PROMISE YOU!!!!!
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Char SiuFeb 10, 2010
By Herc
This is great Chinese barbecue sauce. If you like the Chinese barbecue, you will like this sauce.
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