Char Siu–glazed Pork and Pineapple Buns

Name: Char Siu–glazed Pork and Pineapple Buns
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters cilantro sprigs; 2 Tbsps minced garlic; 2 Tbsps minced ginger; 24 smalls 24 Kings Hawaiian sweet rolls or other small soft rolls, warmed on the grill if you like; 118 milliliters hoisin sauce; 118 milliliters ketchup; 59 milliliters kosher salt; 59 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 2 Tbsps low-sodium soy sauce; 12 slices peeled and cored fresh pineapple; 2 pork tenderloins (about 1 lb. each); 2 Tbsps toasted sesame oil; 1 Tbsp Hawaiian vanilla extract

Char Siu–glazed Pork and Pineapple Buns requires around 4 hours from start to finish. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 39% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 70g of protein, 17g of fat, and A mixture of pork tenderloins, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Make brine: In a large pot, bring 3 1/2 cups water to a boil. Stir in salt, brown sugar, and vanilla. Chill until cool.

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Brown Sugar

Vanilla

Brine

Water

Salt

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Pot

Put pork in a 9- by 13-in. pan and pour on brine. Chill at least 3 hours and up to

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Brine

Pork

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Frying Pan

Make char siu glaze: In a small bowl, mix together ketchup, hoisin, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, and soy sauce.

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Sesame Oil

Soy Sauce

Ketchup

Garlic

Ginger

Hoisin Sauce

Glaze

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Bowl

Pour half the sauce into another small bowl.

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Sauce

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Bowl

Prepare grill for indirect medium heat (350 to 450; you can hold your hand 5 in. above cooking grate only 5 to 7 seconds).

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Grill

Lay pork over indirect-heat area and cook, covered, until meat reaches 135 on a meat thermometer, 15 to 20 minutes.

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Meat

Pork

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Kitchen Thermometer

Using a pastry brush and one bowl of glaze, cover pork with glaze, saving 2 tbsp. for the pineapple. Cook pork (if using charcoal, add 6 to 8 briquets to maintain temperature), turning occasionally, until glaze has caramelized slightly and meat thermometer reaches 145, 5 to 10 minutes.

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Pineapple

Glaze

Meat

Pork

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Kitchen Thermometer

Pastry Brush

Bowl

Transfer pork to a cutting board, tent with foil, and let rest 15 minutes.

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Pork

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Cutting Board

Aluminum Foil

Lay pineapple slices on direct-heat area of grill, brush with 2 tbsp. reserved glaze, and cook, turning once, until grill marks appear, about 4 minutes per side.

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Pineapple Rings

Glaze

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Grill

Remove slices from grill and cut in half.

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Grill

Cut pork into 1/2-in. slices.

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Pork

Cut a deep diagonal slit across the top of each roll. Fill each roll with a piece of pork, half a grilled pineapple slice, a cilantro sprig, and 1/2 tsp. glaze from second bowl.

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Pineapple

Cilantro