#roast
4 viral recipes tagged #roast.
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Char Siu — Cantonese BBQ Pork
Cantonese barbecue pork: strips of pork shoulder lacquered in a sweet-savoury marinade of hoisin, soy, honey and five-spice, then roasted until the edges char and the glaze turns glossy and sticky. The ruby-red, caramelised pork you see hanging in Chinatown windows — served over rice, in noodles, or in fluffy bao.
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Peking Duck — Beijing Roast Duck with Pancakes
China's most celebrated dish: a duck dried and roasted until the skin is lacquered, mahogany and shatteringly crisp, carved and served with thin pancakes, scallion, cucumber and sweet bean (hoisin-style) sauce to roll at the table. Peking duck is a centuries-old Beijing art form built entirely around that famous crisp skin — and while restaurants use special ovens, a careful home method of air-drying and roasting gets you remarkably close.
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Lechon — Filipino Crispy Roast Pork Belly
The king of the Filipino fiesta table: pork roasted until the skin blisters into shattering, glassy crackling while the meat stays juicy and aromatic with lemongrass, garlic and bay. While the whole spit-roasted pig (lechon baboy) is the celebration showpiece, this home version — a rolled, stuffed pork belly (lechon belly) roasted to crisp-skinned perfection — delivers the same crackle and flavour from a regular oven. Served with a tangy liver-based lechon sauce or spiced vinegar.
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Schweinebraten — Bavarian Roast Pork with Crackling
Bavaria's beloved Sunday roast: a joint of pork (often shoulder) with a scored rind, roasted slowly with onions, carrots and caraway and basted with dark beer until the meat is tender and the skin crackles into glassy crackling (Kruste). The flavourful pan juices become a rich, dark gravy. Schweinebraten is the centrepiece of the beer garden and the family table, traditionally served with bread or potato dumplings (Knödel) and sauerkraut or a cabbage salad.