Chinese BBQ Pork Mince Bowls (ground pork)

This is how to get your Chinese BBQ Pork fix - fast! It's pork mince fried up using char siu sauce rather than marinating large pieces of pork. Sweet and savoury with a hint of five spice powder, it tastes just like the glaze on Chinese BBQ pork.

Serve over rice with slices of cucumber and cherry tomatoes for a really quick meal everyone will love.
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Make sure the hoisin you use is dark brown in colour, not orange – the flavour is not as strong and doesn’t really taste like Hoisin.
** Dark soy has stronger soy flavour and seasoning that other soy sauce, and stains the pork a brown colour. If you only have light soy or all-purpose soy, use double the amount.

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Quick Chinese BBQ Pork Mince Bowls

1 tbsp oil
1/2 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely minced
500g/ 1 lb pork mince / ground pork (or chicken or turkey)
SAUCE - mix:
1 tbsp (tightly packed) brown sugar (or 1 1/2 tbsp honey)
3 tbsp hoisin sauce (avoid orange hoisin* eg. Ayam, use dark brown hoisin)
1 tbsp dark soy sauce**
3/4 tsp Chinese five spice powder
Pinch white pepper, or black pepper
1/8 tsp red food colouring, optional (for touch of Chinese BBQ Pork colour!)
SERVING:
White rice
Green onion, finely sliced, and/or white sesame seeds
Fresh veggies for the side – cucumber slices, tomato, grated carrot, steamed broccoli

1. Heat oil in a large non-stick pan over high heat. Cook the onion and garlic for 1 1/2 minutes until the onion is tinged with gold on the edges. Add pork and cook, breaking it up as you go, until you no longer see pink raw meat,
2. Add Sauce and cook for 2 – 3 minutes, still on high heat, until the sauce is absorbed by the pork and the pork caramelises. Don’t shortcut this step – the more the pork caramelises, the better the flavour! If your stove is weak, this might take 5 minutes.
3. Serve over rice, garnished with green onions.