home made char siu 叉燒 and glutinous rice

I was not planning to make this batch of char siu. The piece of pork was sitting in the refrigerator and I had to do something with it before it passes its prime. I want something simple, and I decided why not make char siu with it.

It sounds strange that I would choose to make char siu because I didn't want to spend a bunch of time. While for most making char siu is labour intensive, not for me that has a propane fueled smoker. It is as simple as marinate the pork, throw a few piece of smoking wood in water, and wait a day or so before doing the hot smoking.

in addition to some salt for seasoning, these are the only condiments I used to marinate the pork

doing the hot smoking is so simple; just start the smoker to heat it up, then add the wet wood, and followed by the pork

here I made a simple meal of rice served with char siu 叉燒飯

another meal of same and wash down with good Chinese tea

Still have plenty of char siu left I decided to make a batch of glutinous rice.

presoak the glutinous rice before steaming it

these Asian dried shrimps are a bit passed their prime, but usable

this has to be one of the ugliest Lexus; I first thought it is an over-styled Hyundai

I am sure it rides very nice and fast, but that styling got to go

to avoid the geometric distortion of the Mini taking with an iPhone's wide angle, I took the photo with the Mini in the middle of the frame, and then crop it to put the Mini off center that I want the composition

preparing the cooked ingredients to go with the steamed glutinous rice

In addition to diced up char siu, there are diced up shiitake mushroom, a link of quality Chinese sausage

I dry roasted some raw peanut for the topping; there are also some chopped scallions and cilantro which go really well for this dish

this dish is so delicious one have to exercise portion control; the use of this small exquisite Japanese bowl is the secret to portion control

there are many meals of snack like this; this bowl is carelessly assembled, hence lack presentation and appeal