Miki's Food Archives : Homemade Pork Jerky (Bak Kwa) 自制猪肉干

This is the most successful homemade pork jerky (aka bak kwa) recipe. The taste and texture are very close to the store-bought ones. This recipe has been tried and tested by a lot of my blog readers. You may scroll down to the end of this blog post to read the feedback.

I started making pork jerky in the year 2014 and this recipe was created by me. This was what I wrote in my blog post back then:

"I have come across recipes making pork jerky. However, I never plan to make it myself. Until yesterday, the packet of thawed minced meat from the BLACKOUT FREEZER, I didn't want to waste the meat. So I made pork jerky, something that can be kept longer than the thawed meat :)

Well, yesterday was my first attempt at pork jerky. I didn't post the recipe yesterday because I wasn't very satisfied with the texture and taste. Added a dash of Chinese Five Spice that spoilt the taste and the tiny little drop of dark soy sauce made the colour too dark."

This was my first attempt at making pork jerky.
I wasn't very satisfied with the texture and taste.

My first attempt - pork jerky in the making, first round out from the oven for slicing, before grill... Perhaps the frozen minced meat contains too much water in it.

" Today, I made again with my revised recipe, using fresh minced meat instead of frozen one and adjusted the baking temperature. I'm satisfied with the texture and taste! Here's the recipe that is surely a keeper. :) "

Ingredients: 材料

250g Fresh Minced Meat (use minced meat with some fat, do not use lean meat)
新鲜猪肉碎 250 克，用有肥油的肉碎

Seasoning: 调味料

50g Sugar 糖 50克

7g Soy Sauce 酱油 7克

10g Oyster Sauce 蚝油 10克

1/3 tsp Salt 盐 1/3小匙

23g Honey 蜂蜜 23克

1 tsp Fish Sauce 鱼露 1小匙

1 tsp Cooking Wine (Shaoxing) 绍兴花雕酒 1小匙

A dash of White Pepper 胡椒粉少许

Updated 23 Oct 2014 - These are the ingredients used.

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Method: 步骤

1. In a bowl, mix together all seasoning.
把所有调味料混合。

2. Add in minced meat. Stir the mixture with a pair of chopsticks in one direction (circular movement, clockwise/anti-clockwise) until the mixture becomes sticky and gluey. About 5 minutes.
放入肉碎。用筷子，以一个方向打圈搅拌至起胶。（看下图）

3. Cover with cling wrap, keep in the fridge and let marinate for 2 hours.
用保鲜纸盖好，放冰箱腌2小时。

4. Remove from the fridge. Preheat oven 160'C (upper & lower heat). Use a spoon, spread the minced meat evenly over a baking tray (32cm x 22cm).
预热烤箱 160度。把肉碎倒入烤盘（烤盘尺寸：32cm x 22cm, 用不贴盘或涂些油在烤盘上）。用汤匙把肉碎压平。厚度一定要均匀。（看下图）

5. Bake in a preheated oven 160'C for 20 minutes, middle rack.
放进已预热的烤箱，以160度烘烤20分钟，中层。

6. Remove the baking tray from the oven. Reset oven temperature to MAX/ 240'C, grill mode. Meanwhile, slice the pork jerky with a pizza cutter/ knife.
取出。烤箱温度调240度预热。同时，把肉干切块。（看下图）

7. When the oven is preheated, return the pork jerky to the oven, rack 4 (one rack above the middle rack), grill for 3 minutes.
把切好的肉干放进烤箱，烤3分钟，上层。

8. Pull out the baking tray from the oven, use a tong to flip over the pork jerky. Continue to grill for 2 minutes.
取出烤盘，把肉干倒翻，继续烤2分钟。

9. Reset the temperature to 200'C, flip over the pork jerky once again and grill for 1 minute.

For Step 7-9, baking time may vary because every oven is different. Make sure to watch closely on the progress, not to burn the pork jerky. :)

取出烤盘，把肉干倒翻，以200度烤1分钟即可。每个烤箱的温度不同，步骤7-9的烘烤时间须自行拿捏。若喜欢我的食谱，可以LIKE和追随我的面书专页，不要错过最新食谱发布。

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