One of our best buddies is from Indiana. He’s a vegetarian, but he remembers having those ginormous tenderloin sammiches as a kid. They’re always ridiculously large, right?
Kinda like proper Wiener Schnitzel is supposed to hang over the plate.
Schnitzel’s always good eats, and you could probably even use a very thinly pounded pork sirloin since it cooks so quickly.
That sounds and looks amazing! I can’t seem to get to the recipe! I got some “pork short ribs" I was wondering if it might work with.
Here’s one.
Recipe was a hyperlink title
Try this, otherwise it’s also on her website.
For thicker short ribs, it would be good to marinate for a bit longer, or Sous vide (though I’m currently off sv bec I’m preoccupied with the plastic).
Char siu flavors would be good too.
Ages ago now, we smoked kurobuta short ribs after cooking them sv.
Take 2: Char Siu.
Great flavor, I broiled to get a glaze with some char.
Probably would have worked as well to slice up like the lemongrass version, and get the char in a pan.
What is the verdict? Flavor and texture on the char siu and Thai prep as desired?
I’m glad the lemongrass worked out. I have some flanken cut short ribs in the lemongrass marinade!
The first was juiciest, probably a combination of marinade and quick cook.
I would buy this cut again, it’s not fatty but also not dry.
Would likely do well with a quick cook on a grill, like Korean and thai preps.
All the marinades took well.
Lmk how your short ribs turn out!
I have never made char siu satisfactorily with pork loin - it’s too lean! IMO, really good char siu needs more fat, so I use pork butt. It’s easy to trim away the excess fat of a pork butt, but if you don’t have enough fat to start with (like on a loin), that’s going to be a problem!
Yes, I’m puzzled by recipes for char siu using tenderloin.
This was sirloin, not loin.
But yes, butt / shoulder / country ribs are what I’ve used before and will again for char siu.
Even the sirloin doesn’t have enough fat running through it for my taste. Maybe that’s why I am so fat!
Different uses.
Here was that guanciale post.
Turns out I got cheeks
