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chefs start the dish with char siu (Chinese barbecued pork) or siu yuk (Chinese crisp-skinned roasted pork). I prefer the restaurant version, especially with siu yuk (char siu is too sweet).

An curved arrow pointing right. Most people don't associate Chinese food with barbeque, but these Char Sui pork ribs from Yunnan BBQ put Southern-style barbeque to shame. Produced by Jenner Deal.

This comes as ingredients to make the barbecued pork snack get more expensive.

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