continue to toss thoroughly fyi for those who cannot cook with alcohol for religious reasons the only solution is to skip it and make sure anything that touches the pork is super clean so you increase the chance of success the final flavor will be different without the alcohol but it will still taste delicious all right the pork is nicely mixed with the seasoning i like to place a few plates on the top just to give it a slight pressure so the marinade can reach more of the pork we will let this sit in the fridge for NUMBER_TOKEN hours come back every NUMBER_TOKEN hours and give it another toss to ensure an even marinade there are many methods to make cured meat the traditional way is to hang it outside for two to three weeks and be aware of the weather we have a saying in cantonese called taofenghei sedla mei which means when autumn winds eat preserved meat arten is the best season to make cured meat because the weather is perfect it doesn't rain too much the wind helps to dehydrate the meat it's not too hot otherwise you get lots of fries and bugs away hang the meat outside it is not freezing cold either which allows the fermentation that gives the cured meat the distinctive taste i really wanted to show you the traditional hanging method but south florida is too hot for that i just checked the weather there's not even one day in the year that the temperature is below NUMBER_TOKEN. so i can only show you the other methods in this video however i wrote down the instructions here if the weather in your area is good you can give it a try also here is a dehydrator method just so you have one more option this is NUMBER_TOKEN hours later the pork is nicely marinated and ready to go use a sharp little knife to poke a hole through the skin be super careful don't cut yourself use the chopsticks to help to push the kitchen twine through the hole tie it up do that to the rest of the pork tie the kitchen twine on the oven rack leave some space between them be sure to place a big tray at the bottom and line it with tin foil just to catch the drips my oven is big enough for me to hang the meat if your oven is small you can place the pork on the rack but you will get the rack pattern on one side of the pork which is completely fine in taste you can also cut your pork strips shorter in order for you to hang them carefully slide the rack into the oven we want to dehydrate the pork not to cook it you have to use the lowest temperature on your oven it should be between NUMBER_TOKEN to NUMBER_TOKEN degrees fahrenheit my oven can go down to NUMBER_TOKEN degrees fahrenheit exactly which works just fine if your oven's minimum temperature is higher than NUMBER_TOKEN degrees fahrenheit you can prop the oven door to keep it slightly open so the extra temperature inside the oven is lower since we got plenty of time to wait let me introduce you to today's sponsorship souped up recipes ceramic chopsticks i just launched this i know ceramic may sound new to you but it is the best material for chopsticks because it is easy to clean dishwasher safe it doesn't get mold or rust unlike wooden chopsticks that you have to replace them every three to six months because of hygiene issues ceramic chopsticks will look brand new even if you have used them for years chopsticks are essential in chinese cuisine i eat with them every single day there are also great cooking utensils to beat eggs stir fry noodles
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN up recipes ceramic chopsticks i just launched this i know ceramic may sound new to you but it is the best material for chopsticks because it is easy to clean dishwasher safe it doesn't get mold or rust unlike wooden chopsticks that you have to replace them every three to six months because of hygiene issues ceramic chopsticks will look brand new even if you have used them for years chopsticks are essential in chinese cuisine i eat with them every single day there are also great cooking utensils to beat eggs stir fry noodles END_SPONSOR_TOKEN