Directions

1. 1. Pack pork jowls with brown sugar until completely covered and refrigerate overnight.
2. 2. Remove jowls from the cure and brush off sugar. Combine rice wine, hoisin, soy sauce and honey. Marinate jowls in mixture for 12-24 hours.
3. 3. Preheat oven to 300°F. Remove jowls from marinade and place on roasting racks. Roast jowls for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and hold until ready to serve.
4. 4. Raise temperature of oven to 350°F. Combine ingredients for glazing sauce and glaze surface of char siu jowls. Roast five minutes, re-glazing if necessary, until jowls are glossy and deeply roasted.