Chinese-Style Pork Skewers

Chinese-Style Pork Skewers

Comments: Unusual cinnamon, ground clove and anise flavored skewers.



1/4 cup [60 mL] soy sauce
2 tablespoons [30 mL] salad oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 small dried hot chile, crushed
1/2 teaspoon [2.5 g] sugar
1/4 teaspoon [1 mL] anise seeds
1/8 teaspoon [0.5 mL] cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon [0.5 mL] ground clove
1 pound [454 g] lean pork, cut into bite-size strips or cubes
1 small fresh pineapple, into bite-size pieces
1 medium-size sweet green pepper, membranes removed and seeded, into cubes



Combine soy sauce, salad oil, crushed garlic and chile, sugar, anise seeds, cinnamon and ground clove into a bowl.
Add pork pieces; stir gently to coat each piece with marinade.
Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Preheat barbecue until hot.
Alternately thread pork pieces, pineapple pieces and sweet green pepper cubes onto skewers.
Barbecue onto barbecue rack, approximately 5 inches [12.7 cm] from charcoals for 7 to 10 minutes, turning once.
Serve hot.