Chinese Bbq Pork Lettuce Wraps

So here’s the deal with this Chinese BBQ pork recipe. I’ve been dying to make a version of it for the longest time and I don’t know why, but I had it in my head that it was going to be super complicated and difficult and that I wouldn’t be able to do it (Oh, hi there self-doubt!) and I just kept putting it off. Until a few weeks ago when I had a beautiful roll of pork neck in the fridge, screaming at me to turn it into sticky, barbecuey (that’s totes a word now), porky goodness. And you guys, this is embarrassingly easy to make. I promise. The hardest part is not dipping your finger into the scorching hot BBQ sauce because believe me, you don’t want to do that but I know it’s hard to resist because it’s so glossy and aromatic and just yum. But be patient. Let it do its thing and you will be rewarded. You could serve Chinese BBQ pork in a number of different ways but I wanted it to be a light, healthy but utterly delicious dinner and so I served sliced of the sticky pork in lettuce cups along with thin slices of cucumber, carrot and radish, a few sesame seeds and some finely chopped chilli. I honestly thought my non-pork-loving-kids would turn their noses up at this but I was pleasantly surprised. Not only did they both eat 3/4 lettuce cups, they asked for more and couldn’t stop licking their plates afterwards. That sauce is magic, yo.