Caja China Pork – Fast and delicious recipe

The “Chinese box” or Caja China is a portable oven whose history goes back to the fifties in Cuba, when Chinese immigrants arrived in Caribbean lands and cooked meats underground. Later, they covered the food with a metal plate on which they placed embers and after four hours, they had a delicious and juicy meat.

A Cuban saw this peculiar form of cooking and moved it to a wooden box covered with metal, which he named as a Chinese Box.

In Peru, the Chinese box is only a few years old. However, its recent diffusion has given the opportunity to try this simple and yet delicious way of preparing typical Peruvian dishes.

The most popular and present dish in all gastronomic fairs is the “Chancho a la Caja China”, today we share a delicious and quick recipe so that you can prepare it for your family or friends.


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Chancho a la Caja China
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Recipe type: Rustic
Cuisine: Peruvian
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The "Chinese box" or Caja China is a portable oven whose history goes back to the fifties in Cuba, when Chinese immigrants arrived in Caribbean lands and cooked meats underground. Later, they covered the food with a metal plate on which they placed embers and after four hours, they had a delicious and juicy meat.
Ingredients
  • - 7 kg Pork
  • - 10 Lemons
  • - ½ cup of Coca-Cola
  • - Salt
  • - MSG or Seasoning or fish sauce
  • - Pepper
  • - 1 beer
  • - 2 cloves of garlic (optional)
Instructions
  1. - Thoroughly clean the pork and let it soak in salted water for about 30min. or 1 hr.
  2. - Mix the rosemary, salt, coke, pepper, lemon juice and seasoning.
  3. - Macerate the pork.
  4. - Preheat the Chinese box about 20min, then put the pork (Tip:"at the beginning put the skin side down").
  5. - Leave it for 1hr. for each side (checking every 30min).
  6. - Spread the beer all over the pork at the beginning and the middle of cooking.


Comments

  1. Great recipe!

  2. What cut of pork do you use here?

  3. si remojas el lechón crocante jamás te va a salir

    • Exactamente, el lechón tiene que estar en una parrilla encima de la bandeja con el líquido o no quedará crocante, igualmente la receta es muy buena.
      Nosotros la hemos probado con una caja china comprada en España y nos ha quedado muy sabroso.

  4. Exactamente, el lechón tiene que estar en una parrilla encima de la bandeja con el líquido o no quedará crocante, igualmente la receta es muy buena.
    Nosotros la hemos probado con una caja china comprada en España y nos ha quedado muy sabroso.

  5. Wilbert Málaga García Calderon says:

    Hola amigos soy Wilbert Málaga desde Ilo, Mowuegua, Perú, yo hago una deliciosa caja china y recomiendo comprar una panceta de chancho joven con lonja, la cortamos a la mitad a lo largo, la embadurnan con sal, pimienta, comino, ajinomoto, bastante mostrada y un poco de limón, calientan la caja con el carbón y luego ponen las tiras en la parrilla interior, el pellejo hacia abajo, de 1 a 1.20 minutos, luego y muy rápido la voltea y bañan la lonja con limon, agregar un vaso de pisco, ah desde el inicio la lonja se corta con un cuchillo en cuadrados grandes, el mismo tiempo otra vez y a disfrutar con papita serrana cocida en la misma parrilla y su sarza

  6. Con Pisco ehh.. Gracias por complementar la receta..

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