Receta Slow Cooker Pulled Pork and the Best Coleslaw Ever!
Ingredientes
- best when it has ‘sweated’ for a 5 minute period in both sugar and salt. He also uses a mandolin to slice his cabbage
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt, plus more as needed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- For the Sauce:
- 3 Tbs. canola or corn oil
- 3-4 lb. boneless pork loin
- or shoulder
- 1 yellow onion, finely
- chopped
- 1/3 cup firmly packed
- brown sugar
- 1/4 cup light molasses
- 1 Tbs. Worcestershire
- sauce
- 1 tsp. freshly ground
- pepper
- 2 cups your favorite
- Barbecue Sauce
- Soft potato rolls, split
- and toasted, for serving
- 1. Rub the pork all over with the spice rub.
- In a large fry pan over
- medium-high heat, warm the oil. Add the pork pieces and brown well on all
- sides, about 12 minutes total. Transfer the pork to a slow cooker.
- 3. Make the sauce and cook
- the pork.
- Pour off all but about 1
- Tbs. of the fat from the fry pan and return the pan to medium-high heat. Add
- the onion and sauté until golden, about 5 minutes. Add the vinegar and deglaze
- the pan, stirring to scrape up the browned bits from the pan bottom. Stir in
- the ketchup, brown sugar, molasses, red pepper flakes, Worcestershire sauce,
- mustard, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, just until the mixture
- begins to bubble.
- 4. Pour over the pork. Cover and cook according to the
- manufacturer’s instructions until the pork is very tender, 4 to 5 hours on high
- or 8 to 10 hours on low.
- Transfer the pork pieces
- to a platter. Using a pair of forks, shred each piece of pork, removing and
- discarding any large pieces of fat.
- 6. Skim the excess fat off the sauce, return
- the pulled pork to the slow cooker, add the 2 cups of barbecue sauce and stir
- to combine. Keep the slow cooker on warm.
- 7. Serve the pork and sauce topped with coleslaw on top of the sandwich rolls.
- Recipe for Best Coleslaw Ever from J. Kenji Lopez of The Food Lab. Serves 12. Active time: 30 minutes. Total
- Time: 35 minutes
- Note: This recipe is
- easiest to produce with a mandoline-style slicer, though you can also finely
- shred the cabbage by hand. To slice cabbages on a mandoline, split the head in
- half, cut out the core using the tip of a sharp chef's knife, the quarter the
- cabbage and slice it with the mandoline set to 1/16th of an inch. When grating
- the carrot, make sure to hold at a steep vertical bias so that the shreds are
- long instead of short.
- 1
- large head green cabbage, about 3 1/2 pounds, finely shredded on a mandoline or
- by hand (see note above)
- 1
- large red onion, finely sliced on a mandoline or by hand
- 1
- large carrot, peeled and grated on the large holes of a box grater (see note
- above)
- 1/4
- cup roughly chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1/4
- cup apple cider vinegar
- 2
- tablespoons dijon mustard
- 1
- tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1. For
- the Slaw Mix: Combine cabbage, onion, carrot, and parsley in a large bowl,
- leaving plenty of room to toss (you may have to use two large bowls if your
- bowls are not large enough). Sprinkle with sugar and salt and toss to combine.
- Let rest five minutes, then transfer to a large colander and rinse thoroughly
- under cold running water.
- 2. Transfer
- rinsed mixture to a salad spinner and spin dry. Alternatively, transfer to a
- large rimmed baking sheet lined with a triple layer of paper towels or a clean
- kitchen towel and blot mixture dry with more paper towels. Return to large bowl
- and set aside.
- 3. For
- the Dressing: Combine mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, black pepper, and sugar in
- a medium bowl and whisk until homogenous.
- 4 . Pour
- dressing over cabbage mixture and toss to coat. Taste and adjust seasoning with
- more salt, pepper, sugar, and/or vinegar if desired.
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