Oven Roast Asian Pulled Pork for Tacos, Sandwiches, Sliders and More!
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Our easy recipe for asian pulled pork is roasted for about 4 hours, our sauce cooks down into the pulled pork and what comes out of the oven is truly one of the best Asian pulled pork recipes ever. The sauce has freshly ginger, onions, garlic, crushed tomatoes, chili garlic sauce, brown sugar, mustard and the all important fish sauce! Yes, all these amazing ingredients cook down to a sauce that you won’t want to waste. That’s why everyone is crazy about this pulled pork recipe. The flavors are deep, full of umami and so rich, it’s hard too resist eating 2-3 portions. It’s a saucy pulled pork that’s perfect for tacos, sandwiches, sliders and so much more.
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Oven Roast Asian Pulled Pork for Sliders, Tacos and More
Ingredients
- 4 lb. (1.11 kg) pork butt or pork shoulder
- 1 medium onion diced
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) olive oil
- 5-6 medium cloves garlic minced
- 15 oz. can (425 g) diced or crushed tomatoes
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) finely grated or minced fresh ginger
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) fish sauce or soy sauce (but fish sauce tastes better! try it) For Gluten Free use Tamari
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) chili garlic sauce or Gluten Free Hot Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) spicy brown mustard
- 1/4 cup (55 g) brown sugar , packed
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) fresh cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350° F.
- Add oil evenly to outside of pork shoulder and season all sides with salt and pepper.Heat large cast iron pan or deep oven proof skillet on medium-high heat. Sear each side of the pork shoulder on the hot pan until the pork is brown. About 3 minutes per side. Remove the pork from the skillet and set aside.
- In the same oven proof skillet, heat to medium heat. Add oil, onion and garlic. Cook onions and garlic until soft and fragrant.Add tomatoes, ginger, fish sauce, chili garlic sauce, mustard, brown sugar and black pepper. Stir together until well combined.
- Add the seared pork back into the skillet with the sauce and ladle the tomato sauce mixture over the pork. Cover the pork with aluminum foil.
- Bake the pork for about 4 hours, or until the pork is tender and easily shreds with a fork. Skim off any excess fat, then shred the pork in the sauce.
- Keep foil over the shredded pork to keep it warm before serving. It tastes even better the next day! Serve on tacos, sliders, sandwiches, pasta or on rice. Don't waste the yummy sauce!
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1 Comment on “Oven Roast Asian Pulled Pork for Tacos, Sandwiches, Sliders and More!”
This came out perfectly! The pulled pork was packed with flavor. I eat it as a taco… or with rice… or even as a sandwich. Such a versatile recipe.