Korean Pulled Pork Sandwich with Asian Slaw
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: 6 to 8 servings
- Total: 10 hr 30 min (includes marinating, resting and cooling time)
- Active: 4 hr 30 min
Ingredients
Korean Pulled Pork:
1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
3 tablespoons gochujang (or more if you want it spicier)
3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
3 tablespoons ketchup
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons clover honey
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
5 pound pork butt, trimmed of excess fat
Korean BBQ Sauce:
2 tablespoons canola oil
2 shallots, finely diced
1 cup low sodium chicken stock
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons gochujang
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
Asian Slaw:
1/4 cup rice vinegar
1 tablespoon honey (or sugar)
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
4 ounces snow peas, julienned
1 large carrot, julienned
1/2 head Napa cabbage, finely shredded
2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Soft sesame hamburger buns
Directions
- For the Korean pulled pork: Remove the pork from the refrigerator 30 minutes before cooking.
- Whisk together the soy sauce, gochujang, hoisin, ketchup, vinegar, honey, sesame oil, five-spice powder and pepper until smooth. Rub the pork with the marinade, cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours and up to 24 hours.
- Prepare the Caja China according to manufacturer's directions. Cook until the pork reaches 190 degrees F, 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Remove the pork, place in a baking pan, tent with foil and let the pork rest for 20 minutes. Reserve the juices for the BBQ sauce.
- For the Korean BBQ sauce: Heat the oil in a medium high-sided saute pan. Add the shallots and cook until soft. Whisk in the reserved juices from the pork, the chicken stock, ketchup, gochujang, honey, soy sauce and five-spice powder and cook until slightly reduced. Remove from the heat, add the vinegar and sesame oil.
- For the Asian slaw: Whisk together the vinegar, honey, sesame oil, and soy sauce until the honey is dissolved. Add the peas, carrots, cabbage and sesame seeds. Toss to combine; season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour.
- For serving: Using tongs, pull the pork into bite-size bits. Toss with the BBQ sauce. Mound some slaw on the bottoms of the buns. Top with the pork and the top bun.