Pork
is a common meat used in Chinese cooking. I think it is indeed safe to say
Chinese love their pork dishes. Pork with Yam, Pork with Preserved Vegetables,
Suckling Pork etc.
Well,
not only the Chinese appreciate pork dishes. Pork is well appreciated and used
widely in the West as well. When I was studying in the UK, came across this
amazing pork sandwich, a pulled pork sandwich. Absolutely loved it. Even when
Jo and I were in San Francisco a few years back, I remember having pulled pork
on rice during one of our lunch stops as well. Just superb.
Pulled
pork is a method of cooking pork (usually tougher cuts) slowly until they
become tender and easily pulled away / easily broken from each other. Hence the
term "pulled". Different regions in the world have they own way of
making pulled pork.
Always
wondered how to make this dish. Never really looked into it (being a little bit
of a lazy bump), until one day I saw the recipe on my YouTube side bar as I was
watching some other cooking related videos. It was a video by Felicitas
Pizarro. An Argentinean chef and sommeliar. Do check her YouTube channel out
here.
My
initial reaction was "Wow". I didn't know pulled pork is so simple to
make. Watched the video several times to familiarise with the ingredients and
method of cooking and off to the kitchen I went. (Actually took me another 2
weeks to finally got myself together to getting the ingredients and trying this
dish out. Haha.)
I
tweeted the recipe a little, just a add a bit more "garlic-ky"
flavour and spiciness to the pulled pork. Here the breakdown of the recipe
below:
Ingredients:
1 kg
mixed cut of Pork (We used pork steak and pork shoulder)
6
cloves of garlic
1
large leek (cut into rings/circle)
1
onion (Diced finely)
2
carrots (cut into circles/cut across)
3 Padi
Chilies (seeds removed)
Salt
(to taste + marinade)
Pepper
(to taste + marinade)
2
tablespoon of Honey
4
tablespoon of Soy Sauce
3
tablespoon of Wholegrain Mustard
1
tablespoon of Brown Sugar
1
600ml bottle of Guinness Stout
Olive
Oil
