More proof that just about anything that is usually wrapped in a tortilla can easily be repurposed to make an insanely great slider.
These are a combination of pulled pork cooked with cuban flavors topped with mojo. The spicy mayo and the sweet roll bring it home.
| Mise en Place | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Veggies | Meats | ||
| 3 + 3 | juice oranges, juiced | 4-5 lb | Pork Shoulder, cut into big pieces (6-8) |
| 1 + 1 | lime, zest and juice | Staples | |
| 1 + 1 sprigs | oregano, leaves only on one, stalk of other | 2 tbs | brown sugar |
| 1 + 1 heads | garlic, 1 roughly chopped, 1 minced | 2 tbs + 1/2 cup | EV olive oil |
| 1 large | onion, sliced | 1 tbs | ground cumin |
| 1 | bay leaf | mayo | |
| hot sauce | |||
| kosher salt | |||
| slider rolls (i like kings hawaiian) | |||
| Equipment | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Electric pressure cooker |
| 1 | Stick blender (regular blender is fine too) |
| 2 | Sauce pans |
| Directions | |
|---|---|
| Step | Action |
| 1 | Liberally salt pork (2 tbs worth for 5 lbs of meat should do the trick) |
| 2 | Combine juice of 3 oranges, juice of 1 lime, zest of 1 lime, leaves of 1 sprig of oregano leaves, cumin, 1 roughly chopped head garlic, brown sugar into a jar and blend with stick blender |
| 3 | Put pressure cooker on saute mode, add 2 tbs of oil and sear pork in batches. |
| 4 | Once all pork is browned, put all of it back into pressure cooker, add sauce and a bay leaf |
| 5 | Cook on high pressure for 70 minutes. Once done, let it naturally depressurise |
| 6 | Meanwhile, heat oil on medium in a sauce pan |
| 7 | In another sauce pan, put onions, a big pinch of salt, the rest of the orange and lime juice, plus the finely minced head of garlic and oregnao . Bring to a simmer |
| 8 | Pour oil over onion mixture, cover, reduce heat to low, and let cook 5 minutes. Turn off heat and let cool. |
| 9 | Mix some mayo and hot sauce together in a ratio that seams pleasing. Start with 1/4 cup mayo and a few dashes of hot sauce and go from there. Add a pinch of salt while you are at it. |
| 10 | Once pork is done, evac pork. Skim oil off remaining sauce, and turn on the saute function. Reduce sauce by half |
| 11 | Shred pork using two forks, toss with remaining sauce. |
| 12 | Strain onions, pick out oregano. |
| 13 | To assemble sliders: take a bun, open it, slater with mayo on both sides, put pork on one side and onions on the other, close it. Eat! |
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