Pulled Pork Sliders Recipe 475

PULLED PORK SLIDERS RECIPE

Steps:

• Trim away any excess fat from the pork butt. Pat the pork butt dry with a paper towel and make the rub.
• Add the ketchup, sugar, Worcestershire, apple cider vinegar, mustard powder, salt, chili powder, pepper, and onion powder to a medium-sized mixing bowl and stir to combine
• Add about half of the sauce to the bottom of the crock pot and set the pork butt inside. Pour the remaining sauce over the pork butt, and turn on the slow cooker.
• Cook for 6 hours on the high setting or 8 hours on the low setting. Shred with two forks and stir the pulled pork so that it is coated in the sauce.
• To assemble the sliders, spread the inside of each bun with a thin layer of mayonnaise (if using). Add a scant 1/2 cup of pulled pork to the bottom bun, top with a pinch of coleslaw, a couple of pickles, a drizzle of BBQ sauce. Finally, cap with the top bun. Repeat for the remaining sliders.

PULLED PORK SLIDERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F. Set the pork on a cutting board and score the fat in a crosshatch pattern, making the cuts about 3/4 inch deep and 1 inch apart. Make the rub: Combine the pimenton, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, brown sugar, celery salt, mustard powder and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in a small bowl. Massage it into the meat.
• Place the pork in a roasting pan and pour the beer into the pan. Cover with foil and roast 3 hours. Check it periodically to make sure everything is going along just fine, and turn the roast over every hour.
• Remove the foil and continue roasting until the pork has reached an internal temperature of 190 degrees F, about 1 1/2 more hours. Remove from the oven, cover loosely with foil and let rest 30 minutes.
• Sometime during the marathon cooking time, make the sauce: Combine the vinegar, garlic, chile, brown sugar, tomato paste, dijon mustard and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Taste it to make sure it is delicious; set aside. Remove the chile. When the sauce is cool, I recommend putting it in a squeeze bottle for easy use.
• Pull the pork into long shreds using 2 forks. Get rid of the fat and anything else that doesn't look delicious. Toss the pork with any residual pan juices and add salt to taste.
• Serve the pork on slider rolls with a drizzle of sauce; top with coleslaw.