Pulled Pork With Caramelized Onions User Rating 5 Star Recipes

MICHAEL BAO HUYNH'S VIETNAMESE CARAMELIZED PORK

Steps:

• Cover bottom of a large, heavy skillet with one cup sugar and place over medium low heat. As soon as it melts and turns golden, add pork, raise heat to medium, and stir until coated. (Sugar will become sticky and may harden, but it will re-melt as it cooks, forming a sauce.)
• Stir in remaining sugar, salt, pepper and fish sauce. Cover and cook 2 minutes. Uncover, stir in garlic and oil and lower to simmer to reduce sauce for about 20 minutes.
• Stir in Vidalia onions and cook until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Pork should be caramelized; if not, raise heat and sauté while sauce further reduces. Transfer to serving bowl, and sprinkle with scallion greens.

SOUTHERN PULLED PORK

Steps:

• Cut the pork roast into large chunks. Season generously with the Cajun seasoning. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork, and brown on all sides. Remove from the skillet, and transfer to a slow cooker.
• Add the onion and garlic to the skillet, and cook for a few minutes until tender. Stir in the water scraping the bottom to include all of the browned pork bits from the bottom of the pan, then pour the whole mixture into the slow cooker with the pork. Stir in liquid smoke flavoring.
• Cover, and cook on High for 6 hours, or until meat is falling apart when pierced with a fork. Remove pieces of pork from the slow cooker, and shred. Return to the slow cooker to keep warm while serving.

APPLE CIDER PULLED PORK WITH CARAMELIZED ONION AND APPLES

Steps:

• Combine hard apple cider and 1/4 cup brown sugar in a slow cooker; mix until dissolved. Add pork tenderloin.
• Cook tenderloin on Low until very tender, about 6 hours. Shred pork with a fork.
• About 20 minutes for the pork is finished, melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat; cook and stir onion until well browned, about 10 minutes.
• Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar, cinnamon, and onion powder; season with salt and pepper. Stir apples and sugar mixture into cooked onion. Cover and cook until apples are tender and sauce has thickened, about 10 minutes more.
• Spoon pork and apple-onion sauce over rolls to serve.

PULLED PORK WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS (USER RATING: 5-STAR)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until they begin to soften, 3 to 6 minutes. Add sugar and continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the onions are golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes more. Add garlic, oregano, pepper, and salt and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add vinegar and bring to a boil. Cook until mostly evaporated, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Remove from the heat and stir in chili sauce and chipotle to taste. Place pork in a 4-quart (or larger) slow cooker and cover with the sauce. Cover and cook until the pork is almost falling apart, about 4 hours on High or 8 hours on Low. Transfer the pork to a cutting board and shred using two forks. Pour sauce into fat separator to discard fat. Stir back into the sauce.

PORK WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• Cut pork into 1/2-inch slices. Sprinkle both sides of pork with salt and paprika.
• Heat 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook pork in skillet 6 to 8 minutes, turning once, until no longer pink in center. Remove pork from skillet; keep warm. Wipe out skillet.
• Heat same skillet over medium-high heat. Cook onion in skillet 1 minute, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium. Stir in sugar. Cook about 3 minutes longer, stirring frequently, until onion is soft and golden brown. Spoon over pork.

PULLED PORK YA'LL

Steps:

• Set a slow cooker to Low. Combine water and vinegar together in the slow cooker.
• Rub oil over entire pork shoulder and let rest for 5 minutes.
• Mix brown sugar, seasoned salt, black pepper, cumin, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and cinnamon together in a bowl; rub over entire pork shoulder. Place pork shoulder into the slow cooker.
• Cook on Low, 6 to 8 hours.
• Transfer pork shoulder to a work surface and let rest for 10 minutes. Discard cooking liquid from slow cooker. Place pork back into the slow cooker and shred; add barbeque sauce and stir.

CARAMELIZED-ONION PORK

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook onion and sugar in oil over medium-low heat until onion is tender and golden brown, about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally., Place the pork in a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with onion mixture., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Let stand for 5 minutes before slicing.