Chef Alex’s Pulled Pork with Asian Slaw
Created by Chef Alex Pugsley
Ingredients
- 1 ½ kg Johnston’s Bone-in Butt
- 1 onion thickly sliced
- kaiser buns, or buns of choice
Carolina Rub
- ¼ cup paprika
- 2 tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp chili powder
- 2 tbsp ground black pepper
- 2 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
Roasting Juice
- ⅓ cup apple juice
- ⅓ cup orange juice
- ⅓ cup apple cider vinegar
- ⅓ cup cola
- ¼ cup water
Pesto Mayo
- ⅓ cup pesto paste
- 1 cup chipotle mayonnaise
- ½ tsp sambal paste
- salt to taste
Asian Slaw Mix
- 2 cups bok choy julienned
- ¼ cup coloured bell peppers julienned
- ¼ cup red onions julienned
- ¼ cup carrots julienned
Asian Thai Dressing
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- ⅓ cup sesame oil
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ½ tsp sambal paste
- 1 cup rice wine vinegar
- pinch cracked salt and pepper
- 1-2 tbsp peanut butter (optional)
BBQ Sauce
- 1 cup onion finely chopped
- ½ cup garlic roasted or minced
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1.89-2 L tomato ketchup
- ½ cup worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup franks red hot (sweet chili) sauce
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp ground black pepper
- 2-4 drops liquid smoke
- 1 tsp sambal paste
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 500°F.
- Combine and mix Carolina Rub ingredients. Thoroughly rub Carolina Rub Mix all over Johnston’s Bone-in Butt and refrigerate.
- Whisk Asian Thai Dressing ingredients together and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Whisk Pesto Mayo ingredients together and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Prepare BBQ Sauce. Sauté onions and garlic with oil, add brown sugar and orange juice. Stir and slightly reduce liquid. Combine all other ingredients of BBQ sauce and heat to a rolling boil, stirring frequently. Reduce to simmer and let sauce thicken, stirring occasionally, for 20-25 minutes.
- In a deep roasting pan, place onion slices on bottom of pan. Add roasting juice ingredients to pan and place rubbed Johnston’s Bone-in Butt on top. Bake in oven at 500°F for 15 minutes. Cover pan with parchment paper first and then with aluminum foil. Reduce heat to 285-300°F and continue to bake for 6-8 hours, or until meat falls off the bone and bone is easily removed. Discard bone and fat. Pull meat apart into strands and add BBQ sauce to desired consistency.
- Lightly add Asian Thai Dressing to Asian Slaw Mix just before serving.
- Spread Pesto Mayo on buns and assemble Johnston’s Pulled Pork Sandwich with Asian Slaw and shredded Pulled Pork.