Thursday, November 12, 2009

North Carolina Pulled Pork Sandwiches

So this is the first recipe made from the master recipe listed just previously. Not sure what's so "North Carolina" about them, and the recipe does not elaborate...

North Carolina Pulled Pork Sandwiches
1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce
3/4 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 clove garlic, chopped
2 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp dry mustard
1 tsp ginger
pinch red-pepper flakes (optional, but I added them...ooh living on the edge)
1 1/4 lb cider-braised pork loin (see Master Recipe)
4 to 6 hamburger buns or hard rolls

In medium sauce pan over high heat, combine first 8 ingredients. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer 30 minutes until thick and slightly darkened. Stir in shredded pork. Split rolls. Warm or toast in oven. Put a generous portion of pork between the buns and serve.

So these were pretty good. I had too much sauce, maybe I didn't let it thicken enough. If it had been only for the sake of this recipe, then I probably wouldn't have kept with it. But the other two are so fabulous that this one gets in on their coattails. Of course my two younger ones were less than impressed, actually they didn't like any of these recipes, but they were still made to eat them ha ha. And they were so good that I don't really mind if they didn't like them. Maybe in a year when I make them all again their tastes will have progressed.

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