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Since I first published this pulled pork Thermomix recipe in 2013 (when food blogs were still new), it’s had over 62,000 views. Now, that might not seem like a lot in today’s terms, but at one point, it was enough to be the number one result on Google for “pulled pork Thermomix”.
At the time, pulled pork appeared occasionally on menus in tacos and sandwiches. Now, you can find it on the menu of many restaurants and bars, and a quick little internet search reveals pages and pages of Thermomix recipes.
Traditionally, pulled pork was something that you made over a long period of time in a slow cooker or an oven. You take a tougher cut of pork and allow the heat to break it down into something juicy and tender. It can be cooked dry, like in a smoker – or in a sauce, like in this recipe. The cooked meat is then shredded and used in a variety of dishes.
The Thermomix allows you to drastically shorten the time needed to make pulled pork. I use the Thermonix to make a marinade for the pork, and then cook the pork and sauce together for 2 hours. This recipe makes the pork tender and moist you have a yummy sauce to go with it.
Pulled Pork
Ingredients
- 1 large red onion peeled and quartered
- 20 g olive oil
- 1/2 to 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp seeded mustard
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 90 g white vinegar
- 40 g Worcestershire sauce
- 20 g soy sauce
- 400 g can diced tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 600-800 g pork scotch, neck or shoulder no skin, cut into 2.5 cm thick steaks
- 3 tbsp Thermomix vegetable stock concentrate
- Water
- Salt and pepper to season
Instructions
- Put onion in the Thermomix bowl and chop for 3 seconds/Speed 5
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add oil, cayenne pepper, paprika, dried oregano and seeded mustard to the bowl and sauté with the measuring cup (MC) off for 5 minutes | 100C | Speed 1
- Add sugar and vinegar and cook with the MC off for 4 minutes | 100C | Speed 1
- Add Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, tomatoes, tomato paste, salt and pepper and cook with the MC off for 4 minutes | 100C | Speed 1
- Put the pork in a shallow dish, pour half of the hot sauce over the pork (keeping the rest in the bowl), cover with foil and marinate for 15 minutes
- Put the pork in the Thermomix; resting it on top of the blades – discard the marinade
- Add vegetable stock concentrate and add water to just cover the meat
- Cook with the MC off for 60 minutes | 100C | Reverse | Speed soft
- Cook with the MC off for another 60 minutes | 100C | Reverse | Speed soft
- Remove pork to a clean bowl and leave the sauce in the Thermomix. Cover the pork with foil and rest the pork for 15 – 20 minutes
- Season the sauce with salt and pepper and then process the remaining contents in the Thermomix with the MC on for 1 minute – going slowly from Speed 1 to Speed 6
- Drain any liquid in the bowl with the pork, shred the pork with a fork, cover with sauce and stir to combine
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Serving Suggestions
1. Serve on mashed potatoes or in a bread roll, wrap or tacos
2. Serve with the beetroot salad or broccoli salad from the Thermomix Everyday Cookbook
[Last updated: December 1, 2013]
