Pulled Pork
This recipe makes deliciously tender pulled pork with a yummy sauce. It's been my most popular recipe by far. Using the Thermomix, you can reduce the time needed to cook the pork and there's plenty of sauce to go around.
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