Braised Pork Shoulder With Orange Mojo
From luisascatering 15 years ago
- 180 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Recipe from "Top Chef" I adapted
Ingredients
- Pork: shopping list
- 3 lbs pork butt shopping list
- oil, for searing shopping list
- kosher salt and fresh ground pepper to taste shopping list
- 1/2 gallon freshly sqeezed orange juice shopping list
- 3 oz ginger, sliced shopping list
- 8 cloves garlic, crushed shopping list
- 4 oz soy sauce shopping list
- 1 cinnamon sticks shopping list
- 2 pieces star anise shopping list
- 1/2 gallon chicken stock shopping list
- 1 cup brown sugar shopping list
- 1 sweet yellow onion, sliced shopping list
- pickled Red Onions: shopping list
- 1 1/2 pounds red onions peeled, halved and cut into 1/8 inch slices shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt shopping list
- 1/2 cup sugar shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano shopping list
- 1 cup fresh lime juice shopping list
- 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar shopping list
- 1 small habanero chile (optional) shopping list
- sweet potatoes, sliced and oven roasted with olive oil, kosher salt, fresh cracked pepper and a little dark brown sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Pork Prep: In a large saucepan, sear seasoned pork on all sides with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add remaining ingredients to a large pot and bring to a boil. Add pork and reduce to a simmer. Cook covered until pork is tender about 2 1/2 – 3 hours.
- Once pork is cooked, reserve 2 cup of cooking liquid and reduce to make 1 cup. Keep warm.
- For pickled red onions: Toss first four ingredients in large glass bowl. Add juice and vinegar; press down to submerge onions. Cut 1/2-inch-long slit in narrow tip of chile and add to onion mixture. Top mixture with small plate to weigh down slightly. Cover and refrigerate overnight. These can be made up to a week in advance.
- For plating:
- Slice pork thinly and serve over roasted sweet potato slices, top with pickled red onions. Drizzle reduced sauce around the plate.
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Pork works so well with sweet and tangy ingredients. Great recipe, not to mention that it also looks superb!
elgab89
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Wonderful recipe! Thanks!
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A lovely 55555 recipe, Luisa!! :)
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