Restaurant Recipes
Champps Pulled Pork with Crispy Cole Slaw
Ingredients
Maple Barbecue Sauce
- 2 3/4 cups smoky barbecue sauce
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
Yield: 8 servings
Crispy Slaw
- 4 ounces granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar
- 3 cups mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon celery seed
- 1/4 cup capers
- 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic, finely chopped
- 1 head Napa cabbage, shredded
- 1 head Savoy cabbage, shredded
- 1 cup carrots, julienne
Pulled Pork
- 1 (3 to 4 pound) pork butt, boneless
- 1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon cracked black pepper
- 2 tablespoons Paul Prudhomme Poultry Magic Seasoning
- 3 cups Maple Barbecue Sauce
- 8 sesame seed buns, toasted
Instructions
Maple Barbecue Sauce
- Stud pork roast with garlic cloves. Season with salt and pepper.
- Combine basil, tarragon and cilantro with 1 ounce oil. Rub roast with herb mixture.
- Sear on a flat grill.
- Place in a roasting pan in a 300 degree F oven for 1 1/2 hours or until internal temperature is 155 degrees F. Keep warm.
- Sauté onions and peppers in additional oil. When onions are translucent, season with thyme, malt vinegar, salt and pepper.
- To serve, cut roast into thin slices. Place approximately 6 ounces on each roll. Top with peppers and onion.
Crispy Slaw
- In a non-reactive container, whisk sugar and vinegar until sugar is completely dissolved.
- Add mayonnaise, celery seed, capers and garlic; whisk until blended.
- In a large bowl combine cabbages and carrots.
- Add dressing and lightly toss.
- Serve within 1 hour while cabbage retains its crisp texture.
Pulled Pork
- Heat convection oven to 300 degrees F with fan on high speed. Rub pork with salt, pepper and seasoning blend. Place pork in roasting pan with one inch water in bottom. Tent pan with foil. Bake approximately 2 3/4 hours or until internal temperature reaches 155 degrees F.
- Allow pork to cool to 80 degrees F.
- Break up pork and shred by pulling apart. Add sauce to pork.
- To serve, heat 9 ounces pork mixture until steaming. Place mixture on toasted sesame seed bun. If desired,
top with leek, julienne-cut, cornmeal-battered and deep-fried. Serve with a small bowl of slaw.
Attribution
Chef Andr Halston, Champps, Englewood, Colorado - porktimes.org