Holiday Pork Butt Recipe
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Ingredients: 1 whole bone-in pork butt or picnic ham (8 to 10 pounds)
1 cup white sugar
1 cup plus 1 TBSP kosher salt
7 TBSP brown sugar
Ginger-Scallion Sauce:
1 1/2 cups thinly sliced scallions, both green and white parts
1/2 cup peeled, minced fresh ginger
1/4 cup neutral oil (like grapeseed)
1 1/2 tsps light soy sauce
1 scant tsp sherry vinegar
1/2 tsp kosher salt, or to taste
SSAM Sauce
2 TBSP fermented bean and chili paste (ssamjang, available in many Asian markets and online)
1 TBSP chili paste (kochujang, available in many Asian markets, and online)
1/2 cup sherry vinegar
1/2 cup neutral oil (like grapeseed)
Accompaniments:
2 cups plain white rice, cooked
3 heads bibb lettuce, leaves separated, washed and dried
Kimchi (available in many Asian markets and online)
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Directions:Step 1
Place the pork in a large shallow bowl. Mix the white sugar and 1 cup of the salt together in another bowl, then rub the mixture all over the meat. Cover it with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours or overnight.
Step 2
When you're ready to cook, heat oven to 300º. Remove pork from refrigerator, brush any excess sugar mixture off the fat cap and discard any juices. Place the pork in a roasting pan and set in the oven and cook for approximately 6 hours, or until it collapses, yielding easily to the tines of a fork. (After the first hour, baste hourly with pan juices). At this point, you may remove the meat from the oven and allow it to rest for up to an hour
Step 3
Meanwhile, make the ginger-scallion sauce. In a large bowl, combine the scallions with the rest of the ingredients. Mix well and taste, adding salt if needed.
Step 4
Make the ssam sauce. In a medium bowl, combine the chili pastes with the vinegar and oil and mix well
Step 5
Prepare rice, wash lettuce. Put kimchi and sauces into serving bowls.
Step 6
When your accompaniments are prepared and you are ready to serve the food, turn oven to 500º. In a small bowl, stir together the remaining tablespoon of salt with the brown sugar. Rub this mixture all over the cooked pork. Place in oven for approximately 10--15 minutes, or until a dark caramel crust has developed on the meat. Serve hot, with the accompaniments. |
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Notes: you can also turn the oven to 275º and cook for up to 8 hours.
Great served on Hawaiian rolls, or just over rice.
Use the lettuce to fill with meat, rice and sauce and roll up
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