Valerio’s Pulled Pork Sandwich

  4.6 – 41 reviews  • Pulled Pork

An ideal recipe for making apple dumplings cooked in cinnamon sauce.

Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
Additional Time: 5 hrs 15 mins
Total Time: 8 hrs
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 sandwiches

Ingredients

  1. 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  2. 2 tablespoons garlic powder
  3. 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
  4. 2 tablespoons red pepper flakes
  5. 2 tablespoons salt
  6. 2 tablespoons paprika
  7. 1 (3 1/2) pound pork butt roast with bone
  8. 4 cups beef stock
  9. ½ cup hot sauce
  10. 3 tablespoons honey
  11. 1 tablespoon molasses
  12. 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  13. 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  14. 1 cup mayonnaise
  15. 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  16. 1 teaspoon hot sauce
  17. 1 teaspoon salt
  18. 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  19. 2 tablespoons white vinegar
  20. 1 (16 ounce) bag coleslaw mix
  21. 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  22. 5 cloves garlic, minced
  23. 2 cups ketchup
  24. ½ cup honey
  25. 2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce
  26. 2 tablespoons molasses
  27. 5 tablespoons cider vinegar
  28. salt and ground black pepper to taste
  29. 8 Kaiser rolls, split

Instructions

  1. Combine brown sugar, garlic powder, 2 tablespoons black pepper, red pepper flakes, 2 tablespoons salt, and paprika in a bowl. Rub the spice mixture over pork butt, cover, and refrigerate 5 hours or overnight.
  2. Pour beef stock and 1/2 cup hot sauce in a pressure cooker. Stir in 3 tablespoons honey, 1 tablespoon molasses, maple syrup, and 4 crushed garlic cloves. Place the pork butt in the pressure cooker, seal the lid, and bring up to low pressure over high heat. Reduce the heat to low, maintaining low pressure, and cook for 2 hours.
  3. While the pork is cooking, make the coleslaw. Mix mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, 1 teaspoon hot sauce, white vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon black pepper in a bowl. Add the coleslaw mix and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate.
  4. Turn off the heat and let the pressure reduce naturally; remove the lid and let the pork rest for 5 minutes. The meat should shred easily with a fork; if it doesn’t fall off the bone, reseal the lid, turn on the heat, return the pressure cooker to low pressure, and cook for another 30 minutes.
  5. Remove meat from the pressure cooker, reserving 1/4 cup cooking liquid. Shred the meat using two forks and set aside.
  6. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in 5 cloves of garlic; cook and stir until the garlic is fragrant and just starting to turn brown, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in ketchup, 1/2 cup honey, 2 tablespoons hot sauce, 2 tablespoons molasses, cider vinegar, and reserved cooking liquid. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Bring the sauce to a simmer over medium heat.
  7. Fill each Kaiser roll with two big forkfuls of pork, two tablespoons of barbeque sauce, and 2 spoonfuls of coleslaw.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 874 kcal
Carbohydrate 88 g
Cholesterol 93 mg
Dietary Fiber 4 g
Protein 30 g
Saturated Fat 11 g
Sodium 3492 mg
Sugars 50 g
Fat 47 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Lee Mccann
This was by far the worst coleslaw I’ve ever eaten. Way too much salt. Pork was extremely peppery as well. Could half this recipe to make it more edible.
Charlotte Martinez
Excellent recipe!! Bbq sauce was amazing!
Joseph Rose
It was okay – nothing really special. I think the BBQ is what made the recipe though.
Nathan Evans
Really excellent recipe!! I followed exactly and used Frank’s hot sauce. Perfect!! It’s definitely going in the repeat file.
Howard Mason
Very good!
Cory Thornton
Fantastic! I started making and then realized that the recipe calls for a pressure cooker, which I don’t own. So… I put it in a slow cooker for 5 hours and it was perfect! Recipe wise, I didn’t change anything and chose not to add salt or pepper to the BBQ sauce. The sauce is sweet and spicy deliciousness. I’m going to make a lot of this for an upcoming tailgate. I’ll be able to make a couple of days ahead and reheat on site. Perfect.
Lindsey Owens
Wow!!!! I made this and another pulled pork recipe for a large family gathering. This tastes FANTASTIC without BBQ sauce added. In fact, when I make it the next time it will be for tacos. Great flavor between the sweet and hot. Everyone said that this was clearly the winner between the 2 recipes I tried.
Mackenzie Lara
Heaven, absolute heaven! The pork and BBQ sauce were phenomenal. I substituted the KFC clone recipe for the cole slaw. THANK YOU, VALERIO!
Jack Hopkins
Amazing!!! Made it, shared it with a friend. Friend loved it so much that she told my co-workers. Co-workers talked me into making some and bringing it to work. Everyone loved it and I’ve made it for them several times. Tomorrow I’m trying it out on my parents. it’s been a huge hit every time I make it.
Jason Parrish DDS
For once I followed the recipe , surprise it turned out great.
Donald Webb
Perfect just as written. Takes a long time to make and it was worth it! Thank you!
Courtney Acosta
Amazing! Used a slow cooker—8-10 hours on low. I made cornbread as one of the sides (see recipe below), and this is also really good if you skip the roll and pile everything on top of cornbread! Cornbread: 2 boxes Jiffy corn muffin mix; 1 cup sour cream; 3 eggs, beaten; 1/2 cup melted butter or margarine; 1 tsp. salt; 16oz. can creamed corn. Mix all ingredients together and pour into greased 9×13 baking dish.Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes or until lightly brown.)
Ashley Nelson
Perfection! My family loved it!!!!!
Carla Perry
My family LOVES this and it is made about once a week!
William Meyers
The pork came out AMAZING! The slaw was exceptional! I didn’t care for the BBQ sauce, but it didn’t need it!
Michelle Kaufman
Made this as a last minute meal so I didn’t have adequate time for the dry rub to sit. Didn’t make a difference. I just rubbed it in the dry rub and threw it in the pressure cooker. An hour later I poked it with a fork and it fell apart. It is by far the best pulled pork I’ve ever made (and I’ve tried a lot of recipes) and even though I have been eating it’s left overs for 2 days now I still look forward to the next time I get to make it. Absolutely incredible flavor. Of note: I didn’t make the Slaw or the BBQ sauce, I am not a Slaw kind of guy and I found it didn’t need the BBQ sauce masking the mind blowing flavor it already had.
Olivia Poole
was a great recipe…followed the recipe exactly. ..do not have a pressure cooker, I used my crockpot and it turned out great!
Steven Sutton
Would cut down on hot sauce. Very spicy and I love hot. Other than that it was great.
Daniel Hernandez
I used 2 lbs of leftover pork butt that I put into the crockpot with salt, pepper and garlic. Cut the wet ingredients in half and I had no molasses. But the coleslaw really makes this pulled pork sandwich sing! (Used a regular hamburg bun too)
Curtis Jones
I made this as indicated for a catered birthday party. This was really good and I would make it again!
Douglas Phillips
Great recipe, everyone loved it!

 

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