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Asian Braised Pork Shoulder

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Course Entree
Cuisine Asian
Servings 4 Servings

Ingredients
  

  • Olive oil
  • 3 lbs pork shoulder
  • salt/pepper
  • 5-6 cloves fresh garlic peeled and mashed
  • 2 pieces fresh ginger peeled and grated
  • 1/2 cup soy or tamari sauce
  • 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
  • 3-4 cups low-sodium chicken or veggie stock
  • 1/4 cup oyster sauce
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sambal oelek may substitute sriracha sauce
  • 1 orange zest and juice zest removed in wide strips w/potato peeler

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
  • Coat large Dutch oven or other heavy pot with olive oil and set over high heat.
  • Rub pork with salt and pepper then set in heated pot, brown on all sides. Remove pork pieces from pot and set to side.
  • Reduce heat to medium-low then pour off fat, leaving about a Tbsp worth in the pot. If you need to, add a little more oil.
  • Add pork pieces back to pot, cover and place pot in oven to braise for 2 hours, turning pork once and checking on level of liquid. Add more broth if needed to cover pork. Continue cooking until pork is fork tender – removing lid during last 20 – 30 minutes.
  • Remove pork pieces from pot and set to side. Place pot back on stove, over medium heat and simmer again until sauce is thick and rich.
  • Slice and serve pork then drizzle with sauce.

Notes

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