Slow-cooker Chinese pulled pork with little gem wraps

Name: Slow-cooker Chinese pulled pork with little gem wraps
Prep time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1.5 kg (approx) boneless pork shoulder joint (excess fat trimmed away); 2 teaspoons Chinese 5 spice powder; 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce; 3 tablespoons dark soy sauce; 2 tablespoons honey; 2 tablespoons Shaoxing rice wine; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 4 cloves garlic (finely chopped or crushed); 2 Little Gem lettuces (bottom stalk trimmed); Lime wedges ((to serve, optional)); Sliced spring onions ((to serve, optional)); handful coriander leaves ((to serve, optional))

BY:

Pip

PUBLISHED:

March 27, 2020

UPDATED:

May 10, 2023

A quick win for the slow cooker – easy, delicious and more-ish chinese pulled pork

10 mins

10 hours

430 kcals

serves 6

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CHINESE-STYLE PULLED PORK

Richly spiced, aromatic, fall-apart tender pork is irresistibly tasty and so versatile. Serve it with rice and stir-fried vegetables, in crisp lettuce wraps, or with noodles and shredded carrots.

If you have leftovers of this, it also tastes great cold, or can be reheated for another meal during the week,

CAN I COOK PULLED PORK IN THE OVEN?

Yes! To cook this in the oven instead of the slow-cooker, preheat the oven to 150c. Place the pork into a large casserole dish, pour the sauce over and cook in the oven (lid on) for 5 hours. The pork is ready when you can pull it apart easily with a fork. Mix the shredded meat into the sauce before serving.

WHAT IS SHAOXING RICE WINE?

Shaoxing rice wine is intended specifically as a cooking wine, and is a key ingredient that can be used to add fantastic flavour to many Chinese-style dishes. It is widely available, but if you are not able to get hold of it, then you can substitute with mirin, which is a Japanese sweet cooking wine.

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TENDERSTEM BROCCOLI AND BEEF STIR FRY

CHINESE CHILLI BEEF

Slow-cooker Chinese pulled pork with little gem wraps

Servings:

Richly spiced, aromatic and fall-apart tender pork.

Syns: 1.5 per portion

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10 mins

Slow-cook10 hrs

Ingredients

1.5 kg (approx) boneless pork shoulder joint excess fat trimmed away
2 teaspoons Chinese 5 spice powder
3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
3 tablespoons dark soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons Shaoxing rice wine
1 teaspoon ground ginger
4 cloves garlic finely chopped or crushed
2 Little Gem lettuces bottom stalk trimmed
Lime wedges (to serve, optional)
Sliced spring onions (to serve, optional)
handful coriander leaves (to serve, optional)

Instructions

Put the pork into the slow-cooker bowl (it doesn't matter if some of the meat is in chunks following the removal of the fat)
Mix the Chinese 5 spice powder, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, honey, rice wine, ground ginger and garlic together in a small bowl, then pout this over the pork and give everything a mix.
Pop the lid on and cook on high for 5-6 hours, or low for 10-12 hours.
Pull the pork apart with 2 forks, stirring it into the sauce thoroughly. Serve with lettuce leaves to use as wraps, with the lime wedges, sliced spring onions and coriander.