Name: Slow-cooker Chinese pulled pork with little gem wraps
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6
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))

Description

Richly spiced, aromatic and fall-apart tender pork.

Syns: 1.5 per portion

Ingredients

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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))

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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.

Notes

This would be lovely with some extra added spice- I plan to try habanero tabasco in it!

Prep Time: 10 minutes