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Appetites - By Anthony Bourdain

Ingredients 

Scaled down to 1/4 from the original recipe - made 6 meals!

2 pounds Pork Shoulder

1-2 teaspoon Salt

Black Pepper

¼ C Peanut Oil ( for searing and frying)

¼ large onion (or 1 shallot)

5 garlic cloves

2-3 slices of ginger

2 Tablespoons rice vinegar

¼ Cup Soy Sauce

¾ Cup Coke

1 Tablespoon Red Miso

Cukes for pickling

½ Cup white vinegar

½ Cup Water

1 Tablespoon Sugar

1 Large shallot, peeled and sliced thin

To serve:

Cooked sticky Rice

Hot Sauce.

Equipment 

Oven Proof Thing For Braising

Basic Steps

Season the pork shoulder. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees

Using cold sear technique, brown the meat on all sides.

Set the meat aside and add the onions to the pan and sauté until starting to soften. Then add the garlic and ginger and sauté until just aromatic. Then add rice vinegar, soy sauce, coke, and miso, stir breaking the miso up, and bring to a boil. Add the pork shoulder and cover, I used parchment and aluminum foil.

Move the oven proof dish to the oven and braise for about 4 hours until the meat is tender enough to just slide a fork into. Remove from the oven, remove bones if you have them, and put the meat into a storage container.

Strain the solids from the braising liquid and pour over the meat. Discard the solids.

Store overnight in the braising liquid in the refrigerator.

The next day, shred the meat and add just enough of the braising liquid to moisten.

Reheat in a pan to crisp the edges.

Serve with your choice of side and hot sauce.