Pulled Pork with Strawberry BBQ Sauce

When you're looking for a new main dish pork recipe, try this twist on an old-fashioned pork barbecue sandwich that uses a fruity barbecue sauce.


Pulled Pork with Strawberry BBQ Sauce

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Servings: Makes 8 sandwiches.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins

 
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Ingredients
  • 1 2-1/2- to 3-lb.
    boneless pork sirloin, shoulder, or butt roast
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  • 1 tsp.
    salt
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  • 1/2 tsp.
    ground black pepper
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  • 1 Tbsp.
    cooking oil
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  • 4 cups
    strawberries, halved or quartered
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  • 1/2 cup
    ketchup
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  • 1/4 cup
    cider vinegar
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  • 4 cloves
    garlic, minced
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  • 1 tsp.
    dried rosemary, crushed
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    Bottled hot pepper sauce (optional)
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  • rolls or buns, split
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    Fresh parsley leaves (optional)
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    Green tomato wedges (optional)
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Directions
1.
Trim fat from pork. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. In large Dutch oven over medium heat brown pork in hot oil on all sides. Add half the strawberries, the ketchup, vinegar, garlic, rosemary, and several dashes hot pepper sauce. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, 2 hours or until pork is tender. Remove pork from Dutch oven; loosely cover with foil. Let stand 10 minutes.
2.
For strawberry BBQ sauce, skim fat from cooking liquid. Return liquid to Dutch oven; bring to boiling. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, 8 minutes or until reduced to about 2 cups.
3.
Using two forks, shred pork; discard fat. Stir 1 cup strawberry BBQ sauce into pork. Stir remaining strawberries into BBQ sauce.
4.
Serve pork on buns. Top with additional sauce and parsley. Pass remaining sauce. Serve with tomato wedges. Makes 8 sandwiches.

Nutrition information
Per serving: Calories 359, Total Fat 10 g, Saturated Fat 3 g, Monounsaturated Fat 4 g, Polyunsaturated Fat 3 g, Cholesterol 89 mg, Sodium 738 mg, Carbohydrate 31 g, Total Sugar 10 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 35 g. Daily Values: Vitamin C 77%, Calcium 10%, Iron 18%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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