Pulled Pork Sweetbread Sliders Recipes

Steps:

• For the sliders: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• In a food processor, combine the olive oil, brown sugar, chile powder, smoked paprika, salt, pepper, cayenne, garlic, jalapenos and onions and blend until a thick paste forms. Rub the paste all over the pork and place in a large Dutch oven skin-side up. Add 1 cup water, cover tightly with a lid and roast until just tender, 4 to 5 hours.
• Remove the lid and continue cooking until the pork is falling apart and a dark bark has formed, 1 to 2 hours longer. Allow to cool slightly.
• Remove the pork from the pot and remove and discard the fat. Shred the pork with 2 forks. Remove as much of the fat as possible from the sauce, then transfer the shredded pork back to the sauce. Stir in the spicy barbecue sauce to just coat the meat.
• For the fixings: Serve on mini buns with a toppings bar including bacon, Colorful Coleslaw, a variety of pickles [regular, pickled red onions and pickled jalapenos], whole-grain mustard, spicy barbecue sauce and hot sauce.
• Combine the mini sweet peppers, carrots and cabbage in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together the milk, mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, salt and hot sauce. Pour over the cabbage mixture and toss to combine. Add the cilantro and mix. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F. Set the pork on a cutting board and score the fat in a crosshatch pattern, making the cuts about 3/4 inch deep and 1 inch apart. Make the rub: Combine the pimenton, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, brown sugar, celery salt, mustard powder and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in a small bowl. Massage it into the meat.
• Place the pork in a roasting pan and pour the beer into the pan. Cover with foil and roast 3 hours. Check it periodically to make sure everything is going along just fine, and turn the roast over every hour.
• Remove the foil and continue roasting until the pork has reached an internal temperature of 190 degrees F, about 1 1/2 more hours. Remove from the oven, cover loosely with foil and let rest 30 minutes.
• Sometime during the marathon cooking time, make the sauce: Combine the vinegar, garlic, chile, brown sugar, tomato paste, dijon mustard and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Taste it to make sure it is delicious; set aside. Remove the chile. When the sauce is cool, I recommend putting it in a squeeze bottle for easy use.
• Pull the pork into long shreds using 2 forks. Get rid of the fat and anything else that doesn't look delicious. Toss the pork with any residual pan juices and add salt to taste.
• Serve the pork on slider rolls with a drizzle of sauce; top with coleslaw.

Steps:

• For the pulled pork: Sprinkle the pork with salt and add to a 6- to 7-quart slow cooker, along with the ketchup, soy sauce, honey, ginger, sesame oil and garlic. Cook on low until completely tender, about 8 hours.
• Shred the pork into small pieces and toss in the sauce to coat. Add salt to taste.
• For the pineapple slaw: Whisk together the oil, vinegar, honey and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Add the coleslaw mix, pineapples, jalapenos and scallions and toss to coat.
• Make slider sandwiches with the sweet rolls, pulled pork and pineapple slaw.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Separate the tops and bottoms of your rolls and place the bottoms in an 11" x 7" casserole dish
• Mix the Mayo and cream cheese into a smooth paste
• Prep the bread by spreading a thin layer of mayo/cheese mix on the tops and bottoms of the rolls
• Place about 2-3 Tablespoons of pulled pork on each roll. If there is leftover pork, try to dab it around evenly over the bottom pieces of bread in the casserole dish
• Place a 1"x1" square of smoked cheddar on each mound of the pulled pork
• Place the tops on the sandwiches
• In a medium bowl, whisk together melted butter, finely minced onions and Worcestershire sauce
• Pour sauce over the rolls, just covering the tops. Cover with foil and let sit for 10 minutes
• After they have sat for 10 minutes, bake for 10 minutes
• Remove foil and continue baking for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted
• Cut and serve