This delicious entrée has very little prep. Pork shoulder is cut into small chunks and tossed with salt, pepper, sliced onions and olive oil. Then the pork mixture is placed in a casserole dish and baked for 1 hour. A honey, garlic and red chili flake mixture is stirred into the pork mixture. This dish cooks for 2 more hours and is stirred every 30 minutes before sesame seeds are mixed in. The long cooking time and seasoning makes the pork shoulder tender and delicious.
Course
Entree
Cuisine
Asian
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time3hours
Servings10people
Ingredients
4lbspork shoulderfat cap removed, cut into 1.5-2 inch pieces
1tbspolive oil
1large onionsliced ½ inch thick
½tspsalt
¼tspblack pepper
8clovesgarlicfinely minced
1cuphoney
½tspdried red chili flakes
1tspsesame seedsplus more for garnish
Parsleychopped for garnish
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a large baking dish, gently toss pork with salt, pepper, onion and olive oil. Cover the dish with foil and bake 1 hour.
Stir together honey, red chili flakes and garlic. Set aside.
Remove the pan from the oven and add the honey and garlic mixture. Stir into the pork bites. (There will be a lot of water – do not drain!) Bake for 30 minutes, uncovered.
Remove from oven, stir and bake 30 minutes more. Repeat for 30 minutes more (at 2 ½ hour mark).
Lastly, remove pan from oven and add some sesame seeds, stir and return to oven for 30 minutes more (3 hour mark).
Remove from oven, cool for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and additional sesame seeds. Serve.