Pulled Pork Sandwiches

I had not heard of pulled pork until earlier this year. Typically, once you are acquainted with something, you see & hear of it all the time. So, I decided to look into this as it appears to be so popular. I read lots of recipes on the net and there are so many variations and stories about where and how it originated, I got completely confused at first and put it to the bottom of the list of dishes to try.

It kept playing on my mind though and I finally decided to give it a go…

Before making up the rub mix, preheat your oven to 110C.

Dry rub mix

BBQ sauce

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Place the pork into a roasting tin, rub some olive oil into the meat and sprinkle the rub all over the meat and massage in.

Cover with foil and place in the oven. The recommend time was to roast for 6 hours, but being such a small piece I actually only cooked it for 4 hours.

Turn halfway through cooking time.

Traditionally this dish is eaten with other dishes, generally coleslaw. However, not having any coleslaw in I decided to make up some dressed lettuce. Well I did now have 4 hours to kill whilst waiting for this delicious pork to cook.

For the dressed lettuce I don’t have set measurements.

Wash and dry some cos lettuce leaves. I think I used about 5 leaves.

In a small bowl mix together 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise with 1 tablespoon of dijon mustard. Add a little lemon juice and white wine vinegar to taste, then season with salt & black pepper.

Finely shred the lettuce and mix with the dressing. Keep refrigerated until ready to use.

Shred the pork using 2 forks. Mix the pork with the BBQ sauce and place some onto a buttered slice of bread (freshly cut from a white loaf). Top with some dressed lettuce,top with a second slice of bread, cut in half & enjoy.