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Pork Lettuce Wraps with Pineapple Salsa
Ingredients
- 4-pound pork shoulder with fat, cut into 1 1/2" cubes
- 2 T. dark soy sauce
- 2 T. light soy sauce
- 1 1/2 t. five spice powder
- 1 yellow onion
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 pods star anise
- zest of one orange
- 2 T. sweetened condensed milk
- 1 T. brown sugar
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 2 1/2 cups water
Salsa
- 1 pineapple, peeled, cored and diced
- 1 cup daikon radish, coarsely grated
- 1/2 red onion, diced small
- 1/2 Thai red chili, seeded and minced
- 1 cup cilantro leaves, chopped
- juice of one lime
- juice of one orange
For serving
- 2 heads bibb or green leaf lettuce
Pork
- Toss pork with soy sauces and five spice powder. Cover and chill 30 minutes while prepping remaining ingredients.
- Slice one small slit on the outside of each onion half. Insert a bay leave into each slit, then stud each onion with two garlic cloves. Add onion and remaining ingredients to a 5 1/2 qt. Dutch oven, along with the pork. Bring to a boil and skim the surface of any foam. Reduce the heat to a rapid simmer and cook, uncovered, for 2 hours, or until all the liquid is evaporated and the pork is cooking in melted fat. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature*.
- Preheat the oven to 400 F.
- Lift the pork out of the Dutch oven with a wire skimmer or slotted spoon and place in a bowl. Discard the onion, spices and any other solids from the pot. Reserve 2 or 3 tablespoons of fat. Wipe out the pot.
- Loosely shred the pork into large chunks. Return it, along with the reserved fat, to the Dutch oven. Cook 20 minutes or until well-browned. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly.
Salsa
- Combine all ingredients together. Season to taste with salt and pepper as needed. Cover and chill.
For serving
- Separate large leaves from the lettuce, then rinse and dry thoroughly.
- Assemble the wraps by topping lettuce leaves with the pork and salsa.
Notes
- * If making this recipe ahead of time, the pork can be refrigerated overnight at this stage.
Adapted from Le Creuset
Adapted from Le Creuset
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