Pulled pork with Mexican almond mole sauce

Name: Pulled pork with Mexican almond mole sauce
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp vegetable oil; 750 grams trimmed pork shoulder, cut into large chunks; 1 teaspoon tomato purée; 200 milliliters hot chicken stock; 1 strip zest and juice 1 orange; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 thyme sprigs; 2 onions, cut into chunks; 2 garlic cloves; 250 grams pack cherry tomato; 2 Tbsps vegetable oil; 2 x 335g packs corn tortillas; 50 grams flaked almond; 50 grams raisin; 2 teaspoons each ground coriander and cumin; 1 teaspoon chipotle paste; 25 grams plain chocolate, finely chopped; 200 grams radish, trimmed and thinly sliced; 2 avocados, chopped; 2 juice limes; 1 bunch coriander, leaves only; 1 green chillies, finely chopped

Pulled pork with Mexican almond mole sauce is a main course that serves 6. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 442 calories, 21g of protein, and 29g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a budget friendly recipe for fans of American food. If you have vegetable oil, thyme sprigs, tomato purée, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 30 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Quick Mexican Pork Mole, Crispy Pork Carnitas (Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork), and Crispy Pork Carnitas (Mexican Slow Cooked Pulled Pork).

Instructions

Heat the oil in a casserole dish. Brown the pork for about 10 mins until golden all over, stir in the tomato pure and cook for 1 min.

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Cooking Oil

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Casserole Dish

Pour over the chicken stock, then add the strips of orange zest and juice, cinnamon and thyme. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, then cover and simmer for 1 hrs.

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Chicken Stock

Orange Zest

Cinnamon

Juice

Thyme

Meanwhile, make the sauce.

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Sauce

Heat a non-stick frying pan and dry-fry the onions and whole garlic cloves for about 5 mins, turning often until softened and lightly charred all over. Tip into a blender.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Onion

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Add the tomatoes to the pan. Cook for 3 mins until starting to blister and char, then tip into the blender.

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Tomato

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Add 1 tbsp oil to the pan. Fry 1 of the tortillas for 1 min on each side until golden. Tear into pieces and tip into the blender.

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Tortilla

Cooking Oil

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Adding more oil if you need, fry the almonds for 3 mins until golden.

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Almonds

Cooking Oil

Add to the blender. Finally add the raisins, coriander and cumin to the pan and cook for 1-2 mins until the raisins are plump.

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Coriander

Raisins

Cumin

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Add these to the blender along with the chipotle paste and finely chopped chocolate. Whizz together until a rough paste forms.

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Chipotle Paste

Chocolate

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Using a slotted spoon, remove the meat from the pan to a board, leave to cool a little, then use forks or your fingers to tear into shreds.

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Meat

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Slotted Spoon

Frying Pan

Remove the cinnamon, orange zest and thyme sprigs from the pan and discard.

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Fresh Thyme

Orange Zest

Cinnamon

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Frying Pan

Pour a little of the cooking liquid into the blender, then carefully whizz together with the mole sauce. Tip sauce into the pan with the rest of the pork cooking juices. Simmer on the hob for 10-15 mins, then return the shredded pork to the pan and cook for 20 mins more. Season to taste. Can be made up to this point up to 2 days in advance and stored in the fridge or frozen for up to 3 months.

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Pulled Pork

Sauce

Pork

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Blender

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Just before serving, microwave the tortillas for 1 min to warm them. Toss together all the salsa ingredients and season well. Set everything out on the table. To serve, spoon some of the pork mole onto a tortilla, top with some salsa, then roll up and eat.

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Pork

Roll

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Recommended wine: Malbec, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese

Pulled Pork works really well with Malbec, Pinot Noir, and Sangiovese. Pinot noir's light body is great for lean cuts, medium bodied sangiovese complement meaty sauces, stews, and other multi-ingredient dishes, and full-bodied tannic malbec pairs with fatty cuts and barbecue. The Yacochuya San Pedro De Yacochuya Malbec with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 16 dollars per bottle.