Slow Cooked Hoisin Pork Roast With Green Onions
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 5 1/2 lbs boneless pork shoulder, trimmed and tied to hold shape
- 3/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 3 bunches green onions, cut on diagonal into 1 inch pieces (about 6 cups)
- 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorn
- 1/4 cup scotch whiskey
- 3/4 cup water (or more)
- sliced green onion (for garnish)
- Preheat oven to 300*F.
- Heat oil in heavy large oven-safe pot over high heat.
- Add pork shoulder, fat side down; brown on all sides, turning often, about 12 minutes.
- Remove pot from heat.
- Spread hoisin sauce over pork; sprinkle with green onion pieces and peppercorns.
- Cover pot and place in oven.
- Cook until pork is very tender when pierced with fork, about 2 3/4 hours, adding water to pot by 1/4 cupfuls if mixture is dry.
- Remove pot from oven.
- Transfer pork to cutting board and tent with foil.
- Let pork stand 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, spoon off fat from pan juices.
- Stir whiskey and 3/4 cup water into juices; boil 2 minutes.
- Add more water by tablespoons if sauce is too thick, or boil to reduce sauce if too thin, Cut pork crosswise on slight diagonal into 1 inch thick slices.
- Garnish with sliced green onions.
- Pour pan sauce over pork and serve.
olive oil, pork shoulder, hoisin sauce, green onions, black peppercorn, scotch whiskey, water, green onion
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/slow-cooked-hoisin-pork-roast-with-green-onions-80711 (may not work)