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Pulled “Pork” Sliders

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Pulled “Pork” Sliders

Pulled “Pork” Sliders

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  • Yield: 12 sliders
  • You're needed for: 30 minutes
  • Until it's done: 30 minutes
  • Dinner Tonight

Awesome pulled "pork" sliders made with jackfruit

Ingredients:

  • JACKFRUIT
  • jackfruit - 2, 20oz cans green jackfruit (in brine)
  • BUNS
  • buns - any slide-sized bun -- pretzel buns are great (be aware of ingredients as some slider buns contain milk)
  • SLAW
  • purple cabbage - 2 cups, chopped or sliced
  • mayonnaise - 1 Tbsp. (to taste)
  • (optional variation if you have time)
  • sugar - 1 tsp
  • vinegar - white, 1 Tbsp.
  • TOPPING IDEAS
  • avocado - 2 whole, pitted, sliced
  • pickled onions
  • (pickled onion ingredients)
  • vinegar - red wine, 1 part
  • water - 2 parts
  • sugar - 1 Tablespoon
  • queso - full recipe here
  • queso ingredients
  • almond milk - 1 cup (240 mL)
  • nutritional yeast - 1/4 cup (60 g)
  • raw almonds - 1/2 cup (70 g)
  • raw cashews - 1/2 cup (65 g)
  • salt - 1.5 tsp (8 g)
  • garlic powder - 1/2 tsp (1.5 g)
  • onion powder - 1 tsp (2.5 g)
  • crushed red pepper - a few shakes (to taste)
  • red bell pepper (de-seeded)

Instructions:

How to make these sliders (in two sentences)

Bake Vitamix-shredded, canned jackfruit with bbq sauce in a hot oven until it looks like pulled pork. Place on slider bun and top with queso and any or all of the following: slaw, avocado, pickled onion.

Step-by-step, categorized method

JACKFRUIT

  1. Bake
    • Drain cans of jackfruit
    • Place onto cooking sheet
    • Bake for 20 minutes at 350F
  2. Pull
    • Option 1: Pull apart with two forks
    • Option 2: Use your Vitamix (saves tons of time!)
      • Add jackfruit to container (2 cups maximum at a time)
      • Blend on Variable Speed 1 for 2 seconds
  3. Dress
    • Add bbq sauce
    • Toss around
  4. Bake (again)
    • 20 minutes at 350F
    • Mix by hand after 10 minutes

SLAW

  • Chop cabbage:
    • Option 1: By hand
    • Option 2: With the Vitamix
      • Golf ball size pieces
      • Variable speed 1 for 5 seconds
      • Use the tamper to guide
  • Option 1: Quick
    • Add mayonnaise
    • Stir
  • Option 2: Overnight
    • Add vinegar, sugar, green onions
    • Combine
    • Let sit in the fridge overnight

QUESO

  1. Add ingredients to blender container
  2. Blend on Variable speed 10 for 6 minutes (or use Soup setting)

PICKLED ONIONS

  • Option 1: Store-bought
  • Option 2: Overnight
    • Slice
    • Place into jar
    • Add water, sugar, red wine vinegar
    • Sit overnight in fridge

BUNS

  • Warmed up in oven

OTHER TOPPINGS

  • Slice avocado
  • BBQ sauce

Useful tips for Pulled “Pork” Sliders

For useful tips, food photography and the full post, visit:
Lifeisnoyoke.com/sliders/