Summer Baja Pork Brisket

Posted by khalling 11 years, 4 months ago to Culture
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Recipe:
2 lbs pork shoulder
1 can coca cola
1 clove garlic (k says 4 cloves garlic)
1T salt
4 T hot sauce your choice
1 T brown sugar
1/4 c catsup
1 cut up onion and 1 diced green pepper
add water as needed

all ingredients in crockpot at low for a day.
db says serve with freshly fried corn tortillas. I like it in a bowl with copious sour cream as garnish. enjoy (we need a recipe category)


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  • Posted by straightlinelogic 11 years, 4 months ago
    Might want to add jalapeño instead of green pepper for a little extra kick (I grow them in my back yard so I put them in everything).
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    • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years, 4 months ago
      Oh, yeah, me too. Here's another appetizer for the pork: Jalepenos Locos

      Wash several medium to large jalepenos
      Slice down across the top about 1/4 inch from the stem - about 3/4 of the way down.
      Then slice from that top slice down to the point on one side.
      Clean out the seeds (unless you're really a glutton for punishment).
      Prop open the sides and stuff with Monterey Jack or Pepper Jack cheese.
      Bake in oven in ceramic dish at 400 Deg F for about 20 mins or until cheese gets golden brown. (you might do a couple minutes less and then use the broil setting on an electric oven to brown the cheese). The browned (caramelized) cheese is the key.
      Allow to set for a few minutes after removing from the oven unless you really like burning the roof of your mouth (which I must like as I cannot wait to eat these scrumptious yummies).
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  • Posted by Bobhummel 11 years, 4 months ago
    This works great on a Traeger grill. with beef brisket or pork tenderloin. Just put it on smoke for 8-12 hours until tender and delicious. Using a mix of mesquite and hickory and Cherry wood pellets give a great flavor. I am suddenly very hungry.
    Thanks for that KH.
    Cheers
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  • Posted by freedomforall 11 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, I was working on the North Island 2011-2012 (with less success than was profitable.)
    Do you do any smoked meat/fish there and if so what wood do you use for smoke?
    (Didn't do any BBQ in NZ, but made some good beer with NZ grown hops.)
    Heard that there was an investigation into radiation from Fukashima on muttonbirds. Possible that you'd be better off with local fish?
    Catsup is alternately spelled ketchup.
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    • Posted by $ Maree 11 years, 4 months ago
      Hi FFA -yes NZ is more the place to grow your kids than your fortune. I don't smoke meats but if you know manuka honey you may know manuka wood chips. Last night son cooked chicken thighs wrapped in manuka-smoked bacon. You are spot on about fish - the previous night he baked some hoki - almost as fine a fish as blue cod. We were a city with no birds for 6 weeks after Feb 22 earthquake but the muttonbirds still migrated to Fukushima. Oh bugger. The adults that returned were suss so no season in 2012, and last year they returned scraggy, for good reason, thus fewer chicks and none available commercially for my slowcooker.
      Ah, catsup is tomsauce!
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      • Posted by freedomforall 11 years, 4 months ago
        Thanks, Maree, I never use catsup, ketchup, or tomsauce as a condiment (as it is widely used here) so could not translate from lack of experience while in NZ.
        I do love the NZ fish and smoked mussles. Like to make fish soup (sometimes called bouillabaisse) with lots of garlic and home made mayonaisse.
        I still hope to get business going here and use the profits to come back there for good.
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  • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 4 months ago
    Yum!!!!! Yes, a recipe category would be most welcome! I'm a pulled pork purist though. On a bun w/coleslaw. :-)
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    • Posted by 11 years, 4 months ago
      yes, a good coleslaw is nice...it's not cabbage season here...either that or they were all sent to the US. give us a recipe for something...
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      • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 4 months ago
        Hmm, I will do so shortly. Not at home at the moment. Sweet or savory? Something to go with the pork, maybe?
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        • Posted by 11 years, 4 months ago
          anything. your recipes are awesome
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          • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 4 months ago
            Aww, thanks! And pie it is!

            CRANBERRY PEACH TART

            1 tart crust, make sure it's a good dense, crisp crust. I like hazelnut flour for this. It imparts a wonderful flavor.

            1 1/2 lbs fresh peaches, or 20oz frozen peaches, thawed
            1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed if frozen
            1/2 cup granulated sugar
            1/4 cup all purpose flour
            1/2 tsp nutmeg, freshly grated if you have it is best
            1/4 tsp salt

            TOPPING

            2/3 cup all purpose flour
            1/2 firmly packed dark brown sugar
            1/2 tsp cinnamon
            1/3 cup butter, softened (can substitute with margarine)
            1/2 cup slivered almonds

            Preheat oven to 425*. Bake tart shell for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and reduce heat to 375*.
            Toss filling gently and pour into prepared tart shell.
            Combine all topping ingredients EXCEPT for the slivered almonds. Then gently stir in the almonds and sprinkle over the tart filling.
            Bake for 40-50 minutes. Cover for the last 15 minutes with foil to prevent over browning.
            Cool and enjoy!
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  • Posted by jimjamesjames 11 years, 4 months ago
    I use a crock pot for ribs. Slather with your choice of rub or BBQ sauce, cook until the ribs start to show (3-4 hours), take out, slather with the juices and finish on a grill to crisp up and caramelize the sauce.
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    • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years, 4 months ago
      If your ribs are ready in 3-4 hours, you're cooking them on too high a heat. They need to be low and slow to break down the fibers to be real tender. Min 6 hrs and it's not uncommon for mine to be in the smoker for up to 10 hrs. Same for Brisket (although I braise the brisket before the slow cooking to get the exterior meat caramelized).

      And I don't care what those snobs are who do the rib judging - if the meat isn't literally falling off the bones then they weren't properly done.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 11 years, 4 months ago
    Prefer NC style BBQ to the tomato/sugar type for pulled pork. Heaven. (Possibly an acquired taste, but well worth acquiring ;^)
    No chiles for me, thanks. I'd rather taste the beer than just feel it.
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    • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 4 months ago
      Me too. :-) about the vinegar. On boardwalk fries, too.
      I like heat though. So a Yuengling is great accompaniment, or Heavy Seas. :-)
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      • Posted by freedomforall 11 years, 4 months ago
        I can recommend the JosephsBrau Bock from Trader Joes, (assuming you like malty beer on occasion.) Yuengling is a great thirst quencher ;^)
        I have been making beer off and on since the 90's ... when I am in one place long enough to buy the gear (again.)
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      • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years, 4 months ago
        Don't get Yuengling down in Tampa (might be available elsewhere in Florida, but I know it's in Tampa). They use local water and the water is terrible. Only get the real PA version.
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    • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years, 4 months ago
      Never really took to the vinegar style. Grew up with tomato based BBQ sauces.
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      • Posted by freedomforall 11 years, 4 months ago
        Most people do. I think there was a taste challenge a few years back and the NC vinegar finished 3rd of 3, after Kansas City (sweet) and Memphis. They are all good when done right (to me.) I just had a fix of NC BBQ over the weekend (after being overseas for 3+ years.) There are a few things (to eat) that I really missed. NC BBQ and hickory smoked charcoal grilled rib eye (steak or roast) are two.
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        • Posted by Robbie53024 11 years, 4 months ago
          I probably should remember where you were. Anything good to eat there? I've traveled quite a bit of the world and find something new that I like just about everywhere.

          Funny story - back when I was an engineering mgr we were starting production of a product in France. Had a sr draftsman who had never been out of the IA/IL area so we got him a passport and took him to France - kind of a thanks for years of good work. We went to some great restaurants but the day that he saw a McD sign, he insisted that we go there. It takes all kinds, but those that cannot expand their horizons really limit themselves.
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  • Posted by $ Maree 11 years, 4 months ago
    Interpretation please KH - i assume by the amount of salt that 'T' means teaspoon? And by 'hot sauce' you mean chilli- hot?
    We will sub my frozen tom sauces for 'catsup'.
    We have the pork so we'll let you know later in the week
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