Pulled Pork & Beans

Name: Pulled Pork & Beans
Ingredients: A few shots of Tabasco (optional); ¼ cup (60 mL) barbecue sauce, or to taste (optional); 1 Tbsp (15 mL) soy sauce; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) grainy or yellow mustard; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) grainy or yellow mustard; 2 to 3 garlic cloves, crushed; ¼ cup (60 mL) red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or balsamic vinegar; ¼ cup (60 mL) red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or balsamic vinegar; ¼ cup (60 mL) red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or balsamic vinegar; 2 Tbsp (30 mL) brown sugar; ½ cup (125 mL) ketchup (or half ketchup, half bottled chili sauce); ½ cup (125 mL) ketchup (or half ketchup, half bottled chili sauce); ¼ cup (60 mL) honey or maple syrup; ¼ cup (60 mL) honey or maple syrup; 1 to 2 lb (500 g to 1 kg) pork shoulder, country-style ribs, or tenderloin; 1 to 2 lb (500 g to 1 kg) pork shoulder, country-style ribs, or tenderloin; 2 cups (500 mL) cooked white kidney beans, or a 19 oz (540 mL) can, rinsed and drained; 2 cups (500 mL) cooked red kidney beans, or a 19 oz (540 mL) can, rinsed and drained; Canola or olive oil, for cooking (optional); 1 to 2 lb (500 g to 1 kg) pork shoulder, country-style ribs, or tenderloin; Canola or olive oil, for cooking (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Spilling The Beans

By Julie Van Rosendaal and Sue Duncan

Published 2011

About

Pork and beans are such a natural pairing—we’ve always wondered why the pork element is limited to a teeny bit of fat per can of beans. We’ve righted that wrong. Pulled Pork and Beans is great served on soft buns, topped with creamy coleslaw, like traditional pulled pork. It’s a little sloppier, though—we like to treat it more like sloppy joes, served warm on soft buns or slabs of cheese bread. It’s also pretty fab over a baked potato, topped with cheese or not. Or, of course, you could alw

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