Barbeque Pulled Pork Burgers

Juicy, sloppy and packed with mouthful of happiness on every bite. I mean who doesn’t love a juicy pulled pork that just oozes out of the bread and trickles down the side of your mouth with every bite.

Super easy to make, wouldn’t call it healthier than a fried chicken patty but definitely tastier, and a winner dish for any social gathering. What more to say, just try it for yourself.

The Building Blocks:

1/2 kg boneless pork chunks (preferably less fat cuts like shoulder or belly)
10 garlic cloves (chopped)
1 whole onion (roughly sliced)
2 cups water
2 tbsp refined oil
Barbecue Sauce (to be used once pork is cooked)

Dry Powder ingredients:

2-3 dry red chillies
12-15 whole black pepper corns (kali mirch)
4 cloves (laung)
2 inch cinnamon stick (dal chini)
1 whole star aniseed
1 tsp mustard seeds

Burger assembling ingredients:

2 red tomatoes (sliced)
2 onions (sliced)
1 to 2 cucumbers (sliced)
1/2 cup fresh lettuce leaves (chopped)
picked jalapenos (as per spice level)
2 tbsp Mayonnaise (optional)
Fried Egg (optional)

Putting it all together:

Pulled Pork:

Wash and clean the pork. Keep aside.
Create a powder of the ‘Dry Powder ingredients’. Sprinkle this powder over the pork pieces and coat all pieces evenly.

Heat a pan and add refined oil to it. Once oil is hot, drop in the now marinated pork pieces to this pan. Cook initially on high flame for 5 mins, continuously stirring the pork pieces and turning them over to prevent them from burning.
Reduce the flame, add the chopped garlic and let it cook on medium to low flame for another 5 mins.

Now transfer the contents to either a pressure cooker or crock pot. I have used a pressure cooker for this recipe.
Add the sauteed pork to the pressure cooker and add the chopped onions. Add 2 cups of water and mix well.

Cover the cooker with the lid and let it pressure cook on high flame first till it gives one whistle (around 5 mins) and then reduce to low flame for 45 to 60 minutes.
Once cook time is complete, let the cooker release pressure by itself. Then carefully remove and transfer the delicate pork pieces to a bowl.
Using 2 forks slowly start to shred the pork pieces in the bowl.
Add the barbecue sauce to the shredded pork and mix it well.

Now pulled pork is ready for use.
Assemble the Burger buns (I personally prefer to lightly toast the buns over a hot pan). Add a layer of mayonnaise if you desire. Add the sliced fresh ingredients of your choice. Add a generous helping of fatty, juicy pulled pork. Top up with a fried egg. Cover with other bun half and enjoy the juicy, sloppy pulled pork burger. Make sure you keep tissues handy 😉

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Barbeque Pulled Pork Burgers