Not much explanation required for this recipe. Everyone knows that apples, onions, Brussel sprouts and fennel are all great with pork. Using a slow-cooker and a junk-free barbecue sauce make this meal not only delicious but very easy to make.
Slow-cooked apple BBQ pork with Brussel sprouts and fennel
This slow-cooked apple BBQ pork with Brussel sprouts and fennel recipe is an easy recipe with ingredients that go perfectly with each other.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg pork shoulder
- salt and pepper
- 1 apple
- 1 red onion
- 1/2 cup coconut barbecue sauce or your barbecue sauce of preference
- 1 tsp liquid smoke optional
Brussel sprouts and fennel
- 500 g Brussel sprouts
- 2 small fennel bulbs
- 1 tbsp fat of choice (bacon fat, tallow, ghee or butter)
- salt and pepper
Instructions
Pork
- Season pork with salt and pepper, place in slow cooker.
- Peel, core and slice apple.
- Slice onions.
- Cover pork with apple, onions, barbecue sauce, and liquid smoke. Cook on low for 8 – 9 hours.
Brussel sprouts and fennel
- Halve Brussel sprouts and steam for 3 minutes.
- Thinly slice fennel.
- Heat fat in a pan at medium-high heat, cook fennel for 3 minutes, add Brussel sprouts and cook for another couple of minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve and enjoy.
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