five spice pork

Delicious slow-roasted, Pulled Pork Tacos are rubbed with flavorful Five Spice seasoning and served with Asian Slaw and a Spicy Sriracha Mayo.  A flavorful Asian twist on pulled pork tacos!

Pulled Pork Tacos with Five Spice, Asian Slaw and Sriracha Aioli

salt

brown sugar

pork shoulder

rice wine vinegar

cabbage, shredded

carrots- shredded

onions

cilantro, mint or thai basil

lime juice,

sugar

fish sauce

mayo

Sriracha or chili garlic sauce

cinnamon

cloves

fennel seed,

star anise

Szechuan peppercorns, toasted and ground (or sub regular peppercorns, although Szechwan is more authentic)

Mix salt, sugar and 5 spice together. Coat all sides of the Pork roast well, discarding excess. Place in a small baking dish and cover with plastic wrap ( or wrap the whole roast in plastic wrap) refrigerate overnight (or for at least 2 hours).

Bake in a 250F oven for 6 hours, uncovered, basting with the flavorful pan juices once every couple hours. Pull it from the oven and let it cool a bit. ( Alternatively, if using a slow cooker, cook for 4-5 hours on high, or 7 hours on low, adding a 1/4 cup water to the bottom first)

Shred the pork with two forks. Mix in the vinegar.

Keep warm in the oven, slow cooker, or refrigerate, and reheat before serving.

To make the slaw, mix all the ingredients in a medium bowl, and let stand a few minutes before serving, to allow flavors to meld.

To make the spicy ailoi, mix mayo, sriracha and vinegar in a small bowl.

Toast tortillas in a toaster oven, or “grill&#8221; directly over a gas flame, over the stove until warm.

Place a little spicy aioli sauce on the tortilla, top with pulled pork and slaw. Garnish with an avocado slice ( optional) and fresh cilantro and lime wedges.

it has been way too long since i last made tacos, so thanks for the inspiration! these look wonderful and i just love how vibrant they are. Xx

Sylvia - what could I substitute for the rice wine vinegar? Would balsamic be too strong? Or apple cider? (We're living out of a suitcase at the moment, so keeping condiment purchases to a minimum!)

Holy deliciousness! I will serve this to my most discerning foodie friends. It also went over well with my small kiddos who aren't big meat eaters but seem to make an exception for all things pork. A new restaurant called Funky Taco just opened in Boise and this concoction could easily make it onto their unique menu.

This is one of our very favorite meals in our house! I’ve made it a few times and my kids devour it. We use lettuce in place of the corn tortillas for no other reason than we like the crunch of a good cold lettuce. I’ve shared this recipe with two other friends and they too rave about it.

I made this recipe today and I loved it!!!  Thanks for your great instructions.  I used my slow cooker and a 31/2 pound piece of boneless pork shoulder. The slaw and spicy mayo are a must for me.

Made this for my daughter's graduation party and roasted 3 five pound shoulder roasts. Served it with your easy crunchy Asian slaw and street taco size flour tortillas. We offered your sriracha sauce or some cilantro lime crema sauce on the side. Have to tell you that I had multiple requests for the recipes and everyone raved about the food. Both recipes were delicious, very simple to make, and fed a lot of people. We will save this recipe for repeats for sure. Thanks for sharing this delicious meal!

Loved the Asian flavors in this pulled pork recipe!  Family went wild over the spicy sauce and also enjoyed the cabbage carrot slaw.  Cooked the pork in a slow cooker and it made life so easy!

The pork was so moist and delicious.  It was a nice twist on the usual taco!  The pork is so versatile and I think I'll make it into a bahn mi next time.

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