how to make – Michelle's Pop Up Kitchen

Do you like tacos?

Do you like juicy, tender, slow cooked meat that just falls apart with the slightest touch of your fork?

…do you like….sriracha?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this is the perrrrfect recipe for you.
I’ve made regular old barbeque pulled pork in my crockpot plenty of times, but this time, I decided to switch it up and add the mother of all hot sauces: sriracha.

And then. AND THEN. I decided to put this on top of a taco.

Talk about a match made in heaven. But enough blabbering, let’s get down to the recipe.

Difficulty: SO EASY
Cost: $
Time: 4 hrs (keep in mind, this is a barely-touch crockpot recipe!)

You can watch me make prep, cook, and serve Sriracha BBQ Pulled Pork here:

Ingredients:
Pulled Pork:
2 lbs Pork Tenderloin
5 Cloves of Garlic
1 Jalapeño
1 Red Onion
1-2 tbsp Cumin
1-2 tbsp Chili Powder
1-2 tbsp Cayenne
1/4 cup BBQ Sauce
1/4 cup Sriracha
Salt and Pepper (to taste)

Tacos:
Corn Tortillas
Sriracha BBQ Pulled Pork
Raw Broccoli Slaw dressed with Sour Cream
Sriracha Drizzle

Instructions:

Prep

Peel your garlic cloves
Slice the onion (into large rings)
- Lay the onion slices at the bottom of your crockpot
Slice the jalapeno and add to the crockpot
Season the pork tenderloin with 1-2 tbsp Cumin, 1-2 tbsp Chili Powder, 1-2 tbsp Cayenne, and salt/pepper to taste.
- (If you’re not big on spice, stick to using 1 tbsp of each spice)
Cut small slits into the pork tenderloin and stuff the slits with the garlic cloves
Lay the seasoned pork tenderloin on top of the onions and jalapenos in the crockpot

Cook

Plug the crockpot in
Set the cooking time to 4 hrs on high
- If you have the time, you can set it to 8 hours on low to reach maximum flavor/tenderness

Eat

After the pork has finished cooking in the crockpot, add 1/4 cup of sriracha and a 1/4 cup of BBQ sauce
Take a pair of tongs or a fork and shred the pork
Assemble on top of corn tortillas
- For crunch, add broccoli slaw (mixed with sour cream) on top of the taco. Feel free to add an extra drizzle of sriracha to top it off!
- Tip: you can buy packaged broccoli slaw at your local grocery store to save you time from cutting it up yourself
Enjoy!

SO EASY, right? Switch up your standard Taco Tuesday and give these sriracha bbq pulled pork tacos a try. You won’t regret it! Let me know in the comments what you think of this recipe! Olé! 🙂

If you don’t already have a crock pot and are in the market for one, you can purchase the same one I have here: http://amzn.to/1KFomor (SO WORTH THE INVESTMENT!)

A salty, sweet jam made with BACON as the main ingredient.

Difficulty: Easy
Cost: $$
Time: 20 minutes (including prep)

Watch me prep, cook, and serve this jam in Episode 1 of Michelle’s Pop Up Kitchen: Maple Bacon Bourbon Jam

Ingredient List:

1.5 – 2 lbs Bacon (I, of course, used 2 lbs)
1 Sweet Onion (about 1 cup)
1 Shallot
4 cloves of Garlic
1 teaspoon Smoked Paprika
1 teaspoon Chili Powder
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Bourbon
1/2 cup Maple Syrup
1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar
Salt and Pepper to taste (optional)

Instructions:

Prep

Dice the onion, shallot, and garlic into small pieces (keeping these ingredients separate)
Slice bacon into chunky, bite-size pieces
Bring a large-sized pan to medium heat on the stove (non-stick if you have it)

Cook

Once the pan has heated up, add the bite-sized bacon pieces to fry ’em up
When the bacon has finished cooking, remove the bacon from the pan, leaving about 1 of bacon fat in the pan
Place bacon on paper towels to drain excess fat
Return the pan to the stove with 1 tablespoon bacon fat
Add the diced onion and shallot
Once the onions and shallot have begun to caramelize (have turned golden in color), add 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika and 1 teaspoon chili powder
Add dash of salt and pepper to taste (optional)
Mix the onions and shallots with the added spices
Add diced garlic garlic
Stand back from the stove and *slowly* add 1/2 cup bourbon
Add 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
Add 1/2 cup maple syrup
Add 1/2 cup brown sugar
Stir to allow brown sugar to dissolve
Add fried bacon bits back to the pan
Fold in all of the ingredients
Turn stove on low to simmer (while simmering, the jam will begin to thicken up)

Eat

Once the jam has reached your desired (thick, gooey) consistency, turn the stove off and serve!

This is a great breakfast or brunch item that any bacon lover will enjoy. As shown in the video, I simply served this jam on top a couple of toasted baguette slices. BUT I bet this would also go really good on some flatbread with a little bit of shaved parmesan, topped with arugula. mmmmmmm.

Definitely saving that idea for another recipe/video.

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