Pulled Pork with Pickled Radish Coleslaw
on Apr 18, 2017, Updated May 14, 2024
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I am diving face first into all of the seasonal produce these days and it has led me down a delicious path to this Pulled Pork with Pickled Radish Coleslaw!! I have been loving having radishes on hand to throw in my salads (which I have been making all the time lately) and have FINALLY tried my hand at pickling!! I am pretty sure I have been wanting to pickle veggies for years but for some reason I always thought it would be hard or too much of a hassle. Boy was I wrong! When I got my hands on these Dandy Radish Ministicks I knew they were meant to be pickled and put in coleslaw. So after looking at a handful of recipes I made my own with some of my favorite flavors that would not only go great with radishes, but would be DYNAMITE on pulled pork. It was way too easy to put this together and I think I am going to a be a pickling queen from now on (if I do say so myself). I love how these little sticks are cut because they are also great for snacking and make radishes much more accessible to busy people like…. ALL OF US?! My friends at Duda Farm Fresh Foods have a whole ebook with ways to use their products and if you download it via this link, you can also enter to win one of five $100 Visa giftcards!! They will choose the winner on May 17th so get on it – money and recipes?! Yes pleaseee!
Okay now that you have entered, I also have to tell you about this pulled pork. Honestly my intention for this recipe was to make a super great coleslaw and for the pulled pork just make something kind of standard. Well I surprised myself and somehow made the tastiest pulled pork I have ever had!!! I could not stop eating it, it was just heavenly!! I added my favorite spice – ground fennel, along with some others, and orange juice for sweetness. I used the dutch oven but you can use a crock pot too if thats your jam! Check out the fun video below for how I pickled the radishes! 🙂
How easy is that?!
I love these little ball jam jars!!
I’m telling you, this pulled pork is unreal!!
Do you want this to be your main dish for the night, here are a few other recipes to finish off the meal:
Oven Roasted Sweet Potato Buns
Creamy Caesar Bacon Potato Salad
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Pulled Pork with Pickled Radish Coleslaw
Ingredients
Pickled Radishes
- 1 ½ cups Dandy Radish Ministicks
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon whole mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon whole fennel seeds
Pulled Pork
- Pork Shoulder, 2-3 lbs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground fennel
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 brown onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons liquid smoke
- ¼ cup barbecue sauce, find one with clean ingredients!
- ½ cup orange juice, separated
Coleslaw:
- ½ head of cabbage, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large pinch of salt
- ½ cup fresh Dandy Radish Ministicks
Instructions
Pickled Radishes:
- Place a small saucepan over high heat and add water, red wine vinegar, honey, salt, whole mustard seeds and whole fennel seeds and bring to a boil, then remove from heat.
- In a mason jar combine Dandy Radish Ministicks and pickling liquid and place in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Pulled Pork
- In a small bowl combine salt, pepper, smoked paprika, turmeric and ground fennel. Pour mixture onto pork and spread it evenly all over the meat.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and place a dutch oven over medium high heat. Add olive oil to the pan and once it is heated add pork and brown on both sides (about 30 seconds per side).
- Then add onion, liquid smoke, barbecue sauce and 1/4 cup orange juice.
- Cover and place in the preheated oven for 3-4 hours or until nice and tender!
- Remove pork from the dutch oven and shred, then add back into the pot with 1/4 cup orange juice and stir to combine.
Coleslaw:
- Add cabbage to a large bowl. In a small jar combine red wine vinegar, coconut sugar, olive oil and salt and shake to combine. Pour dressing over cabbage.
- Remove pickled radishes from the jar and add to the cabbage. Then add the fresh Dandy Radish Ministicks and stir everything to combine.
Was this supposed to be covered? It’s not even close to being done after 3 hours
Yes it should be covered! How big was your piece of meat?
I didn’t cover it, so that’s why BUT… my husband said that was the best pulled pork I’ve made and we, including my two toddlers, ate it for lunches for three days straight! It was delicious.
Oh yay!!! That’s great news!! 🙂
Can i ask what brand of BBQ sauce you used that was Whole 30 compliant? Having such a hard time finding one. Thanks !
Tessemaes!! It is so delish and you can find it at Whole Foods!
Curious if you have ideas for how to do this in the instant pot
Just added instant pot instructions for you!!
Sadly; I used the instant pot directions and it didn’t cook throughout. Not sure if I used the wrong setting on the instant pot
It should just be the manual high pressure setting! Mine was 3 pounds, was yours more! I should note the weight!