Braised Pork Teriyaki with Pinapple Glaze

Slow cooker meat is a new fav of mine <3 I just got a new cast aliminum dutch oven for Christmas and it cooks like a dream. I'm totally in love! You can make this recipe in a slow cooker or any dutch oven, depending on how much time you want to give it. 

Ingredients:

Pork Shoulder

Beer (I used Hefeweizen)

Garlic Cloves, Peeled

Salt & Pepper

Cauliflower "Rice" (premade from Trader Joe's in the frozen aisle)

Soy Sauce

Pineapple Juice

Coconut Oil

Ginger

Brown Sugar

Baby Broccoli 

Sugar Snap Peas

Directions:

-Season the pork shoulder with salt and pepper on each side, and place in your dutch oven/slow cooker. Add a couple cloves of garlic, and cover with beer (mine took 2 bottles). Put the lid on. 

-Let it cook for several hours (this will depend a lot on the size of your cut and whether you're cooking on the stove, in the oven etc. - my cut was ~2# and on the stove top over medium/high heat, it took 5 hours). 

-Check on it occasionally, and when the beer has almost cooked out completely, lower the heat. When there is just a little liquid left (it will be a dark rich brown sauce), turn off the heat and put your meat in a bowl, leaving the sauce in the pan. Using two forks, shred the meat, discard any bones, and set the fat aside. 

-In a separate pan, add a tablespoon or two of coconut oil. Add the frozen cauliflower "rice" and cover the pan. Let it cook over medium heat for 5-10 minutes. 

-Chop your vegetables, and steam them in a pan or the cheeting method - throw them in the microwave for 1 minute or until bright green. 

-In your meat pan, turn the heat back up to medium and add some coconut oil. Add a little ginger, soy or teriyaki sauce, pinapple juice, and a little sugar. Stir with a soft spatula until well combined and aromatic. 

-Assembly: Cauliflower "rice" on the bottom, cooked veggies on top, cover with shredded meat, and pour as much sauce as you want over the top!

-Optional: dice the fat up, and cook in coconut oil and ponapple juice on high heat until well cooked (fat is your friend contrary to popular belief!!!!)