Pork Asian Lettuce Wraps

Asian Pork Lettuce Wraps  
  I tried a new recipe last night that I found on chowstalkers, it's from the blog, hollywouldifshecould.blogspot.com 

It's really quite good, there are just a few changes I made to make it more to our liking.  I would double the almond butter for sure, and double the chili sauce.  Make sure you do not use the Sriracha Sauce as suggested in the recipe as it is full of unwanted preservatives and other addditives.  I found one by A Taste of Thai that fits the Paleo diet, it does have some added sugar but it's very, very minimal.  
And I might add, that last night it was nice and juicy, but today it seems to need a sauce.  I think that my Faux Thai "Peanut" Sauce, would be great on top.  With those few changes it's a winner.  I used Pork Sirloin Roast and cooked it for 7 hours on low, shredded it,  put it back in the crock pot and cooked for about another 30 minutes on high.  Then served it, we liked it topped with grated cabbage, shredded carrots, sliced almonds and chopped cilantro.  Oh and a dash more of the hot chili sauce, yummy!

Here is her recipe:

For the chunk of meat
2-3 lbs of pork shoulder or any type of pork roast (or this would be super good with chicken thighs or chicken breasts)
Liberally salt and pepper, throw in 3-4 smashed whole garlic cloves.

For the sauce
Mix all of the following:
4 TBS Coconut Aminos
2 TBS Almond Butter ( double this )
1 TBS Honey 
2 TBS Vinegar (I used the Bragg's apple cider vinegar)
2 tsp Sesame Oil
1 TBS Sriracha (or more, I would double it, and don't use the sriracha see note)
1/2 tsp of Black Pepper
1 TBS minced ginger 

Recipe Steps
1.  Put prepared chunk of meat in crockpot
2.  Pour sauce over it
3.  Resist the urge to add more liquid (you will want to, don't you worry you don't have to)
4.  Set and forget  (well for about 4-6 hours at least on your low setting) it took mine longer, like 7     hours.


When it is done cooking shred with a fork and serve a top your favorite lettuce and add the garnish of your choice.  Because I am usually lazy on the weeknights, I throw on some pre-shredded cabbage or broccoli slaw and slice up a bell pepper for some color and call it a day.  You could do any toppings you want -- jicama, cilantro, shredded carrots. 

 Toppings

 ingredients I used