Jason’s Pulled Pork Balls Recipe
Ingredients
2.7-3.6 kg pork shoulder
PORK RUB
1 cup paprika
1 cup light brown sugar
½ cup salt & ¼ cup black pepper
¼ cup garlic powder
¼ cup ground mustard
¼ cup chilli powder
1 Tbsp onion powder
1 Tbsp cayenne
ROUX
220 g butter
1½ cups flour
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
Salt and pepper to taste
950 ml of beef stock
Cooking oil
2 eggs
¼ cup milk
1 cup flour
2 cups plain bread crumbs or Panko bread crumbs
Preparation
- Preheat smoker to 135°C
- Mix pork rub ingredients: paprika, light brown sugar, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, ground mustard, chilli powder, onion powder, and cayenne. Rub generously on all sides of pork shoulder.
- Put pork put directly on rack and smoke for roughly 10 hours or until internal temperature has reached 85-95°C.
- Remove from smoker and pull. Place in refrigerator.
- Make a roux by melting butter and adding flour, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Add beef stock and stir until thickened.
- Stir in pulled pork.
- Place mixture into two pans and spread until 4 cm thick. Refrigerate overnight.
- Section and roll into balls no larger than a golf ball.
- Beat eggs with milk. Place flour in one dish, egg wash in a shallow bowl, and breadcrumbs in a separate dish.
- Cover pork balls in the flour, dip in the egg wash, and coat with the breadcrumbs. Place in the refrigerator to chill.
- Heat oil to 180°C in electric fryer.
- Fry pork balls until crispy and golden brown.
- Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
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