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Southwestern Pulled Pork Sliders

These Southwestern pulled pork sliders are a great way to use leftover cooked pork. Pork is shredded, stirred into a tasty sauce, warmed, and added to slider buns with a zippy slaw. This recipe serves 12 as an appetizer and 6 as a main dish.

Prep Time:

10 mins

Cook Time:

10 mins

Total Time:

20 mins

Servings:

4

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 chipotle peppers in adobo, minced
  • 1 tablespoon adobo sauce from the can
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 3 cups fresh shredded coleslaw mix
  • 1/3 cup fresh lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons honey or agave syrup
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1 1/2 pounds shredded fully-cooked smoked pork
  • 12 hawaiian-style slider buns, such as pepperidge farm®
  • 12 slices smoked gouda

Directions

  1. For slaw, combine mayonnaise, chipotle peppers, adobo sauce, salt, and cilantro in the bowl of a blender or food processor. Pulse 4 or 5 times, scrape down the sides of the bowl, replace the lid, and puree until smooth. Toss with slaw mix and set aside.
  2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and line a sheet pan with foil.
  3. For pork, in a microwave-safe bowl, combine lime juice, honey, tomato paste, cumin, smoked paprika, cayenne, pepper, coriander and garlic. Stir to combine. Add shredded pork and stir well. Heat on 50% power until warm, 2 to 3 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, place open buns on the prepared pan. Add a slice of smoked Gouda to the bottom half of each bun; trim any overhang, and add as a second layer of cheese.
  5. Bake buns in the preheated oven until cheese has begun to melt, 3 to 5 minutes.
  6. Remove from the oven and place 2 tablespoons pork mixture on top of cheese. Add slaw to taste on each slider, and cover with top half of bun. Serve immediately.