BBQ PORK SANDWICHES WITH SWEET-AND-SOUR ONIONS AND CUCUMBERS

BBQ PORK SANDWICHES WITH SWEET-AND-SOUR ONIONS AND CUCUMBERS image

Yield 2 sandwiches

Number Of Ingredients 31

For pork rub:
1 teaspoon sweet Hungarian paprika
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon course ground pepper
½ teaspoon course salt
½ pound pork tenderloin (about 2 inches thick)
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
2 kaiser rolls
For basting sauce:
3 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
½ teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
2 teaspoons lemon juice
For BBQ sauce:
1 teaspoon peanut oil
2 teaspoons finely chopped shallot
1 teaspoon minced garlic
½ teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon chili powder
¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon premium beer (not dark)
1 ½ tablespoons sorghum or regular molasses
1 teaspoon tomato paste
½ teaspoon red-wine vinegar
½ teaspoon course salt
For onions and cucumbers:
¼ cucumber
½ small red onion
1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar
½ tablespoon sugar

Steps:

Preheat oven to 450F. Make pork rub: 1. In a small bowl with a fork, stir together all pork rub ingredients until well combined. 2. Pat pork dry and press rub into meat (expect uneven clumping) 3. In a nonstick skillet, heat veg. oil over med-high heat until hot but not smoking and brown pork, turning occasionally, about 5 min. 4. Transfer pork to shallow baking pan and roast in middle of oven until 155F (about 15 minutes) 5. Transfer pork to cutting board, let stand 5 min. Toast rolls in oven. Make basting sauce: 1. While pork is roasting, in a bowl stir together all basting sauce ingredients Make BBQ sauce: 1. While pork is roasting, in a small sauce pan heat peanut oil over med-high heat until hot but not smoking and cook shallot, garlic, red pepper flakes, cumin, and chili powder, stirring 2 minutes. 2. Stir in remaining BBQ sauce ingredients, simmer, stirring, 4 minutes or until slightly thickened. Prepare onions and cucumbers: 1. Peel and seed cucumber and cut enough into ¼ inch dice to measure ¼ cup. 2. Thinly slice enough onion to measure ¼ cup 3. In small bowl, stir together cucumber, onion, vinegar, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste. Make Sandwiches: 1. Slice pork an toss with basting sauce. 2. Make sandwiches with rolls, pork, BBQ sauce, and cucumbers