Happy Birthday #SundaySupper! What’s more fun than getting together with friends to celebrate a special occasion? I love a party and love recipes that can be prepared ahead so that you can enjoy my company. So when I needed a special recipe to celebrate this week’s #SundaySupper Birthday Party, I knew that I wanted something that I could make ahead and was budget friendly for a large crowd. One of my favorite places to find great recipes is the #SundaySupper Recipe Index. I remembered that Amy, Kimchi Mom, had made beautiful Spicy Seoulful Pulled Pork Sandwiches for our Labor Day Party. The fact that Amy had taken a recipe adapted from The Best Make-Ahead Recipes by Cook’s Illustrated and added her Korean influence, really intrigued me. You all know I just can’t follow recipes and I love to cook Portuguese inspired dishes. I decided it would be really fun to mix cultures and add some Portuguese influence to these Spicy Pulled Pork Sandwiches. Oh my! The Portuguese influenced Spicy Pulled Pork Sandwiches were out of this world! It wouldn’t be a Party without a special drink. Add a pitcher of Portuguese Sangria and take this sandwich to another level! I am so honored to be celebrating this week’s Birthday Event with all these amazing #SundaySupper Contributors. They have inspired me to cook better and to spend more time around the family table this past year. Every contributor is choosing a recipe that has inspired them this past year. Can you imagine our beautiful table filled with these recipes?
Sunday Supper Appetizers:
- Hot Spinach Parmesan Dip by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks inspired by Comfy Cuisine
- So Simple Pizza Puffs by The Weekend Gourmet inspired by Hip Foodie Mom
- Pepperoni and Mozzarella Pull Apart by Noshing With The Nolands inspired by In the Kitchen with KP
Sunday Supper Soups and Breads:
- Lasagna Soup by The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen inspired by Cravings of a Lunatic
- Easy Italian Wedding Soup by Webicurean inspired by Family Foodie
- Roasted Butternut Squash and Sage Soup by Damn Delicious inspired by Cupcakes and Kale Chips
- Honey Butter Dinner Rolls by Dinners, Dishes and Desserts inspired by Chocolate Moosey
- Chicken Noodle Soup by Big Bears Wife inspired by My Catholic Kitchen
- Tomato Florentine Soup by Mama Mommy Mom inspired by The Meltaways
- Chicken Soup with Dumplings by Comfy Cuisine inspired by The Messy Baker
- Coconut Curry Chicken Soup by My Trials in the Kitchen inspired by Damn Delicious
Sunday Supper Main Dishes:
- Portuguese Mussels and Shrimp in Chorizo Sauce by Supper for a Steal inspired by Family Foodie
- (GlutenFree) Chicken Bruschetta by The Meltaways inspired by Family Foodie
- Feijoada Portuguese Bean Stew by Kimchi Mom inspired by Family Foodie
- Lentils and Chorizo Stew by Galactosemia in PDX inspired by Vintage Kitchen
- Carnitas Pizza w/ Chipotle-Avocado Crema by girlichef inspired by Damn Delicious
- Chicken and Black Bean Enchiladas by Country Girl in the Village inspired by Webicurean
- Drunken Meatballs by Small Wallet Big Appetite inspired by The Foodie Army Wife
- Goat Cheese Rigatoni Alfredo by Magnolia Days inspired by Family Foodie
- Dorie’s Chicken-in-the-Pot by Hip Foodie Mom inspired by Gotta Get Baked
- Pulled Pickled Pork by Juanita’s Cocina inspired by Daily Dish Recipes
- Hoisin Asian Meatballs by Gotta Get Baked inspired by Damn Delicious
- Shrimp-Stuffed Twice Baked Potatoes by Daily Dish Recipes inspired by Juanita’s Cocina
- Soy, Orange Juice and Red Wine Marinade by Peanut Butter and Peppers inspired by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Chicken Burger with Curried Cabbage Slaw by Cindy’s Recipes and Writings inspired by Soni’s Food
- Corn and Basil Handpies by Curious Cuisiniere inspired by Vintage Kitchen Notes
- Lightened Up Slow Cooker Indian Butter Chicken by Cupcakes and Kale Chips inspired by The Meltaways
- Jalapeño Popper Chicken Chili by Food Lust People Love inspired by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Bigos by Maroc Mama inspired by From Fast Food to Fresh Food
- Crispy Coconut Chicken Strips with Sweet Chili Sauce by From Fast Food to Fresh Food inspired by Crispy Bits and Burnt Ends
- Pork Loin with Port Shallot Sauce by Bobbi’s Kozy Kitchen inspired by Vintage Kitchen Notes
- Sweet & Tender Brisket by Daddy Knows Less inspired by Juanita’s Cocina
- Fish Tacos by Cookistry inspired by Little Ferraro Kitchen
- Homemade Harissa by Masala Herb inspired by The Wimpy Vegetarian
- Spicy Seoulful Pulled Pork Sandwiches by Family Foodie inspired by Kimchi Mom
- New Orleans Style White Beans & Rice by Catholic Foodie inspired by The Hand that Rocks the Ladle
- Spice Rubbed Chicken Tacos with Tropical Salsa by The Urban Mrs. inspired by Family Foodie
- Mac n Cheese Cups with Pork Shoulder Ragu by Crispy Bits and Burnt Ends inspired by Hip Foodie Mom
Sunday Supper Veggies:
- Carrots au Gratin by Shockingly Delicious inspired by Juanita’s Cocina
- Skillet Spinach Corn with Edamame, Cilantro & Bacon Bits by The Lovely Pantry inspired by Sue’s Nutrition Buzz
Sunday Supper Desserts and Snacks:
- Chocolate Brownie Tart by That Skinny Chick Can Bake inspired by Magnolia Days
- Mexican Hot Cocoa Sandwich Cookies by Chocolate Moosey inspired by Juanita’s Cocina
- Cinnamon Apple Chimichangas by La Cocina de Leslie inspired by Juanita’s Cocina
- Apple Pull Apart Bread with Caramel Drizzle by Cravings of a Lunatic inspired by Gotta Get Baked
- Cherry Tart by Happy Baking Days inspired by Vintage Kitchen
- Orange Rolls by No One Likes Crumbley Cookies inspired by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Caramel Apple Bread by The Foodie Army Wife inspired by Fam Friends Food
- Rosettes by Simply Gourmet inspired by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Pumpkin Donut Puffs by Soni’s Food inspired by Daily Dish Recipes
- Chocolate Chip Cut-out Cookies by Basic and Delicious inspired by Chocolate Moosey
- Nutella Shortbread Bars by Kelly Bakes inspired by Baker Street
- Butterscotch Pudding Triple Chip Cookies by Mom’s Test Kitchen inspired by Dinner Dishes and Desserts
- Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream by The Messy Baker Blog inspired by Cravings of a Lunatic
- Angel Cake Sandwiches by Ninja Baker inspired by That Skinny Girl Can Bake
- Soft Pretzels with Spicy Beer Cheese Sauce by Vintage Kitchen inspired by girlichef
- Sweet N Spicy Roasted Spiced Nuts by Sue’s Nutrition Buzz inspired by The Foodie Army Wife
- Cheesecake with Fresh Berries by An Appealing Plan inspired by The Messy Baker Blog
Sunday Supper Breakfast Faves:
- Spiced Pumpkin Ricotta Oat Muffins by In the Kitchen with Audrey inspired by Sue’s Nutrition Buzz
- Budget Friendly Breakfast Freezable Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Sandwiches by In The Kitchen with KP inspired by Big Bear’s Wife
- Raspberry Hot Chocolate by My Catholic Kitchen inspired by Momma’s Meals
Sunday Supper Wine Pairings by ENOFYLZ Wine Blog
Portuguese Spicy Pulled Pork Sandwiches #SundaySupper
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 pounds pork butt
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup paprika
- 1 Tablespoon onion powder
- 1 1/2 Tablespoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup red pepper paste or puree
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- 6-8 miami onion rolls or potato hamburger buns or rolls (I love miami onion rolls)
- Cut the pork in half lengthwise for more surface area for the spice rub.
- In a small bowl, mix together the paprika, brown sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. This is your spice rub.
- Massage the spice rub all over the pork. Make sure you cover the entire surface of the pork pieces. Work that rub!
- Wrap each piece of pork tightly in plastic wrap. Make sure it’s wrapped well because, believe me, there will be leakage.
- Refrigerate the pork overnight.
- To make the sauce: in a small bowl, whisk together the red pepper paste, vinegar, brown sugar, and season with salt and pepper. Make sure the sauce is well blended.
- Unwrap the pork and place the pieces in the slow cooker insert. Pour the sauce over the pork. Set on high for 5-7 hours or on low for 9-11 hours.
- Check on the pork. You’ll know it’s done when it’s fork tender. Oh yeah.
- Once it’s done, with a slotted spoon or tongs, scoop the pork into a 9×13 baking dish. Let the remaining sauce in the slow cooker settle for about 5-10 minutes.
- In the meantime, you can pull apart the pork with 2 forks. It should pull apart pretty easily at this point. Cover loosely with foil.
- With a large shallow spoon, degrease the sauce. Skim the grease from the top and discard. Once you’ve taken as much grease out as possible, pour the sauce over the pulled pork. Toss the pork until well coated.
- Generously spoon pork onto your rolls and enjoy!
Jennie @themessybakerblog
January 13, 2013 at 2:05 amHappy Birthday, #SundaySupper! You’ve really created something special, Isabel. Thank you for everything.
Stacy
January 13, 2013 at 5:14 amHappy birthday to #SundaySupper, Isabel! I am so delighted to join just in time for such a momentous celebration. Your pulled pork sandwiches look divine and perfect for a big party. I hope you really are sitting around today, drinking that sangria and eating some pork! You deserve a special day of thanks for what you have created. Thank you!
veronica gantley
January 13, 2013 at 6:30 amYour pulled pork barbecue looks amazing!I would sing happy birthday, but I am an awful singer!Happy Birthday #SundaySupper!
Paula @ Vintage Kitchen
January 13, 2013 at 7:26 amThis is a fabulous birthday sandwich! Thanks for keeping this group on it´s tracks and being such a warm person. Have a wonderful sunday!
Alex
January 13, 2013 at 7:57 amIt’s one of those simple Portuguese meals that are really tasty and almost a cultural institution. I always associate these sandwiches with family/friends get-togethers around a big table. Today is a classic football match – Benfica/Porto – and I bet that’s what we’re having at my mother-in-law’s before it starts!
Helene Dsouza I Masala Herb
January 13, 2013 at 8:08 amHappy Birthday #Sundaysupper!
I am so glad and excited to participate for the first time, its just awesome!
Your spicy pulled pork reminds me a bit of Goan cuisine. Similar spices and ingredients. Slowly I understand how the Portuguese cuisine evolved here in Goa and how the culture was influenced. Thanks for sharing your recipe with us!
Pam @ The Meltaways
January 13, 2013 at 8:23 amThese sandwiches sound amazing! Happy birthday to #SundaySupper – I am so glad I am part of the family and celebrating what will only be great things to come!
Amy Kim (@kimchi_mom)
January 13, 2013 at 8:28 amLooks pretty yummy!
I am so happy to be part of this group! Your passion and tenacity is infectious and inspiring. I look forward to more Sunday Suppers and hopefully meeting you in real life someday! (I’m working on the July conference!)
Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers
January 13, 2013 at 8:29 amYum! What a yummy looking sandwich! I am so loving the ingredients, especially the red pepper puree.
Patti
January 13, 2013 at 9:06 amThat sandwich is calling me! I’ll have to try this for sure! Congrats Isabel! We have an amzing group!
Soni
January 13, 2013 at 10:37 amHappy Birthday to SundaySupper and Thankyou Isabel for getting us all together!!So glad I’m a part of this wonderful group :)Your Pulled Pork Sandwiches look delish!
Susan
January 13, 2013 at 10:54 amHappy Birthday #SundaySupper! Thank you Isabel, for what you created and everything you do! It’s been a pleasure to get to you know you and I look forward to what the next year brings!
Heather @girlichef
January 13, 2013 at 11:28 amI am a complete sucker for any sort of pulled pork sandwich – and this one looks like perfection! And a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Sunday Sunday…how exciting it must be to see your vision working! I’m happy to be a part of this, Isabel…thank you for welcoming me around the table each week. 🙂
Tara
January 13, 2013 at 11:37 amHappy Birthday Isabel, such a wonderful group of people you have here, you should be beaming with pride in doing such an amazing job in the first year! Love the pulled pork sandwich!!!
Bea
January 13, 2013 at 11:41 amHappy, happy Birthday!!! Congratulations to you Isabel – #SundaySupper has become so important. Thank you so much! I am so honored to be part of this wonderful group – and you know every time I make Smashed Potatoes I think of you, and tell everyone around the table about you 🙂 You have inspired me in so many ways…
I love the pulled pork sandwich – this is on my “have to make” for a crowd list when the weather warms up.
A toast to #SundaySupper as well as to you and to many more years to come ~ Bea
Chris Baccus
January 13, 2013 at 12:08 pmI love Amy’s recipes and this looks like such a good one. It’s been on my to make list for quite awhile. Congrats on 1 year.
Renee
January 13, 2013 at 12:16 pmOh Isabel! What a fabulous year it has been and I am so glad to have been a part of Sunday Supper from the beginning. It is also very exciting to see your vision of bringing people back to the family table grow so much. It is only the beginning my friend. So many more great things are on the way, I just know it!
Amanda @ MarocMama
January 13, 2013 at 12:41 pmAs always – looks delicious!
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts
January 13, 2013 at 12:44 pmHappy Birthday to your baby! So glad that I could be a part of this wonderful group, and I can’t wait to see where you take it next!!
The pork looks incredible, I would have a hard time not eating it all as I was shredding it 🙂
Jen @JuanitasCocina
January 13, 2013 at 1:09 pmI think I have 3 or 4 pulled pork recipes on my blog now. I may need one more! YUM!
Brianne @ Cupcakes & Kale Chips
January 13, 2013 at 2:08 pmCongratulations, Isabel, on this milestone and all of your accomplishments. I am so happy I found you and this amazing group who help and inspire me in so many ways. Your pork sandwiches look awesome, but really I am craving that sangria. Just a couple more months till I can have it!
Conni Smith (@FoodieArmyWife)
January 13, 2013 at 3:41 pmOh this looks simply gorgeous! I am a huge fan of pulled pork. I don’t eat a ton of pork…but when it comes to the “pulled” variety, I definitely have a weakness there! Thank you so much for all that you do for this amazing group. It has been the best year ever since I started blogging in 2006. So much fun, and such great people!
kelly @ kellybakes
January 13, 2013 at 4:24 pmThese look amazing! I shared your site with a Portuguese friend of mine who, before joining Sunday Supper, I’d bug to teach me some of his favorite recipes. He was delighted! I’m so thankful to you for starting this group. I had always been intimidated by Twitter chats and blogging groups before, but you’ve put together such an amazing community of bloggers. We all can’t thank you enough!
Also, I need to find miami rolls–I’ve never had one, but I love onion focaccia, so I think I need to start scouring the bakeries around here 🙂
Martin D. Redmond
January 13, 2013 at 4:29 pmYummy. I love pulled pork, and this version looks amazing!
The Ninja Baker
January 13, 2013 at 4:38 pmYour photo and food look gorgeous, Isabel. Delightful mix of a Southern sandwich à la Portuguese and Korean! Not only are you bringing families around the table, you are bringing countries and cultures together. Bless you!
Lane @ Supper for a Steal
January 13, 2013 at 4:47 pmWe love our pulled pork around here. What a delicious recipe this sounds like.
I’m so glad we became friends over the last year of #SundaySupper what an inspiration you are!
Liz
January 13, 2013 at 8:54 pmOh, man, these sandwiches look divine! Perfect for a cold night between football games! Thanks so much for being our dedicated leader for a full year! Your brainchild has blossomed into the most wonderful mission….happy birthday Sunday Supper!!! xo
Carla
January 13, 2013 at 9:44 pmWhat time does dinner start? Here’s to another year full of great recipes (hopefully 365 days with weekday supper)!
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious
January 14, 2013 at 12:36 amHappy #SundaySupper birthday! You’ve seriously started something so amazing here, and I am so honored to be a part of it! Oh and these sandwiches, yeah you can totally pass along the leftovers to me 🙂
Sarah Reid, RHNC (@jo_jo_ba)
January 14, 2013 at 2:10 pmOh my, thats fantastic!
sunithi
January 14, 2013 at 10:30 pmThis looks lovely ! I can just envision the flavors of pork, brown sugar & all the spices !! yummmmmm !! Thanks so much for being the brain behind Sunday Supper Isabel ! Can’t believe its a year & here’s to many more !
Kristi Rimkus
January 15, 2013 at 10:04 amI wish I’d had this for the football game last Sunday!
Laura | Small Wallet, Big Appetite
January 16, 2013 at 2:35 amThese look absolutely mouth watering. I have been craving pork and this looks like the perfect way to cure that craving. Thanks for having me and for starting a movement with such an amazing mission. I believe the few can inspire the many and I hope to continue to inspire families to take more time to eat together with you on this mission.
Nancy @ gottagetbaked
January 16, 2013 at 4:23 pmIsabel, happy birthday to your baby, Sunday Supper! You are my foodie hero – you’ve done so much with this movement in the past year. You should be so proud. I’ve said this countless times but becoming a part of Sunday Supper has been the thing I’m most proud of since I started blogging. I’m truly honoured to have met you and all the rest of our #SS family. Needless to say – your pulled pork sandwich looks AH-MAY-ZING (just like everything else that comes out of your kitchen). If I lived with you, I’d never be missing at the family table 😉
Purabi Naha
January 17, 2013 at 4:30 amWow, this looks great! One of my new year resolutions is to cook/bake new recipes (like this) and grow my own herbs. This recipe is a keeper!
Amy (Savory Moments)
January 17, 2013 at 6:57 amThis pork sounds so flavorful and this sandwich looks really delicious!
Faye Leong
January 18, 2013 at 11:21 amWhat a great idea to modify the recipe to Portugese flavor. You are so creative, Isabel! Congratulations to you and #SundaySupper Movement and thank you very much to bring all of us here!
Susan 30A EATS
January 20, 2013 at 10:52 amAgain, Happy Birthday! I enjoy so much your Portugese recipes, and this pork looks succulent and delicious!
Sarah
January 21, 2013 at 8:52 amAdding your own cultural flavors is the best part of cooking. I love taking a recipe and adding Korean flavors to it or just adding my own spin to it. I love your Portugese spin on this sandwich. Yummy!
Marissa
February 2, 2013 at 8:23 pmSo… I have to add 1/4 cup brown sugar twice??
FamilyFoodie
February 2, 2013 at 8:33 pmMarissa,
Yes you do! Let me know how it turns out.
Isabel