Name: Momofuku Bo Ssam
Prep time: 365 min
Cook time: 365 min
Total time: 730 min
Yield: 6, 6 to 12
Cuisine: korean
Ingredients: 3.5 - 4.5 kg pork shoulder ((8 to 10 pounds), ideally bone-in and has some fat); 1 cup sugar ((white or raw)); 1 cup fine sea salt; 1 Tbsp fine sea salt; 7 Tbsp brown sugar; 2 tsp apple cider vinegar; 2 Tbsp Korean salted shrimps ((saeujeot), finely chopped); 1 Tbsp gochugaru ((Korean chili flakes)); 1 Tbsp rice wine; 1 Tbsp castor sugar; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1/2 stalk green onion (, finely chopped); 1/4 cup doenjang ((korean soybean paste)); 2 Tbsp gochujang ((korean chili paste)); 2 Tbsp sesame oil; 1/2 Tbsp honey; 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds; 1/2 tsp minced garlic; 10 g onion (, chopped); 2 Tbsp walnuts (or your choice of nuts – this will add more nutty flavor and creamier texture (optional)); 1 Tbsp green onion (, thinly sliced); steamed rice; lettuce ((I used baby cos lettuce. You can also use bibb lettuce.)); kimchi; spicy korean coleslaw

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Momofuku Bo Ssam

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Slow-roasted pork shoulder that pulls apart tender, served with rice, kimchi, and various fermented condiments for wrapping in lettuce leaves. Interactive and intensely flavored.

Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

PORK SHOULDER

3½–4½ kgpork shoulder — bone-in, some fat, 8–10 lb
1 cupwhite sugar — or raw sugar
1 cupfine sea salt
1 tbspfine sea salt
7 tbspbrown sugar
2 tspapple cider vinegar

SALTED SHRIMP SAUCE (OPTIONAL)

2 tbspKorean salted shrimps (saeujeot) — finely chopped
1 tbspgochugaru (Korean chili flakes) — dried
1 tbsprice wine
1 tbspcastor sugar
1 tspsesame oil
½ stalkgreen onion

SSAM SAUCE

¼ cupdoenjang (Korean soybean paste)
2 tbspgochujang (Korean chili paste)
2 tbspsesame oil
½ tbsphoney
2 tsptoasted sesame seeds
½ tspminced garlic
10 gonion
2 tbspwalnuts — or your choice of nuts, optional
1 tbspgreen onion — thinly sliced

OTHER ACCOMPANIMENTS

steamed rice
baby cos lettuce — or bibb lettuce
kimchi
spicy korean coleslaw

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Method

12h 10m total

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Nutrition as published by My Korean Kitchen, per serving.

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