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Sous Vide Piri-Piri Pork Kabobs

April 2, 2017 by Food For Net

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Sous Vide Piri-Piri Pork Kabobs Recipe

Sous Vide Piri-Piri Pork Kabobs Another new item on your next bbq party. Surprise your guests with a pork kabob version of this Portuguese classic. Pork Kabobs1 Kilogram Pork Shoulder (cut into inch cubes)SaltFor the Piri-Piri Marinade4 Pieces Red Bell Peppers2 Pieces Red Chilis6 Cloves garlic (crushed)1 Piece Red Onion (roughly-chopped)1/4 Cup lemon juice1 Teaspoon Paprika1 Teaspoon Dried Oregano1 Teaspoon Dried Sage1 Teaspoon Black Pepper Powder1 Teaspoon Salt Roast the bell peppers over a flame. Peel and discard the seeds.Combine the roasted bell peppers and all other ingredients for the marinade in a blender. Puree until smooth.Marinate the pork in…
Sous Vide Piri-Piri Pork Kabobs
Sous Vide Piri-Piri Pork Kabobs
2017-04-02
Food For Net
The pork shoulder turned out unexpectedly moist and tender. The piri-piri marinade deeply flavored this pork kabobs.

Sous Vide Piri-Piri Pork Kabobs

Speed - 94%
Simplicity - 95%
Tastiness - 100%

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Delicious!

The pork shoulder turned out unexpectedly moist and tender. The piri-piri marinade deeply flavored this pork kabobs.

User Rating: 3.13 ( 2 votes)

Sous Vide Piri-Piri Pork Kabobs

Another new item on your next bbq party. Surprise your guests with a pork kabob version of this Portuguese classic.
Pin Recipe
Prep Time: 8 hours
Cook Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 22 hours
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Portuguese
Servings: 10 Kabobs

Ingredients

Pork Kabobs

  • 1 Kilogram Pork Shoulder cut into inch cubes
  • Salt

For the Piri-Piri Marinade

  • 4 Pieces Red Bell Peppers
  • 2 Pieces Red Chilis
  • 6 Cloves garlic crushed
  • 1 Piece Red Onion roughly-chopped
  • 1/4 Cup lemon juice
  • 1 Teaspoon Paprika
  • 1 Teaspoon Dried Oregano
  • 1 Teaspoon Dried Sage
  • 1 Teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt

Instructions

  • Roast the bell peppers over a flame. Peel and discard the seeds.
  • Combine the roasted bell peppers and all other ingredients for the marinade in a blender. Puree until smooth.
  • Marinate the pork in the piri-piri base overnight.
  • Cook the pork for 3 hours at 140F.
  • Thread the pork pieces onto skewers and season with salt.
  • Finish the kabobs on the grill for a minute on each side.
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You've got to try this recipe, period. Too proud of my creation you say? Yes! Well, I was really happy how these kabobs came out for a couple of good reasons.

First, I personally found out that this classic Portuguese聽marinade of piri-piri聽works better with pork rather than chicken. The strong flavors from the peppers and chilis, in my opinion, calls for a meat with more robust ‘meatiness'.

Second, I've used pork shoulder for these kabobs, even if my instincts told me to go聽for tenderloin while I was at the market shopping for ingredients. I guess I just wanted to prove to myself how great sous vide cooking really is – turning a relatively tough cut of meat, without much moisture due to聽low fat content, into something really moist, tender, and flavorful.

Let's get started. This dish is really very simple to prepare. All you need is some cut of meat and a piri-piri聽marinade, which you should easily find at the market.

The marinade ain't that hard to build from scratch either. Piri-piri聽is basically a marinade made from a variety of chili that goes by the same name. Honestly, I did not use piri-piri聽in this recipe due to unavailability. Well, any pepper, given its heat and smoky flavor should work as good substitutes I guess.

Get some red peppers charred over an open flame. Doing so will deepen that pepper flavor, and cause the tough outer skin to come off and peel easily.

After they've charred evenly all over, put them in a bowl and cover them with some plastic wrap for a few minutes. The trapped moisture in the bowl will make peeling these peppers easier.

Peel the peppers, discard the seeds, and get them into a blender with the red chilis, garlic, red onions, lemon juice, paprika, dried oregano, dried sage, black pepper, and some salt.

You could definitely tweak this marinade to your liking.聽Keeping the peppers and chili for that distinct piri-piri dish flavor, every other component in this marinade is replaceable. A good flavorful vinegar in place of the lemon juice would be a good start. Oregano and sage may be excellent herb choices for pork, but rosemary would be better for lamb.

Pour this flavor puree all over your pork and leave them to marinate overnight in the fridge. I would highly suggest to get them in a resealable bag now for much even coating, and so they'll be ready to go sous vide the following day.

3 hours of cooking at 140F on your immersion circulator will be enough to get these pork pieces perfectly moist with just the right amount of chew. Going above 4 hours would break down the meat proteins too much giving them a texture much similar to tofu.

Get the pork out of the bag,聽thread them into skewers, and pat them dry. A bit of salt at this point would be good to round up those flavors too. Finish them off for just about a minute on a very hot grill and enjoy!

They're fully cooked at this point, meaning, they'll be perfectly safe for storing.

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Sous Vide Piri-Piri Pork Kabobs

Another new item on your next bbq party. Surprise your guests with a pork kabob version of this Portuguese classic.
Pin Recipe
Prep Time: 8 hours
Cook Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 22 hours
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Portuguese
Servings: 10 Kabobs

Ingredients

Pork Kabobs

  • 1 Kilogram Pork Shoulder cut into inch cubes
  • Salt

For the Piri-Piri Marinade

  • 4 Pieces Red Bell Peppers
  • 2 Pieces Red Chilis
  • 6 Cloves garlic crushed
  • 1 Piece Red Onion roughly-chopped
  • 1/4 Cup lemon juice
  • 1 Teaspoon Paprika
  • 1 Teaspoon Dried Oregano
  • 1 Teaspoon Dried Sage
  • 1 Teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt

Instructions

  • Roast the bell peppers over a flame. Peel and discard the seeds.
  • Combine the roasted bell peppers and all other ingredients for the marinade in a blender. Puree until smooth.
  • Marinate the pork in the piri-piri base overnight.
  • Cook the pork for 3 hours at 140F.
  • Thread the pork pieces onto skewers and season with salt.
  • Finish the kabobs on the grill for a minute on each side.
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Category: Dinner, Original Recipes, Sous VideTag: Kabobs, Pork, Sous Vide Recipes, Spicy
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