Indonesian Pork Roast with Peanut Sauce

Naturally Savvy Recipes

In a large bowl, stir together hot broth, sugar, soy sauce and rice wine or sherry.

Stir till dissolved.

Add pork and turn to coat (or put pork in a heavy-duty, plastic, food-grade bag and add marinade).

Cover and refrigerate until the next day, turning several times.

Lift meat from marinade and drain briefly, barbecue on a rack by indirect/medium-hot heat in a gas grill, or over a drip pan, indirect heat on a charcoal grill.

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Grill until a meat thermometer inserted in thickest part registers 170? (2-2 1/2 hours).

To serve, let meat stand for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare Peanut Sauce.

Cut meat across the grain into thin slanting slices.

Serve with sauce.

Peanut Sauce: In a 2 Qt pan, combine water, peanut butter and garlic.

Cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until mixture boils and thickens.

Remove from heat and stir in brown sugar, lemon juice, soy sauce and crushed red pepper.

Serve hot.

If made ahead, cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days.

To reheat, stir over low heat until hot, adding more water, if needed, to restore to original consistency.

Ingredients:

1 cup regular-strength chicken broth, heated

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 cup soy sauce

2 tablespoons rice wine or 2 tablespoons sherry wine

4 -5 lbs boned and tied pork shoulder

1 cup water

2/3 cup creamy peanut butter

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar

1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1/4-1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Steps/Methods:

In a large bowl, stir together hot broth, sugar, soy sauce and rice wine or sherry.

Stir till dissolved.

Add pork and turn to coat (or put pork in a heavy-duty, plastic, food-grade bag and add marinade).

Cover and refrigerate until the next day, turning several times.

Lift meat from marinade and drain briefly, barbecue on a rack by indirect/medium-hot heat in a gas grill, or over a drip pan, indirect heat on a charcoal grill.

Grill until a meat thermometer inserted in thickest part registers 170? (2-2 1/2 hours).

To serve, let meat stand for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare Peanut Sauce.

Cut meat across the grain into thin slanting slices.

Serve with sauce.

Peanut Sauce: In a 2 Qt pan, combine water, peanut butter and garlic.

Cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until mixture boils and thickens.

Remove from heat and stir in brown sugar, lemon juice, soy sauce and crushed red pepper.

Serve hot.

If made ahead, cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days.

To reheat, stir over low heat until hot, adding more water, if needed, to restore to original consistency.

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Randy Boyer
Randy is the co-founder of NaturallySavvy.com and The Healthy Shopper. She has been working in the natural health industry for over 20 years. She is very passionate about healthy living by choosing natural and organic as much as possible, has a personal love of cooking and sharing healthy recipes and is a fitness enthusiast.