Bo Ssam

6h
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Take a big pork shoulder or pork butt and put it on a tray.
  2. 2Mix equal parts of sugar and salt and coat the pork.
  3. 3Cover the pork with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge to let it brine overnight.
  4. 4After brining, pour out all the juices that accumulated because all the salt pulls out juices.
  5. 5Preheat your oven to 300 degrees and put the pork in the oven.
  6. 6Let it cook for approximately six plus hours.
  7. 7Mix 7 tablespoons of brown sugar and 1 teaspoon of kosher salt.
  8. 8Coat the pork with the brown sugar and kosher salt mixture.
  9. 9For the first sauce, add 1 tablespoon of gochujang, 2 tablespoons of ssamjang sauce, a half cup of sherry vinegar, and a half cup of neutral oil.
  10. 10Mix them together.
  11. 11For the second sauce, add chopped onions and minced ginger to a bowl.
  12. 12Add 1/4 cup of grapeseed oil, 1 and a half teaspoons of soy sauce, a half teaspoon of kosher salt, and about a teaspoon of vinegar.
  13. 13Mix them together.
  14. 14After about 10 minutes, take the caramelized pork out of the oven.
  15. 15Prepare lettuce leaves, add a little bit of rice, and put a piece of pork on top.
  16. 16Shred the pork.
  17. 17Add both sauces, kimchi, and oysters on top of the pork.
  18. 18Wrap it all up and enjoy.

Ingredients

  • 8 pounds pork shoulder
  • 10 pounds pork shoulder
  • sugar
  • salt
  • 7 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon gochujang
  • 2 tablespoons ssamjang sauce
  • 0.5 cup sherry vinegar
  • 0.5 cup neutral oil
  • onions
  • ginger
  • 0.25 cup grapeseed oil
  • 1.5 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 0.5 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • lettuce
  • rice
  • kimchi
  • oyster

Equipment

bowlplastic wrapovenbaking trayspoonknifetongs

Tips

  • The final coating to the pork will give a creme brulee effect.
  • Balance the dish by adding a little bit of rice to the wrap.
  • The oyster is soft, succulent, juicy, and slippery, and has a big crunchy tangy pickled cabbage.
  • The pork is great and tender.
  • The rice is fluffy and absorbs the saltiness.