May 11, 20202 min read

BBQ Pork Shoulder Steaks with Dijon Apple Slaw!

This is a beer marinade pork steak, slightly spicy, with roasted potatoes and Dijon apple slaw!

This is an easy dinner despite how awesome it looks! It takes a bit of time to marinade but with some pre-planning this can be done in 20 minutes flat! I chose antibiotic and hormone free shoulder chops! I love the size of them and they have a reasonable amount of fat throughout to help the meat tenderize in the marinade and to make them juicy while cooking.

Lets start with the marinade.... I mixed a light beer, with 1 Tbsp paprika, 1 Tbsp Cumin, 1 Tbsp chili powder, 1 Tbsp of oregano and 1 Tbsp of garlic powder. Mix well and pour over the chops in a shallow dish to marinade for at least 1 hour.

Meanwhile I made the salad. This was a similar recipe to one I saw on yeprecipes.com I loved the idea of a spicy Dijon and the idea of crisp apples complementing the slaw... so I went to work.

I used a bag of coleslaw mix, because I was wanting to go out and enjoy the sun we were having and a couple that came for a social distancing drink on our front lawn.... Cutting up a two cabbages and a carrot was not something I wanted to invest my time on! I did however cut up the 3 apples I included in the salad, and the cucumber! I also dusted it with dill weed.

For the dressing, I can't believe how easy and flavourful it was... watch this.....

I added 1/4 cup of red wine vinegar and 1/8 cup of apple cider vinegar, 2 Tbsp of oil and 2Tbsp of Dijon mustard, I also added 1 Tbsp of red chili peppers (you can adjust this for your heat preference.) Let this sit for a bit after it's initial stir to allow the peppers to infuse.

Time for the BBQ... It was such a nice day that cooking outside was a bonus!