
Bo ssäm is a popular Korean dish featuring tender pork. Wrap it in lettuce with rice, pickled carrots, and an oyster (optional, but we really recommend it).
Ingredients
Serves 4–6
For the quick-pickled radishes and carrots:
1/2 cup seasoned rice wine vinegar1/4 cup sugar
4 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
6 radishes, julienned or grated
2 carrots, julienned or grated
For the wraps:
2 pounds (about 5 cups) shredded Brown Sugar BBQ Pork Butt2 heads Boston or Bibb lettuce, leaves separated
2 scallions, thinly sliced
3 cups cooked short-grain rice
Sriracha hot sauce (for serving)
12 shucked raw oysters (optional)
Make the quick-pickled radishes and carrots:
Step 1
Combine vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, and 1/2 cup water in a medium bowl. Add radishes and carrots and let stand at least 10 minutes. (Reserve half of the pickled veggies for Pork Banh Mi with Quick-Pickled Radishes and Carrots later in the week.)
Assemble the wraps:
Step 2
Preheat oven to 250°F. Place pork in a roasting pan with a few tablespoons of water. Cover with foil and rewarm pork until hot, 20–25 minutes.
Step 3
Transfer pork to a platter. Serve with lettuce, scallions, rice, Sriracha, oysters (if using), and remaining pickled radishes and carrots alongside.
Do Ahead
Step 4
The quick-pickled radishes and carrots can be made up to 3 days in advance.Cooks' Note
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