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Spicy apricot pork sandwich with honey lime slaw

This smoky sweet pork and zesty slaw will be requested at every BBQ!

Ingredients

Apricot pork

• 3 lb. pork tenderloin
• 2 tsp. olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup ketchup
• ¾ cup apricot preserves
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup cider vinegar
• ¼ cup cayenne pepper sauce
• 1 tsp. cumin
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 Tb. Worcestershire sauce

Slaw

• 2 cups shredded red cabbage
• 1 Tb. chopped cilantro
• 1 Tb. honey
• 1 large lime, squeezed
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 8 onion rolls

Directions

1. Place pork tenderloin in a slow cooker. In a bowl, combine olive oil, garlic, ketchup, preserves and next 6 ingredients. Stir and pour over pork. Cover and cook pork on high for 3 hours. Shred fully cooked pork.
2. For the slaw, place cabbage in a bowl. Add cilantro, honey, lime and salt. Toss to coat.
3. Divide pork among each roll and top with slaw.

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