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Pork Shoulder Steaks With Grilled Mustard Greens

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Grilled Pork Shoulder Steaks
Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, prop styling by Amy Wilson

Normally you want to braise a pork shoulder—but we’re making a case for throwing it on the grill, with a hell of a spice rub. Like a rib eye, pork shoulder has lots of intramuscular fat, and like strip steak, it has satisfying chew. This recipe shows how slicing it thickly and grilling it swiftly maximizes the enjoyment of both.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 servings

Ingredients

Pork

2

Tbsp. fennel seeds

1

Tbsp. yellow mustard seeds

tsp. black peppercorns

1

tsp. crushed red pepper flakes

1

tsp. ground cinnamon

4

¾"-thick boneless pork shoulder (Boston butt) steaks (about 2 lb.) or pork blade chops

Kosher salt

Greens and Assembly

Vegetable oil (for grill)

1

lemon, halved

2

Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling

2

garlic cloves

2

bunches mustard greens, leaves torn into large pieces

Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper

½

tsp. crushed red pepper flakes

Flaky sea salt

Special Equipment

A spice mill or a mortar and pestle

Preparation

  1. Pork

    Step 1

    Toast fennel and mustard seeds in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and mustard seeds are just beginning to pop, about 4 minutes. Transfer to spice mill or mortar and pestle and let cool. Add peppercorns and red pepper flakes and finely grind. Transfer to a small bowl and mix in cinnamon.

    Step 2

    Season pork steaks generously with salt and rub all over with spice mixture. Cover and let sit at room temperature 1 hour.

    Step 3

    Do Ahead: Pork can be seasoned 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Let sit at room temperature 1 hour before grilling.

  2. Greens and Assembly

    Step 4

    Prepare a grill for medium heat; oil grate. Grill steaks, turning occasionally, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 145° for medium, 5–7 minutes. Transfer steaks to a cutting board, squeeze a lemon half over, and drizzle with olive oil. Let rest 10 minutes.

    Step 5

    Meanwhile, grate garlic into a large bowl and whisk with 2 Tbsp. olive oil. Add mustard greens and toss to coat; season with kosher salt and pepper. Spread out greens over grate (save bowl) and grill until lightly charred and just wilted, about 45 seconds per side. Transfer back to bowl and squeeze remaining lemon half over. Add red pepper flakes and toss to coat.

    Step 6

    Transfer greens to a platter. Thinly slice pork against the grain and place on top of greens. Drizzle any accumulated juices left on your cutting board over and sprinkle with sea salt.

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  • This is delicious and easy. Husband loves it too. If you don't have the spices, just lots of salt & pepper tastes great with this cooking method.

    • Lora

    • Seattle

    • 5/3/2022

  • A Bon Appetite recipe from 2018 shows up on my Facebook feed with a recipe for pork steaks? St Louis has been grilling pork steaks for at least 50 years. Oh, I’m sorry, we’re low brow flyover space; why would you know what we’re doing?

    • Amy B.

    • St. Louis, MO

    • 11/22/2020

  • This recipe will be saved to the tried-and-true log. What an easy, elegant, and delicious dish! Even my anti-greens dad, husband and son enjoyed this one. The pork was to die for, though I used loin instead of shoulder. I substituted flat leaf kale for the mustard greens and it was delicious. I served it with a side of quinoa salad. This a fantastic summer grilling meal. All my dinner guests raved about how delicious it was.

    • EmilyB91180

    • Miami, FL

    • 7/29/2018

  • Yes. Pork shoulder is great but stop telling everybody, will you? Oh, and by the way, dry rub is the way to go if you want that spicy brown crusty exterior.

    • fnielson

    • 92586

    • 7/26/2018

  • Pork shoulder is, by leaps and bounds, the best cut of pork. Grab a few pounds and slice the steaks yourself, and hit them with any number of SE Asian marinades, and you're set. Big ups BA, keep the fatty chard bits coming!

    • Anonymous

    • San Francisco

    • 7/10/2018