Ingredients

For pork rub:

1 teaspoon sweet Hungarian paprika

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1 teaspoon course ground pepper

½ teaspoon course salt

½ pound pork tenderloin (about 2 inches thick)

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

2 kaiser rolls

For basting sauce:

3 tablespoons red-wine vinegar

3 tablespoons cider vinegar

½ teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes

2 teaspoons lemon juice

For BBQ sauce:

1 teaspoon peanut oil

2 teaspoons finely chopped shallot

1 teaspoon minced garlic

½ teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes

1 teaspoon ground cumin

½ teaspoon chili powder

¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon premium beer (not dark)

1 ½ tablespoons sorghum or regular molasses

1 teaspoon tomato paste

½ teaspoon red-wine vinegar

½ teaspoon course salt

For onions and cucumbers:

¼ cucumber

½ small red onion

1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar

½ tablespoon sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 450F.

Make pork rub:

  1. In a small bowl with a fork, stir together all pork rub ingredients until well combined.
  2. Pat pork dry and press rub into meat (expect uneven clumping)
  3. In a nonstick skillet, heat veg. oil over med-high heat until hot but not smoking and brown pork, turning occasionally, about 5 min.
  4. Transfer pork to shallow baking pan and roast in middle of oven until 155F (about 15 minutes)
  5. Transfer pork to cutting board, let stand 5 min. Toast rolls in oven.

Make basting sauce:

  1. While pork is roasting, in a bowl stir together all basting sauce ingredients

Make BBQ sauce:

  1. While pork is roasting, in a small sauce pan heat peanut oil over med-high heat until hot but not smoking and cook shallot, garlic, red pepper flakes, cumin, and chili powder, stirring 2 minutes.
  2. Stir in remaining BBQ sauce ingredients, simmer, stirring, 4 minutes or until slightly thickened.

Prepare onions and cucumbers:

  1. Peel and seed cucumber and cut enough into ¼ inch dice to measure ¼ cup.
  2. Thinly slice enough onion to measure ¼ cup
  3. In small bowl, stir together cucumber, onion, vinegar, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste.

Make Sandwiches:

  1. Slice pork an toss with basting sauce.
  2. Make sandwiches with rolls, pork, BBQ sauce, and cucumbers