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If you haven't seen or used hearts of palm before, they look like perfect white cylinders.
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To prepare the hearts of palm for cooking, slice half way into the hearts and slide your finger into the slice and pull out the tender middle of the hearts.
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This part of the hearts will shred very easily just by using your fingers.
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You can see already that this will create a very stringy, meaty texture.
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Now take the remaining outer part of the hearts and slice them into thinly sliced strips.
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These will become stringier during the cooking process.
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A note about the soy sauce.
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This is optional because it only really adds a tad of flavor.
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Mostly what it's for is to color the palms a darker color.
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Now that you have the hearts of palm prepared throw them into a nonstick skillet, on medium-high, using absolutely no oil.
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If you are adding the soy sauce add that now.
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Sizzle the hearts around stirring and mashing downward with a rubber spatula for about 7 minutes.
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As you do this you will see the hearts becoming stringier and more tender.
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Now add the barbecue sauce to the hearts and cook another 5 minutes on medium heat.
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Take off heat, cover and let this steam for 5 minutes.
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Place on bun, top with more barbecue sauce and your favorite slaw recipe.
