Pulled Pork

"My version of pulled pork is a two-stage process which, fittingly, uses every pot in the kitchen... ;)"
 
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Ready In:
48hrs 30mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
8-10 sandwiches
Serves:
8-10
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ingredients

  • 3 -4 lbs pork butt
  • 1 -2 teaspoon oil
  • 8 cups water
  • 1 12 cups barbecue sauce
  • salt and pepper
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directions

  • Preheat your oven to 350.
  • In a large, overproof pot or dutch oven heat oil (I use bacon grease) over medium-high heat.
  • Brown the pork roast on all sides, giving special attention to the fattier parts to allow some of the fat to render out.
  • Pour water over the roast and add salt and pepper.
  • Cover pot and put in the oven.
  • Roast for ~ 2 hours until meat is tender.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool enough to put in fridge overnight.
  • The next day skim the solidified fat off of the top of the broth.
  • Place pork roast in crockpot.
  • In a bowl mix broth with BBQ sauce.
  • Pour this braising sauce over the pork and cook it low and slow for ~ 8 hours. This is a good "set it in the morning and eat it for dinner" dish, btw.
  • Once cooking is complete, remove the pork from the pot and shred it in a bowl. There should be very little fat left in the meat at this point. Don't throw out the braising sauce!
  • Reserve some sauce for spooning over the meat (I keep it in a squeeze bottle) and freeze the rest for later. You can use the frozen sauce for dipping/smothering some other lucky cut of meat sometime later. Or, keep it for the next time you make pulled pork and half the work is done for you already.

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I'm a home cook with a love of taking things you normally get at the store and trying to make them at home. <br> <br>My wife and son often end up victims of my experiments, but they don't seem to mind. Usually... ;)
 
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