Pulled Pork
Pulled Pork cooked low and slow on a bed of onions with flavorful add-ins like pop, chipotle, bbq sauce, and a spice rub. Makes the best pulled pork sandwiches!
Servings: 10 - 12
Ingredients
- (1) 7-8 lb Pork Shoulder (or Pork Butt, same thing)
- Kosher Salt
- 3-5 Tbsp Spice Rub Seasoning (My Ribs Spice Rub is really good on this)
- 2 Onions, cut in large wedges
- 3 Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce (comes in a 7 oz. can. Use 3 of the peppers and all of the sauce in the can)
- 2 12 oz cans Dr. Pepper (or cola, root beer)
- 3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
- 2 Cups BBQ Sauce, divided
Instructions
- Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Chop the onions and put in a large 8 qt dutch oven.
- Sprinkle the salt lightly on all sides of the pork.
- Rub the pork with the spice rub and set it in the dutch oven, fat side down.
- Pour in the soda (not over the meat).
- Stir in the brown sugar.
- Spoon the chipotle adobo sauce on top of the pork, and the peppers. You can use a few more if you like it spicy (Three peppers will give it just a hint of spice).
- Pour 1 cup of the BBQ sauce over the pork.
- Put the lid on the dutch oven and put in the oven.
- Cook for 6 to 8 hours, flipping the pork over halfway through ( If you use a smaller roast, closer to 5 or 6 pounds, cut the cook time to 6 hours.). You will know when it is done as you can stick a fork in the meat and it will be soft and come apart easily.
- Remove the dutch oven to a heat proof surface (It will obviously be very hot, and be careful as it will also be very heavy!).
- Remove the pork to a baking sheet or large platter and shred the meat using two forks (This is “pulling” the pork).
- Skim the fat off the top of the liquid that is still in the dutch oven. You can also scoop the liquid into a fat separator, which is what I do.
- Return the de-fatted (is that a word?) liquid to the dutch oven and use an immersion blender to blend the onions into the liquid. This also thickness it a small amount. If you don’t have an immersion blender, use a food processor. With either method, please be very careful as you are blending HOT liquid, and it can burn you.
- Return the shredded pork to the liquid and mix it in well.
- You can either add the remaining BBQ sauce to the meat, or use the remaining sauce as a condiment on your sandwich. I recommend tasting it the pork first and seeing what you like.
Notes
1. Use a kaiser roll, or your favorite buns to make a delicious pulled pork sandwich.
2. Top with my Easy Creamy Coleslaw, as it goes perfectly with this pulled pork.
Nutrition
Calories: 270kcal
