#35, #36 Oven Pulled Pork and BBQ Beans

Pulled Pork
Dry Rub:
- 3 tablespoons paprika
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon dry mustard
- 3 tablespoons coarse salt
- 1 (5 to 7 pound) pork roast, preferably shoulder or Boston butt
Cider Vinegar Barbecue Sauce:
- 1 1/2 cups cider vinegar
- 1 cup yellow or brown mustard
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 garlic cloves, smashed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cayenne
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Mix the paprika, garlic power, brown sugar, dry mustard, and salt together in a small bowl. Rub the spice blend all over the pork and marinate for as long as you have time for, as little as 1 hour or up to overnight, covered, in the refrigerator.
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
Put the pork in a roasting pan and bake for about 6 hours. Basically, roast the pork until it's falling apart and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 170 degrees F.
To make the barbecue sauce: combine the vinegar, mustard, ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, salt, cayenne, and black pepper in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer gently, stirring, for 10 minutes until the sugar dissolves.
Remove the pork roast from the oven and transfer to a large platter. Allow the meat to rest for about 10 minutes. While still warm, take 2 forks and "pull" the meat to form shreds. Using 2 forks, shred the pork by steadying the meat with 1 fork and pulling it away with the other. Put the shredded pork in a bowl. Pour 1/2 of the sauce on the shredded pork and mix well to coat.
Serve on hamburger buns. Directions Taste: Pulled pork 5/5, the sauce 3/5--the sauce was too mustardy. Use your own favorite sauce and this is a WINNER! The beans were a good tried-n-true recipe I will use again.
BBQ Beans
Ease of preparation: 5/5 This was easy. Just do the dry rub the night before, and throw it in the oven the next day. 5/5 on the beans
Leftoverability: Pulled pork, 5/5 Reheated to taste just like it did the first time. Probably one of the best leftovers to date on Recipe1k. BBQ Beans 3/5--a bit dry the next day.
Brit-rating: GREATed it. "Oh this is nice. (to both the sandwich and beans)
Serve to guests: Pork. Readers, this was a real winner. I would serve to guests without hesitation, especially in the winter, maybe for a Superbowl party, when it may be too cold to fire up the grill. Great all-around party food. I would probably serve it with different sides than the beans because it was kind of bbq sauce overkill. BBQ Beans, I would serve to guests and this makes a good pot luck dish.






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