Dales Pulled Pork Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Season pork shoulder roast generously with sea salt and black pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a 4-quart oven-safe pot with a lid over high heat. Sear seasoned pork roast in hot oil on all sides until completely browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove the pork roast to a cutting board, reserving the fat in the pot.
• Allow the pot to cool slightly and place over low heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in reserved hot oil until the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour the chicken broth into the pot; bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a flat-edged wooden spoon. Stir liquid smoke into the onion mixture. Return pork roast to the pot and cover with a lid.
• Bake in preheated oven until completely tender, 3 to 4 hours.
• Remove pork to a cutting board, cover loosely with aluminum foil, and allow it to rest for 15 minutes. Shred the pork with a 2 forks into fine shreds. Return shredded pork to the pot and stir with the remaining liquid to serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Season pork shoulder roast generously with sea salt and black pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a 4-quart oven-safe pot with a lid over high heat. Sear seasoned pork roast in hot oil on all sides until completely browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove the pork roast to a cutting board, reserving the fat in the pot.
• Allow the pot to cool slightly and place over low heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in reserved hot oil until the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour the chicken broth into the pot; bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a flat-edged wooden spoon. Stir liquid smoke into the onion mixture. Return pork roast to the pot and cover with a lid.
• Bake in preheated oven until completely tender, 3 to 4 hours.
• Remove pork to a cutting board, cover loosely with aluminum foil, and allow it to rest for 15 minutes. Shred the pork with a 2 forks into fine shreds. Return shredded pork to the pot and stir with the remaining liquid to serve.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 325°F Season the meat with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a 4 Qt pot over high heat and sear the meat on all sides till nicely browned. Remove the meat and set aside. Allow the pot to cool down and then sauté the onions and garlic over low heat in the same pot till the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the broth and heat while scraping the bottom of the pan. Stir in the liquid smoke and top it with the seared roast. Place a lid on top and bake in a preheated 325°F oven for 3 - 4 hours. DO NOT open the oven door during the first 3 hours of roasting time.
• Remove meat to a plate, cover it with a foil tent and allow it to rest for 15 minutes. Shred it with a couple of forks into fine shreds. Then return the meat to the broth in the cooker, stir well and use immediately or let it cool to room temperature. Transfer to freezer proof containers and freeze for future use or use immediately for making green chili or carnitas.
• Freezing the meat in broth allows the meat to remain tender and moist while in the frozen state, defrosting and reheating. This is an important note to adhere with freezing fresh fish as well, but use water instead of broth.

Steps:

• Grill your roast using Hickory or Mesquite chips soaked in water for a minimum of 30 minutes. Grill roast over indirect heat at 200-225 degrees for 5 to 6 hours turning every hour or so. Meat should be tender but still juicy with an internal temperature of 180-190 degrees. Add chips to the smoker or coals halfway through grilling time. 4 sandwich buns, toasted When roast is done, remove from grill and lightly cover with aluminum, letting roast rest for 30 minutes. In the meantime, heat the BBQ sauce in a pan slowly using low heat. Pull pork into shreds using your fingers or two forks. Remove any large pieces of fat or burnt pieces. In a large bowl, moisten the shredded pork with the sauce and mix well. Serve warm on toasted buns.

Steps:

• Mix the chopped yellow onion, chopped garlic, tomato paste, Dijon mustard, white vinegar, paprika, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Jack Daniels, brown sugar, black pepper, and bay leaf together.
• Put the pork shoulder and sauce mixture in a large stock pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Let the mixture simmer for two hours. You will know when it is done by the way the pork pulls apart so easily.
• Take the pork out of the sauce a pull it apart. Then take the Jack Daniels sauce in the pan and reduce it to 1/3 of it's original amount. Mix the pork and the sauce together.
• Serve on hamburger buns.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Season pork shoulder roast generously with sea salt and black pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a 4-quart oven-safe pot with a lid over high heat. Sear seasoned pork roast in hot oil on all sides until completely browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove the pork roast to a cutting board, reserving the fat in the pot.
• Allow the pot to cool slightly and place over low heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in reserved hot oil until the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour the chicken broth into the pot; bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a flat-edged wooden spoon. Stir liquid smoke into the onion mixture. Return pork roast to the pot and cover with a lid.
• Bake in preheated oven until completely tender, 3 to 4 hours.
• Remove pork to a cutting board, cover loosely with aluminum foil, and allow it to rest for 15 minutes. Shred the pork with a 2 forks into fine shreds. Return shredded pork to the pot and stir with the remaining liquid to serve.

Steps:

• Coat pork with molasses and let stand at room temperature for one hour.
• While waiting, mix all dry ingredients in medium bowl.
• After the hour, coat the pork with the dry rub.
• Smoke in wood smoker for 8-12 hours at 250.
• After this wrap in foil and cook in oven at 300 until cooked to taste, Meat should fall off the bone.