Southeastern North Carolina Pulled Pork

Leta's Note:

Recipe for SE NC Pulled Pork Sandwiches. This is a vinegar based BBQ with a little bite to it.

• Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 4 -5 lbs boneless pork roast (Boston Butt is recommended)
• true se nc barbecue sauce (True Southeastern North Carolina BBQ Sauce)

Rub

• ¼ cup new mexico chile powder
• 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• ½ tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients for the rub together until well blended.
2. Rub on the pork roast.
3. Allow to stand 30 minutes before cooking.
4. Place pork roast in a baking pan, add about 1/4 cup water and cover tightly.
5. Bake slowly (250 F- 300 F) for 4 to 5 hours, or until the meat is tender enough to"pull" with a fork.
6. Shred the meat and then add 1/4 to 1/3 cup of recipe number 51595, True Southeastern North Carolina BBQ Sauce.
7. Stir through the meat until absorbed (you don't want sauce standing in the bottom of the dish, as it can become quite strong in flavor).
8. Serve with hush puppies and coleslaw (I recommend Chia's Cole Slaw Coleslaw).
9. If making pulled pork sandwiches, just put the pork on a hamburger bun, with some coleslaw that has been flavored with mustard.

Reviews

[chia]

this is without a doubt one of the best new things i've made in a long time! i've eaten enough pulled pork but never even thought of making it until i saw your recipe. i had the butcher cut it for me since it wasn't on the shelf, and got 5 lbs. made the rub in the morning, massaged it in, took a shower, put it in the 300 oven with 3/4c water- i was nervouse in case it boiled down. went to work, came home, lowered the heat to 200, made the sauce. to die for-

[oelkesm]

Yum! To the halved recipe, I added 1 tsp of garlic powder and about a half tsp of dry mustard. I knew I had a sweet barbecue sauce, so I left out the white sugar in the rub, and poured about 1/3 cup of apple cider vinegar in the dutch oven before cooking the pork at 275 for 3 hours. I then added a little over 1/2 cup Sweet Baby Ray's sauce to the shredded meat, a good splash of apple cider vinegar, and a tbsp water. So good! Thanks for the easy recipe.

[Chef #315752]

Absolutely fabulous! I work all day so I seared the pork roast off in the morning and threw it the crock pot. It was so nice to come home and have a delicious meal waiting for me. I will definitely be making this again!