Impulsive Culinarian’s Labor Day Pulled Pork Recipe With Homemade Canadian BBQ Sauce
Pulled Pork Ingredients
- 4 pound Pork Shoulder (bone-in)
- (alternately you can use a 3 pound boneless cut of pork)
- 1/3 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 tbsp Crushed Pepper Flakes
- 1 tbsp Kosher Salt
- 1/2 tsp Freshly Ground Black Pepper
- 5 or 6 Garlic Cloves, peeled & smashed
- 2 cups Apple Cider Vinegar
- (alternately, you use 1 cup of vinegar and top up with water until you have 2 cups)
Pulled Pork Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°
- Trim any excess fat from the pork shoulder
- Place trimmed pork shoulder in a dutch oven
- Add brown sugar, crushed pepper flakes, salt & pepper to the dutch oven and rub dry mix all over the pork shoulder
- Add smashed garlic and cider vinegar to the dutch oven
- Cover and place in the 325° oven
- Let it cook undisturbed for 4 hours
- Once cooked, transfer the cooked pork to a large cutting board or work surface
- Shred the pork using two sturdy forks, setting aside the final shreds in a large mixing bowl
- Discard the bones and fatty pieces
- Strain approximately 1/3 cup of the brine from your dutch oven and add it to the pulled pork
- Add enough juice so that the pork seems moist without any additional juice collecting at the bottom of the bowl
- Keep pulled pork warm until ready to serve
- Top with BBQ sauce
Impulsive Culinarian’s Homemade Canadian BBQ Sauce
BBQ Sauce Ingredients
- 3 tbsp Dairy Free Margarine
- 1 Shallot, finely minced
- 3 Garlic Cloves, finely minced
- 2 tbsp Canadian Rye Whiskey
- 1 cup Ketchup
- 1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- 3 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 tbsp Real Maple Syrup
- 1/3 cup Brown Sugar
- Freshly Ground Black Pepper
BBQ Sauce Instructions
- Place a standard sauce pan over medium heat
- Add margarine to the sauce pan
- Add minced onion to the sauce pan and saute for around 3 or 4 minutes until softened
- Add minced garlic to the sauce pan and saute until fragrant
- Remove pan from heat and carefully add rye whiskey to the onions and garlic
- Return sauce pan to the heat and simmer for another couple minutes
- Add all remaining ingredients and reduce heat to low
- Simmer for an additional 20 minutes
- Remove from heat and set aside to cool
- Reheat just before serving and spoon over pulled pork as desired
Celebrate Labor Day, Or Any Day, With The Comforting Taste Of Slow-Cooked Pulled Pork
Probably one of the most satisfying taste sensations for any carnivore is the mouth-watering satisfaction of a delicious pulled pork sandwich slathered in a sweet homemade BBQ sauce. I can’t imagine a more appropriate way t celebrate the last long weekend of summer than with this incredible comfort food on the menu.
Here’s hoping that this pulled pork recipe features prominently as a key part of your labor day party ideas, cheers and happy long weekend!
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