North Carolina-Style BBQ Pulled Pork
Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave American food. Try making North Carolina-Style BBQ Pulled Pork at home. This main course has 229 calories, 26g of protein, and 5g of fat per serving. For $1.54 per serving, this recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins
- Prep time
- 13 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 2 cups apple cider vinegar
- 3 pounds pork shoulder
- 0.75 cup firmly-packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 0.5 teaspoon celery salt
- 0.5 teaspoon mustard
- 0.5 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1.5 teaspoons ground pepper
- 0.6666667 cup ketchup
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons liquid hickory smoke
- 0.5 teaspoon onion powder
- 3 teaspoons pepper flakes
- 12 servings salt
- 1 cups water
Instructions
- 1
Mix paprika, light brown sugar, celery and garlic salts, dry mustard, black pepper, onion powder and salt in a small bowl. Season the entire pork roast and cover overnight in the refrigerator.Preheat the oven to 325F.
- 2
Place the pork roast in a large, disposable aluminum roasting pan.In a small bowl, mix together the melted butter and the liquid hickory smoke for the basting marinade.
- 3
Pour the basting marinade over the pork and cover with aluminum foil. Cook for approximately 4 1/2 hours (or until the pork becomes tender enough to start "pulling" away, turning the pork every hour, and basting every 1/2 hour. Alternatively, cook pork over white hot coals, covered, for 3-3 1/2 hours, basting and turning frequently with basting marinade.
- 4
Transfer the pork roast to a cutting board.
- 5
Drain the excess juices from the pan. Slice the pork roast and pull apart the meat (trimming the fat) and place back into roasting pan.Prepare the BBQ sauce: In a large bowl, mix the cider vinegar, water, ketchup, dark brown sugar, salt, and red pepper flakes and pour over pulled pork, stirring to make sure all pork is covered; cover with aluminum foil.
- 6
Place pulled pork back into the oven (still at 325F) or in pan on grill and cook for 1 1/2 hours, stirring pork and BBQ every 30 minutes.