Braised Kansas City Pulled Pork
Servings: 6
Calories: 426kcal
Ingredients
- 3 pound Boneless pork shoulder
- 1/2 cup My BBQ rub
- 3 cups Chicken broth
- 1 TB Vegetable oil
Sauce
- 1 TB Chipotle
- 1/3 Molasses
- 3/4 cup Ketchup
- 3/4 cup Cider vinegar
- 3/4 cup Drippings
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees.
- Remove the pork from the package, rinse and pat dry with paper towels.
- Cut into 6 chunks and cover liberally with rub. Heat dutch oven (or other heavy bottom pot to medium heat.
- Add oil, let heat for 2 minutes and then add the meat (the meat should sizzle when you add it.) Cook to get a nice crusty sear on the bottom, then continue to sear two more sides of the meat. You should be searing for about 10 minutes.
- Once the meat is seared, add water, chicken broth and apple juice to the pot. You don’t want the meat to be submerged, but 2/3 of it should be covered. Put the lid on and place it in the oven. Bake for 3 hours.
- Remove pork from the oven and use a slotted spoon to scoop out the meat. Place in a bowl and cover with foil.
- While the meat is resting, start the sauce. To get the drippings (the liquid in the dutch oven for the sauce, I strain with a fine mesh strainer, and then put that into a fat separator. If you don’t have a separator, you can also scoop the fat settling on the top of the drippings. The point is not to add a bunch of fat to the sauce, just flavor.
- Add the drippings, along with the rest of the sauce ingredients into a large pot and heat over medium high. Once the sauce starts to boil, turn the heat down to low and let reduce for about 30 minutes.
- Once the sauce is done, place pork on a cutting board (it should be cooled by now) and shred.
- Add the shredded meat to the sauce and mix to coat.
- That’s it! Serve over a bed of cole slaw or on a bun!
Nutrition
Calories: 426kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 55g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 136mg | Sodium: 893mg | Potassium: 1258mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 675IU | Vitamin C: 11.8mg | Calcium: 229mg | Iron: 9.5mg
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