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Beer Basted Pulled Pork

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Pork shoulder braised in a sweet and spicy mixture of beer, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, chili powder and crushed red pepper flakes.

Ingredients

  • 6 cups Beer
  • 2-½ cups Lightly Packed Dark Brown Sugar
  • 1-½ cup Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1-½ Tablespoon Chili Powder
  • 1-½ Tablespoon Ground Cumin
  • 1 Tablespoon Dry Mustard
  • 2 teaspoons Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
  • 2  Bay Leaves
  • 2 Tablespoons Kosher Salt, Divided Use
  • 6 pounds Boston Pork Butt

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Sprinkle the pork evenly with 1 tablespoon of salt, massage into the meat and let sit for 20 minutes.

Bring the first 9 ingredients, minus 1 tablespoon of salt (which you used on the pork already), to a boil in a very large pot. Reduce the heat and simmer for 1 minute to blend the flavors. Place the pork in a large Dutch oven and pour half the liquid over the pork. Cover the Dutch oven and place it in the preheated oven with a sheet pan underneath to catch any drips.

Braise the pork for 4-5 hours or until the meat shreds easily with a fork.

While the pork cooks bring the remaining braising liquid to a boil over medium high heat. Cook until reduced to the consistency of syrup about 40 minutes or so. Keep a careful eye on it so that it does not burn or reduce too quickly after about 25 minutes. Once the liquid is syrupy, discard the bay leaves and let the mixture cool. The mixture will thicken as it cools.

When the meat is fully cooked, remove the pork from the cooking liquid and shred the pork with 2 forks. Season with salt and pepper to taste and then mix the pork with the reduced liquid and serve.

We like to serve this as sandwiches with caramelized onions or tangy slaw on a soft potato roll.

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lilmama on 10.3.2011

Yum Yum! Easy to throw together. Made mine with some stout local beer and I might try something milder next time to see the difference, but I will make again. Hooray for something that doesn’t use traditional BBQ sauce!
I did take my eyes off the sauce at the end and it turned into a hard candy type of substance in the bottom of the pan — a little liquid brought it back though — Make sure to WATCH THE SAUCE!

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aliceb on 8.16.2011

This was very good and the house smelled amazing while it cooked all day. Next time I may increase the cayenne and decrease the sugar just a pinch for our tastes, but it was great “as is”!

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