How To Make Homemade Pulled Pork
This summer-favorite pulled pork is made in the oven with a delicious homemade rub made with sugar, flavorful herbs, and spices.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½cuppacked brown sugar
- 1tspground nutmeg
- ¼cupsalt
- ¼cupcoarse ground black pepper
- ¼cupsweet paprika
- ⅓cupsmoked paprika
- 1tbspcayenne red pepper
- 2tbspground cumin
- 5lbspork shoulder
- 2tbspcanola oil
Instructions
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Mix everything but the pork shoulder and the oil together in a large metal bowl.
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Add in the pork shoulder and roll it in the seasoning well, packing on all the seasoning as best as you can.
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Wrap the top with saran wrap and refrigerate overnight (optional but very highly recommended).
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
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Using a large dutch oven add the canola oil over medium-high heat.
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Brown the pork on all sides then turn off the stovetop.
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Add in a small rack under the pork into the dutch oven.
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Place the pork on top then cover.
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Cook for 3 to 3½ hours. If the meat is thicker 3 hours should be long enough.
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Shred before serving.
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If you want to keep the juices, skim the fat off then pour over the pork before serving.
Nutrition
- Calories: 421.71kcal
- Fat: 29.91g
- Saturated Fat: 9.74g
- Trans Fat: 0.01g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.49g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.80g
- Carbohydrates: 11.12g
- Fiber: 2.07g
- Sugar: 7.61g
- Protein: 26.93g
- Cholesterol: 107.35mg
- Sodium: 390.76mg
- Calcium: 54.54mg
- Potassium: 603.48mg
- Iron: 3.25mg
- Vitamin A: 109.23µg
- Vitamin C: 1.95mg
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