Pulled Pork and Homemade BBQ Sauce

pork shoulder

🥗Healthier: lean pork loin

💰Cheaper: pork butt

Pork loin is leaner, while pork butt is often more affordable.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index, while white sugar is usually cheaper.

Poke 3 cloves of garlic into each pork butt.

Season the pork butts with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and paprika.

Wrap the pork butts in parchment paper and then in foil to keep the juices inside.

Place the wrapped pork butts on a cake rack in a roasting pan.

Roast the pork butts in the oven at 300 degrees for 5-6 hours.

Blend the barbecue sauce ingredients: 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup red wine vinegar, 1 cup salsa, 1.5 cups ketchup, 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, 1 cup brown sugar, 2.5 tablespoons dry mustard, and 1.5 teaspoons black pepper.

Mix the pulled pork with the blended barbecue sauce and some of the juices from the pork.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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