Dutch Oven Pulled Pork
Ingredients
- beef broth (I just mixed water with better than bouillon beef stock).
- spices (LOTS. paprika, cumin, salt, pepper, garlic powder. Whatever you want, but enough to crust the pork.)
- boston butt
- dutch oven
- canola oil
Process
Prep
- pat the pork dry
- coat in canola oil to help the spices stick
- mix all the spices and rub them into the meat
- let the pork sit uncovered in the fridge for a while to absorb the spice flavor and dry out (30 minutes to overnight)
Cook
- Preheat the oven to 275 degrees
- Heat the dutch oven on the stove at medium high heat.
- Add some canola oil to the dutch oven and sear the pork on both sides, about 5 minutes per side. This starts developing the crust and keeps in flavor (supposedly)
- Pour in the beef broth, so that there’s about an inch of broth around the pork
- Put the lid on the dutch oven and move to the oven.
- Bake for about 2 hours, or until the internal temp of the meat reaches about 200 degrees. I flipped the pork over at the one hour mark. (This turned out well for me, but it would probably be better cooking even lower and slower).
- Let the pork cool for about 30 minutes before pulling. You can add some of the braising liquid in with the pork for more juice and flavor.