Pulled Pork

Pulled Pork is American BBQ at it's best, but is easy to do in an oven as well if you follow our simple recipe. This can store in the fridge afterwards, and seems to keep getting better for days.

PREP TIME: 10 min
COOK TIME: 6 hours

SERVES: 6

Ingredients

1.8kg Pork Shoulder Joint (skin on)
30g Kansas City Rib Rub or
30g Memphis Belle
20g Salt
50ml Barbecue Sauce

Directions

Prepare the pork joint the night before cooking by rubbing the meat with the spice rub. Make sure to get into all the nooks and crannies, but don't waste it on the skin, which will be being discarded
Rub the salt over the skin
Place in the middle of an oven at 145 ℃ for 5 hours
After 5 hours, remove the joint from the oven, peel off the skin, score the fat underneath with a knife and smother with barbecue sauce. Place back in the oven for a further hour, turning the temperature up to 190 ℃ for the final 15 minutes
Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 20 minutes before shredding with forks
Pour over any juices from the cooking pan and mix thoroughly
Serve with crusty rolls and more barbecue sauce

Pulled Pork