Recipe for Pulled Pork and Other American Favorites

Shown below is a favorite American recipe for pulled pork sandwiches.

This dish is especially popular in the state of North Carolina.

The most basic definition of pulled pork is pork cooked over a low, smoky fire to the point where it can be pulled from the bone by hand.

Pulled pork meat is usually the meat that is left attached to the bone after all the choice cuts have been removed.

Pulled pork is every bit as tasty as the choicer cuts, but not as conveniently sliced.

Variations on pulled pork recipes involve using different sauces, rubs, cuts, woods, toppings, and serving styles.

Recipe for Pulled Pork

INGREDIENTS:

DIRECTIONS:

Place one sliced onion and one sliced garlic clove at the bottom of a Crock Pot.
Stud pork roast with cloves.
Season roast with salt and pepper.
Place roast in slow cooker on top of the sliced onion and garlic.
Cover roast with the second sliced onion and garlic, then add enough water to fill the pot about two thirds full.
Cover pot and cook on low 8 hours.
Remove roast from pot.
Remove and discard cloves, bone and fat as well as any water, onions and grease remaining in pot.
When pork roast is cool enough to handle, pull it apart with your fingers until the entire roast is shredded.
Return the pulled pork to the crock pot.
Mix in the chopped onion and BBQ sauce.
Cover and heat on medium-high for about 2 hours.

Check on the dish every 15 minutes or so. If the meat appears to be getting too thick or too dry, add enough water to keep it moist.

SUGGESTION: Serve this tangy recipe for pulled pork on crunchy rolls with cole slaw.

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