Tennessee BBQ Pulled Pork

Name: Tennessee BBQ Pulled Pork
Prep time: 24 h
Cook time: 5 h 30 min
Total time: 29 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2kg pork shoulder; 2 tbsp smoked paprika; 1 tbsp garlic powder; 1 tbsp onion powder; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 2 tsp cayenne; 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper; 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar; 1 cup tomato ketchup; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 1 tsp smoked paprika; brioche buns to serve

Slow-oven-roasted pork with a dry rub and apple cider mop, served with Tennessee BBQ sauce. Basting the pork with apple cider vinegar every two hours as it roasts keeps the meat moist through the long cook and builds a flavourful bark.

Total time

1770 min

Prep

1440 min

Cook

330 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

2kgpork shoulder

2 tbspsmoked paprika

1 tbspgarlic powder

1 tbsponion powder

1 tbspbrown sugar

2 tspcayenne

2 tspsalt

1 tspblack pepper

1/2 cupapple cider vinegar

1 cuptomato ketchup

2 tbspbrown sugar

2 tbspapple cider vinegar

1 tspsmoked paprika

brioche bunsto serve

Instructions

Rub pork all over with combined dry spices. Rest overnight.

Roast covered at 150°C for 5-6 hours. Baste with apple cider vinegar every 2 hours.

Shred meat.

Make BBQ sauce: simmer ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar and paprika 10 minutes.

Pile pork onto brioche buns and top with BBQ sauce.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1284

Protein

126.3g

Fat

75.8g

Carbs

15.8g

Fiber

2.4g

Sodium

1276mg

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