Pulled Pork Experiences

Gabriel Ruiz

Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Ingredients

1 3 1/2-pound boneless pork shoulder or butt roast, rind and excess fat trimmed

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 18-22-ounce bottles of your favorite barbecue sauce

8 sesame seed buns, toasted

Preparation

1 Lightly season the pork with salt and pepper. Place in a slow cooker insert, add the barbecue sauce, and cover. Cook on low until the pork is fork-tender, 8-9 hours.

2 Skim off any fat from the sauce surface. Transfer the pork to a carving board. Let stand for 5 minutes. Using two forks, shred the pork, discarding any excess fat. Return to the slow cooker.

3 Heap the meat and sauce onto the buns and serve hot.

I like this version of a pulled pork sandwich because it is easy for anyone to do in their own home. Even though the pulled pork that we make in the kitchen at school is awesome something’s cannot be redone at home. For one thing the sauce that we put on our meat at school has ingredients that everyone at home might not have so the substitution of any store brand barbeque sauce is a plus.

Pulled pork is one the things that I love to eat the most if I have a chance to have it. One time over break I had pulled pork and I made some cornbread to go along with it, and I finished it with a side of mashed potatoes. I was traveling below the Mason Dixon Line on this meal. But I was home alone and I wanted to treat myself because it was going to be the first of a couple days home alone, and I didn’t feel like cracking open the TV dinners that were left for me just yet. Granted, it was not the cheapest meal that I could have had, but it was a mighty tasty one…