Photo: Beer Braised BBQ Pork Butt Recipe
Ingredients
For the dry rub:
- 2 tablespoons salt
- About 40 grinds black pepper
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 2 teaspoons ground mustard seed
- 12 ounces good ale or dark beer, such as Bass
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 5-pound pork butt (shoulder of the animal)
Directions
Combine rub ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Rub all over pork butt. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour and as long as overnight.
Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Unwrap pork and place in a roasting pan with sides about 2 inches high. Cook 45 minutes until dark browned and even blackening in places. Remove from oven. Lower oven to 325 degrees F. Pour beer over the top and add chopped garlic around the pork. Cover tightly with heavy duty aluminum foil or twice with regular foil. Poke about 10 holes all over the top of the foil. Cook pork butt 2 1/2 hours longer until so tender that it comes away very easily from center bone.
Place the meat on a plate and pour the pan juice (there will be plenty) into a saucepan. To the pan juices add:
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons whole grain Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons Worchestershire sauce
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
Bring to a simmer until reduced by half and thick, about 20 minutes.
While the sauce is boiling down, pull apart the pork with 2 forks. Pour the sauce over the pulled pork and work through until fully absorbed.
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By Lisie Lane
Redding, Ca
on June 05, 2013
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Sooo good! I have never made pulled pork before and we were so pleasantly surprised with how good it was. I topped it with Emeril's cole slaw. It was really great. I will certainly make this again.
By capnpat
Englewood, CO
on April 15, 2013
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I agree with the other reviews regarding using a bit less salt. Otherwise, easily the best BBQ pork I've made in my kitchen. Try it!
By pgg1129
Elmhurst
on February 08, 2013
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Made this for the first time last night. Temperature was too cold for me to go outside to smoke pork butt. My family thought this was one of the best sandwiches. I was tempted to use my own sauce but decided to follow recipe. This sauce is a great compliment to the tender juicy pulled pork. This one moves to the front of the book.
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