Beer Braised BBQ Pork Butt

Recipe courtesy Dave Lieberman

Show: Good Deal with Dave LiebermanEpisode: Southern Comfort

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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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recipe Beer Braised BBQ Pork Butt
Jacquie South Plainfield, NJ 09-12-2009
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Very Easy & Family Favorite
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I started making this dish about two years ago after seeing it on Dave's show. I make it a few times a year. It is one of... my daughters favorite. I have also found that this is great to make for pot luck parties and outside barbuques.Read more
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cheryl virginia beach, VA 08-13-2009
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Everybody raves about it!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

To Nathan, below, pork butt is a pork shoulder, so as not to confuse anybody reading these reviews. Anyway, I have made this... at least half a dozen times over the past three summers and have never been disappointed. Everyone's reaction is usually OMG! Great for a large crowd, I just cook it ahead of time, pull it and place in a crockpot with sauce to keep warm while we prepare the rest of the food. That way it either keeps until dinner, or guests can start munching while we grill. I made Dave's sauce the first time which was wonderful but pretty fatty. I just use sauce of choice now and it is still pretty awesome. I usually use Guinness draught or stout, but have used anything on hand from Heineken to New Castle ( and once was only a Miller Lite) and it is still always good. I think it only matters if you are planning on turning it into the sauce. Also I use ground cumin instead of coriander seed, and add a little smoked paprika to the rub. It's my go-to dry rub for all pork now. I added brown sugar to the one I have in the oven now, because I was going to try smoking it but it's raining outside. I will let you know how that goes...Read more
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Nathan Chesterfield, MO 01-24-2009
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Best I've Had
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe is easily the best pulled pork I've had. I used a pork butt for a little more juice than a pork shoulder, but I... guess you could use a shoulder if you were worried about "fat". I recommend this recipe if you are thinking about pulling pork. One note is to watch it as it gets close to the end as I found it was done 20-30 minutes before I expected. The outside was a deep brown and crispy -- not sure how it would have been if I finished the time as it was perfect when I took it out of the oven early.Read more
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Jeneen Niantic, CT 10-10-2008
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Great Pulled Pork
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I think that this is a very simple recipe to make with outstanding taste. I used a Sam Adams Octoberfest beer as that was... what I had. My neighbor came over and asked what the great smell was coming out of my house. It was really good and just a great taste. Read more
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null null, null 10-09-2008
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WORKS IN CROCK POT TOO !
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

PORK BUTT WAS ON SALE SO I TRIED THIS RECIPE. MARINATED FROM 4:30 TO 7:30 THEN BAKED IN OVEN FOR 45min. I LET COOL & PUT IN... CROCK POT WITH BEER OVERNITE. SET ON LOW FOR 7 HOURS. I LET COOL WHILE I BOILED DOWN THE SAUCE & MY FAMILY RAVED .vERY EASY !! Read more
recipe Beer Braised BBQ Pork Butt
James Goose Creek, SC 10-02-2008
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Easy in home pulled pork.
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Easy to make, I usually double the recipe or triple. I buy two 10lb butts and roast them in a large pan. I let it braise... until the bone is very loose or around 175 internal temp.Read more