Best 7 Shredded Pork Barbecue Recipes

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Shredded pork barbecue, a timeless classic dish, is a beloved culinary staple that has captivated taste buds for generations. Whether enjoyed at backyard gatherings, picnics, or cozy family dinners, the tender and flavorful shredded pork is sure to delight and satisfy. The versatility of this dish allows for endless variations, with each recipe offering a unique blend of spices, sauces, and techniques. From traditional slow-cooked pulled pork to tantalizing Asian-inspired dishes, the possibilities are limitless. In this article, we'll explore the world of shredded pork barbecue, providing you with a comprehensive guide to help you create the perfect dish that will leave your family and friends craving for more.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

AWESOME PULLED PORK BBQ



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This is a pulled pork BBQ that is sure to please everyone's taste. Best to use a slow cooker!

Provided by Randy

Categories     Main Dish Recipes     Pork     100+ Pulled Pork Recipes

Time 10h30m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 20

1 (5 pound) boneless pork loin roast
1 pinch garlic powder, or to taste
1 pinch poultry seasoning, or to taste
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
1 large onion, quartered
1 apple, cored and quartered
3 stalks celery
1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
½ cup butter
2 cups chopped celery
1 ½ cups chopped onion
4 cups ketchup
2 cups water
⅔ cup cider vinegar
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons prepared mustard
1 tablespoon liquid smoke flavoring
1 tablespoon garlic powder

Steps:

  • Place pork in a slow cooker and season to taste with garlic powder, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. Add quartered onion, apple, and 3 celery stalks. Pour chicken broth into slow cooker.
  • Cook on Low until very tender, about 8 hours. Transfer pork to a large platter and discard juice and vegetables. Shred pork with a fork and return to the slow cooker.
  • Prepare barbecue sauce while pork is cooking. Melt butter in a large saucepan or small Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir 2 cups celery and 1 1/2 cups onion until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add ketchup, water, vinegar, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, liquid smoke, and 1 tablespoon garlic powder; mix. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened, about 10 minutes. Pour barbecue sauce over shredded pork.
  • Continue cooking pork on Low heat until flavors combine, about 2 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 548.1 calories, Carbohydrate 44.2 g, Cholesterol 131.5 mg, Fat 23.5 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 41.4 g, SaturatedFat 10.7 g, Sodium 1513.8 mg, Sugar 37.4 g

SHREDDED PORK BARBECUE



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I was getting tired of grilling hot dogs and hamburgers at cookouts, especially if rain ruined our plans, so these sandwiches are a nice change. The pork mixture can be baked ahead of time and reheated before serving, so it's convenient as well. A big hit at baby showers and wedding receptions, it truly is a family favorite.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Lunch

Time 3h15m

Yield 12-14 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 11

1-1/2 cups water
1-1/4 cups ketchup
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup lemon juice
6 teaspoons chili powder
3 teaspoons spicy brown mustard
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
1-1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
3 to 5 drops hot pepper sauce
3-1/2 pounds boneless pork, cut into 1-inch cubes
12 to 14 hamburger buns, split

Steps:

  • In a Dutch oven, combine the first nine ingredients; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in pork. Cover and bake at 350° for 3 hours or until meat is tender. Shred pork with two forks; serve on buns.

Nutrition Facts :

PULLED PORK BARBECUE



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Tyler Florence's Pulled Pork Barbecue recipe from Food Network starts with a flavorful dry rub that includes paprika, brown sugar and mustard powder.

Provided by Tyler Florence

Time 9h35m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 31

3 tablespoons paprika
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon dry mustard
3 tablespoons coarse sea salt
1 (5 to 7 pound) pork roast, preferably shoulder or Boston butt
1 1/2 cups cider vinegar
1 cup yellow or brown mustard
1/2 cup ketchup
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 garlic cloves, smashed
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Pan drippings from the pork
12 hamburger buns
1 recipe Cole Slaw, recipe follows
Pickle spears, for serving
1 head green cabbage, shredded
2 carrots, grated
1 red onion, thinly sliced
2 green onions (white and green parts), chopped
1 fresh red chile, sliced
1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 lemon, juiced
Pinch sugar
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
Several dashes hot sauce
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

  • Mix the paprika, garlic power, brown sugar, dry mustard, and salt together in a small bowl. Rub the spice blend all over the pork. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to overnight.
  • Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Put the pork in a roasting pan and roast it for about 6 hours. An instant-read thermometer stuck into the thickest part of the pork should register 170 degrees F, but basically, what you want to do is to roast it until it's falling apart.
  • While the pork is roasting, make the barbecue sauce. Combine the vinegar, mustard, ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, salt, cayenne, and black pepper in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer gently, stirring, for 10 minutes until the sugar dissolves. Take it off the heat and let it sit until you're ready for it.
  • When the pork is done, take it out of the oven and put it on a large platter. Allow the meat to rest for about 10 minutes. While it's resting, deglaze the pan over medium heat with 3/4 cup water, scraping with a wooden spoon to pick up all of the browned bits. Reduce by about half. Pour that into the saucepan with the sauce and cook 5 minutes.
  • While the pork is still warm, you want to "pull" the meat: Grab 2 forks. Using 1 to steady the meat, use the other to "pull" shreds of meat off the roast. Put the shredded pork in a bowl and pour half of the sauce over. Stir it all up well so that the pork is coated with the sauce.
  • To serve, spoon the pulled pork mixture onto the bottom half of each hamburger bun, and top with some slaw. Serve with pickle spears and the remaining sauce on the side.
  • Combine the cabbage, carrots, red onion, green onions, and chile in a large bowl. In another bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, lemon juice, and sugar. Pour the dressing over the cabbage mixture and toss gently to mix. Season the cole slaw with the celery seed, hot sauce, salt, and black pepper. Chill for 2 hours in the refrigerator before serving.

NORTH CAROLINA PULLED-PORK BARBECUE



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This classic pulled pork is the ultimate holiday weekend grilling project.

Provided by Ruth Cousineau

Categories     Backyard BBQ     Summer     Grill     Grill/Barbecue     Gourmet     Graduation

Yield Makes 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 4

3 1/2 cups cider vinegar (20 fluid ounces)
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons hot red-pepper flakes
1 (8- to 10-pound) bone-in pork shoulder roast (preferably butt end) with skin

Steps:

  • Bring vinegar to a boil with sugar, red-pepper flakes, 2 tsp salt, and 1 Tbsp pepper in a small nonreactive saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then cool. Set aside 2 cups vinegar sauce to serve with sandwiches.
  • While sauce cools, score pork skin in a crosshatch pattern with a sharp knife (forming 1-inch diamonds), cutting through skin and fat but not into meat. Pat meat dry and rub all over with 1 Tbsp each of salt and pepper. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before grilling.
  • Prepare grill for indirect-heat cooking over low heat, leaving space in middle for disposable roasting pan.
  • When coals have cooled to about 300°F (45 minutes to 1 hour; when most coals will have burned out), put disposable roasting pan on bottom rack of grill between the 2 remaining mounds of coals, then fill pan halfway with water. Add a couple of handfuls of unlit charcoal to each charcoal mound, then put grill rack on so hinges are over coals.
  • Oil grill rack, then put pork, skin side up, on rack above roasting pan. Grill pork, with lid ajar (for air, so coals remain lit), basting meat with sauce and turning over every 30 minutes (to maintain a temperature of 250 to 275°F, add a couple of handfuls of coals to each side about every 30 minutes), until fork-tender (a meat fork should insert easily) and an instant-read thermometer inserted 2 inches into center of meat (avoid bone) registers 190°F, 7 to 8 hours total.
  • Transfer pork to a cutting board. If skin is not crisp, cut it off with at least 1/4 inch fat attached (cut any large pieces into bite-size ones) and roast, fat side down, in a 4-sided sheet pan in a 350°F oven until crisp, 15 to 20 minutes.
  • When meat is cool enough to handle, shred it using 2 forks. Transfer to a bowl.
  • Serve pork, cracklings, and coleslaw together on buns. Serve reserved vinegar sauce on the side.

BARBECUED PULLED PORK



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This is a amazing dish. It's easy & a real crowd pleaser. I bring it in my crockpot to all kinds of picnics and get rave reviews. I never really liked pork until I made this for my hubby who loves pork. Now I can't get enough. I use my own barbque recipie, it's posted, try it.

Provided by Gail2293

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 10h5m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 -4 lbs boneless pork roast (shoulder or butt)
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon paprika
1 medium green bell pepper, sliced (optional)
1 (18 ounce) jar barbecue sauce
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 medium onion, sliced
sandwich buns or cooked rice

Steps:

  • Combine all spices in a bowl and rub onto roast. I sometimes let my roast marinade in the rub over night.
  • Place pepper & onion into slow cooker, add roast. I don't use the green pepper.
  • Combine sauce & brown sugar and pour over meat. Cover and cook on LOW 8-10 hours. Or until you can shred the meat easily with two forks. I normally cook mine 15-20 hrs in crockpot but it should be done much sooner than that.
  • Serve on Buns or over rice.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1036, Fat 32.8, SaturatedFat 11.7, Cholesterol 292.4, Sodium 1973.1, Carbohydrate 81.6, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 64.6, Protein 97.5

SHREDDED PORK (PULLED PORK) BBQ



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Makes a tender and delicious sandwich. MUST top with your favorite cole slaw, and serve on a burger bun. I recommend making a large amount and freezing half for another day.

Provided by manushag

Categories     Pork

Time 3h15m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 17

2 tablespoons butter
1 large onion
3 -4 garlic cloves
1 cup white vinegar
1 cup cider vinegar
1 tablespoon mustard powder
1 tablespoon mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke (optional)
crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
salt and pepper, to taste
5 lbs pork roast

Steps:

  • Saute chopped onion and garlic in butter until soft.
  • Add all seasoning ingredients to large pot and boil gently for 30 minutes.
  • Add large cubes of pork meat (remove as much fat as possible) and simmer for 3 hours or until meat is tender.
  • Remove meat from sauce and cool.
  • Shred pork with your fingers or two forks.
  • Strain remaining liquid and add 1/2 cup or so of your favorite BBQ Sauce, if desired.
  • Add shredded pork back to sauce and re-heat.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 576, Fat 18, SaturatedFat 6.8, Cholesterol 186.2, Sodium 237.9, Carbohydrate 34.6, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 31.5, Protein 63.5

GRILLED SHREDDED PORK SANDWICHES



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Pork shoulder roast is rubbed with seasonings and grilled, creating a crispy exterior that's lip-smacking good! The meat is delicious by itself but can also be topped with your favorite barbecue sauce. -Amanda McLemore, Maryville, Tennessee

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Lunch

Time 3h45m

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 7

1-1/2 teaspoons each white pepper, paprika and black pepper
1 teaspoon each onion powder, garlic powder and cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 boneless pork shoulder roast (4 to 5 pounds)
16 hard rolls, split
Barbecue sauce, optional

Steps:

  • Combine seasonings; rub over roast. Prepare grill for indirect heat, using a drip pan with 1 in. of water. Grill roast, covered, over medium-low heat for 3-1/2 to 4 hours or until meat is tender., When cool enough to handle, shred meat with 2 forks. Spoon 1/2 cup onto each bun; serve with barbecue sauce if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 354 calories, Fat 14g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 67mg cholesterol, Sodium 454mg sodium, Carbohydrate 31g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 25g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

Tips:

  • Choose the right cut of pork: Boston butt (shoulder) or pork shoulder roast are the best cuts for pulled pork, as they have a good amount of fat that will help keep the meat moist during the long cooking process.
  • Use a good quality spice rub: The spice rub is what will give your pulled pork its flavor, so it's important to use a good quality rub that includes a variety of spices and herbs. You can find many different spice rub recipes online or in cookbooks.
  • Cook the pork low and slow: Pulled pork is best cooked low and slow, so that the meat has time to become tender and flavorful. The ideal cooking temperature is between 225°F and 250°F, and the cooking time will vary depending on the size of the pork roast.
  • Use a liquid to keep the pork moist: As the pork cooks, it will release some of its juices, but you may need to add additional liquid to keep the meat from drying out. You can use water, chicken broth, or apple cider vinegar.
  • Shred the pork when it is tender: Once the pork is cooked, it should be easy to shred with two forks. Shred the pork and then return it to the cooking liquid to keep it warm and moist.
  • Serve the pulled pork with your favorite sides: Pulled pork is a versatile dish that can be served with a variety of sides, such as coleslaw, baked beans, or potato salad. You can also use pulled pork in sandwiches, tacos, or burritos.

Conclusion:

Shredded pork barbecue is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for any occasion. By following these tips, you can make sure that your pulled pork is tender, flavorful, and moist. So next time you're looking for a delicious and satisfying meal, give shredded pork barbecue a try.

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