Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Ray's Carolina Pulled Pork

For our Scrabble Night last Friday I made Carolina Pulled Pork from an amalgam of several recipes and scaled up for 10 to 12 people. The pulled pork was a big hit and several folks wanted me to give them the recipe so here it is.

Ray’s Carolina Pulled Pork
6 to 8 lb. Pork Shoulder
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
Southern Dry Rub (recipe below)
Carolina Wash (recipe below)

1.       Make the Southern Dry Rub and the Carolina Wash. Coat the pork shoulder with the dry rub.
2.       Preheat the oven to 325°F.  Get out your heavy 8 qt. Dutch oven. Heat it on high on the stove top. Add the oil and brown the pork shoulder on all sides.
3.       Remove from the heat and add half of the Carolina Wash to the pot. Put the lid on tight and place it into the oven for at least 4 hours, until it is falling apart.  Turn the pork shoulder over after 2 hours.
4.       Remove the pork from the pot and shred it into a serving bowl.  Pour ¼ of the Carolina Wash into the bowl and mix it well.  Reserving the remaining ¼ for folks to add to their pork if they want extra.
5.       Serve it with buns and several different type of BBQ sauce.  I like Sweet Baby Ray’s Sweet and Spicy BBQ sauce.  I also try and have a mustard based sauce.

Southern Dry Rub (adapted from the Joy of Cooking)
¼ cup of ground cumin
¼ cup of dark brown sugar
½ cup of sweet paprika
¼ cup of chili powder
2 tablespoons of ground red pepper
1 teaspoon of ground mace
¼ cup of kosher salt
¼ of ground black pepper

Stir well together.  The rub will stay fresh for 6 to 8 week is a tight container.

Carolina Wash
2 ¼ cups of apple cider vinegar
¾ cups of Worcestershire sauce
5 teaspoons of crushed red pepper
5 teaspoons of sugar
2 teaspoons dry mustard
2 teaspoons garlic salt
1 teaspoon ground red pepper


In a small bowl combine all of the ingredients and mix well.  The wash can stored for several weeks in the refrigerator. 

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