Food Friday: Smoked Boston Butt Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwiches

Prep Time:    20 min
Cook Time:    3 hr
Level:        Easy
Serves:        6 - 8 servings







Ingredients
·    1 (5-pound) pork butt roast
·    4 tablespoons House Seasoning, recipe follows
·    2 tablespoons seasoned salt
·    4 tablespoons mesquite-flavored liquid smoke
·    1 medium onion, sliced
·    1 cup apple juice
·    3 bay leaves
·    Buns and Barbeque sauce of choice, for serving

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Sprinkle 1 side of the roast with 2 tablespoons of the House Seasoning, making sure to rub well. Flip the roast over and rub the remaining 2 tablespoons of House Seasoning. Repeat the process with the seasoned salt and liquid smoke. Place the roast in a large roasting pan, preferably a dutch oven. Add the onion, water and bay leaves to the roast. Place in the oven and cook for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, or until thermometer reads 170 degrees F. Let meat cool for a few minutes, then use 2 large forks to “pull” the meat apart.

You can cook the roast ahead of time, pull the meat, and reserve the juices.  Refrigerate the meat and the liquid separately.  Reheat on a stove or in a slow cooker by heating some of the liquid (this will have congealed when chilled) then adding/mixing in the pulled meat.

Serve with your favorite barbeque sauce.

House Seasoning:
·    1 cup salt
·    1/4 cup black pepper
·    1/4 cup garlic powder



Basic recipe courtesy Paula Deen, modified by IBDGATOR