Pulled pork sandwiches can hardly be called sandwiches! The sauce soaks into the buns and if you tried to pick one up with your hands it would completely fall apart.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
●Igredients
●Instructions
●Serve
Ingredients
For the sauce:
●1 large onion, chopped
●6 cloves garlic, peeled
●1 pickled jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped
●2 teaspoons chipotle chili powder
●1 tablespoon tomato paste
●2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
●3/4 cup distilled white vinegar
●1 teaspoon paprika
●1/3 cup ketchup
●2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
●1/4 cup light brown sugar
●Salt
For the pork:
●1 bay leaf
●3 pounds pork butt shoulder roast
●Hamburger buns
Method
1.Purée sauce ingredients in blender:
Purée all of the sauce ingredients (everything except the bay leaf, the pork and the buns) in a blender until smooth.
2.Simmer pork:
Put sauce, bay leaf, and pork into a large pot and add 1 quart of water. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Cook, covered, turning frequently, for 2 hours or until the meat pulls apart easily with a fork.
3.Shred the pork:
Remove from heat and cool pork in the sauce. When cool enough to touch, remove the pork from the sauce and shred into small pieces. Set aside.
4.Reduce sauce, return pork to sauce:
Put the sauce back on the stove and bring it to a low boil. Let the sauce boil down until it has been reduced by two thirds. Add the pork back to the sauce. Salt to taste.
5.Serve:
Remove the bay leaf before serving. Serve the pork hot over open-face hamburger buns.