Oven Cooked Pulled Pork

Pulled Pork is an American classic recipe, where pork meat usually pork shoulder or pork shoulder butt is slow cooked for several hours at low temperature, resulting in a delicious tender and juicy meat that can be easily shredded with simply some forks. You can easily prepare pulled pork at home using your oven or slow cooker. This recipe for Oven Cooked Pulled Pork has become one of our favorite recipes for whenever we have guests around.

The meat is rubbed with a mix of flavorful spices, seared on the stovetop and then the cooking continues in the oven or slow cooker.  For more moisture, some off the reserved cooking juices and BBQ sauce are mixed into the shredded meat.

This shredded Oven Cooked Pulled Pork should be served warm in sandwiches or can be used for various dishes like enchiladas, different casserole dishes, pasta, tortilla wraps, and so on.

How to make Oven Cooked Pulled Pork

To begin, preheat the oven to 300F (150C). In a small bowl, combine a flavorful seasoning mixture with brown sugar, salt, smoked paprika, mustard, cumin, and pepper. Rub this seasoning over all sides of the pork, ensuring it is evenly coated.

Next, heat a cast iron pot or skillet over medium heat and add oil. Sear the seasoned pork for approximately 2 minutes on each side, creating a nice crust. Once seared, remove the pork from the pot temporarily. Add vinegar, onion, garlic, and tomato paste to the pot, creating a flavorful base. Place the seared pork on top and pour in vegetable stock, adding fresh thyme. Bring the liquid to a boil, then cover the pot and transfer it to the oven.

Allow the pork to cook in the oven for 3-4 hours, allowing the flavors to meld and the meat to become tender and juicy. While the pork is cooking, prepare the coleslaw.

Once the pork has finished cooking, remove it from the pot and place it on a cutting board. Reserve some of the cooking juices. Using two forks, shred the pork, discarding any unwanted pieces of fat. In a small bowl, combine BBQ sauce with approximately ½ cup (120ml) of the cooking juices, creating a flavorful sauce. Pour this sauce over the pulled pork and toss until the meat is well coated. Keep the pulled pork warm until ready to serve, or reheat if necessary.

How to prepare the coleslaw

Thinly slice green and red cabbage cut carrots into thin strips, and onion into thin slices. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise with sour cream, lemon juice, mustard, apple cider, sugar, salt, and pepper. Pour this creamy dressing over the cabbage mixture and toss until the vegetables are evenly coated. Refrigerate the coleslaw until ready to serve. It is best to enjoy the coleslaw on the same day, but it can be refrigerated and enjoyed for a few days.

How to assemble the pulled pork sandwiches

To assemble the pulled pork sandwiches, start by cutting the homemade bread rolls in half. Place a generous amount of pulled pork on the bottom half of each roll. Drizzle additional BBQ sauce over the pork, add a scoop of coleslaw, and include pickles if desired. Finish by placing the top half of the bread roll on the sandwich. Now you can sit back, relax, and enjoy these mouthwatering pulled pork sandwiches.

Hope you will try this recipe. Don’t forget to tag me in your Instagram posts or stories, so I can see your amazing results. Enjoy!

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Oven Cooked Pulled Pork

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Pulled Pork is an American classic recipe, where pork meat usually pork shoulder or pork shoulder butt is slow cooked for several hours to low temperature, resulting in a delicious tender and juicy meat that can be easily shredded with simply some forks.

Servings 15 servings

Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 4 hours hrs

Total Time 4 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

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Ingredients

  

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• 4 pounds (1.8kg) boneless pork shoulder or pork butt
• 2 tbsp (30ml) vegetable oil

Seasoning

• 2 tbsp (30g) brown sugar
• 1 tbsp (15g) salt
• 2 tsp (6g) smoked paprika
• 1 tsp (3g) mustard powder
• 1/2 tsp (2g) ground black pepper
• 1 tsp (2g) ground cumin

For adding to pot

• 1 large onion , sliced thin
• 4 cloves garlic , minced
• 1 cup (240g) vegetable stock
• 1/4 cup (56ml) apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup (56g) tomato paste
• Fresh thyme

To moisten pulled pork

• 1/3 cup (80g) BBQ sauce

Caabage Coleslaw

• 1 pound (500g) red and green cabbage
• 2 carrots
• 1/2 onion
• 1/4 cup (56g) mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup (56g) sour cream
• 1 tbsp (15ml) lemon juice
• 1 tbsp (15g) mustard
• 1 tbsp (15g) sugar
• 1 tbsp (15ml) apple cider vinegar
• salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 300F (150C).
• In a small bowl combine the seasoning ingredients: brown sugar, salt, smoked paprika, mustard, cumin and pepper. Rub the seasoning over all sides of the pork.
• Heat a cast iron pot or skillet over medium heat, add oil and sear the pork for about 2 minutes on each side.
• Remove the pork from the pot. Add vinegar, onion, garlic and tomato paste into the pot and place the pork on top. Pour the vegetable stock, add fresh thyme and bring the liquid to a boil.
• Cover the pot and continue cooking in the oven for 3-4 hours.

Meanwhile prepare the coleslaw.

• Cut the green and red cabbage thinly. Cut the carrots into thin strips  and onion into thin slices.
• In a small bowl combine mayonnaise with sour cream, lemon juice, mustard, apple cider, sugar, salt and pepper. Pour over the cabbage mixture and Toss to coat. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Coleslaw it is best if served the same day but  it keeps well refrigerated for few days.
• Remove the pork from the pot and place on a board. Reserve some of the cooking juices.
• Shred the pork using two forks and discard any pieces of fat.
• In a small bowl combine BBQ sauce with about ½ cup (120ml) cooking juices and pour over the pulled pork, and toss to coat. Keep warm until ready to serve or reheat if needed.

Prepare pulled pork sandwiches.

• For the bread, I like to use the homemade dinner rolls. It is best to have the bread made in advance.
• Cut the bread rolls in half and top with pulled pork, add some more BBQ sauce, coleslaw and pickles if used, add the top of the bread and enjoy.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1serving out of 15Calories: 317kcalCarbohydrates: 11.2gProtein: 38.8gFat: 12.3gSaturated Fat: 3.8gCholesterol: 114mgSugar: 7.1g

Calories: 317kcal

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: coleslaw, oven cooked pulled pork, pulled pork, pulled pork sandwiches, shredded pork