Pulled-PorkOur celebration of National Cruise Week continues with this popular recipe from American Cruise Lines and Tom Leonard. Enjoy!!

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Pulled Pork
Ingredients:

Rub
1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons Kosher salt
2 Tablespoons paprika Hungarian, ground
2 Tablespoons black pepper, ground
2 Tablespoons cumin, round
1 Tablespoon pepper, cayenne, ground
1 Tablespoon ginger, ground
1 Tablespoon garlic powder
1 Tablespoon onion powder

Pork
5 pounds pork butt bnls 1/4″ 6-9# each
2 teaspoons liquid smoke
2 cups chicken stock

Sauce
¼ cup molasses
2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 Tablespoon Tabasco sauce
½ teaspoon Kosher salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 ½ cup tomato paste

Sandwich
10 each Brioche roll, split
10 Kosher dill pickle wedges

Notes

Yields: 10/4 ounce portions

Rub

  • Combine in a small bowl the spices, brown sugar and seasonings and set aside.

Pork

  • Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 250 degrees.
  • Sprinkle entire surface of each piece heavily with the spice mixture.
  • Place pork inside a roasting pan and cover ¾ of the meat with chicken stock, add the liquid smoke then.
  • Place piece of parchment paper over pork, then cover with sheet of aluminum foil, sealing edges to prevent moisture from escaping.
  • Roast pork over night for at least 8 hours.
  • Remove pork from oven; remove and discard foil and parchment. Carefully pour off liquid from the bottom of the roasting pan into a fat separator and reserve for sauce. Transfer pork to serving dish, tent loosely with foil, and let rest for 20 minutes.

Sauce

  • While the pork rests, pour 1 cup of defatted cooking liquid from fat separator into medium bowl; whisk in sauce ingredients.

To plate:

  • Using two forks, shred pork into bite-sized pieces. Toss with 1 cup sauce and season with salt and pepper, add more sauce as needed to coat.
  • Portion 4 ounces of pork on to the bottom of a Kaiser roll
  • Spoon 1 ½ ounces of sauce over the pork and close the top on the sandwich.
  • Serve with the side items that are specified on weekly menu and a Kosher dill pickle wedge.
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