Easy Southwest Pulled Pork Recipe

Pulled pork is pretty amazing and can be used in a lot of different ways.  This easy southwest pulled pork recipe incorporates amazing flavor from southwest chiles, which infuse the pork shoulder as it cooks all day in the crock pot.  The chile sauce is optional, but I believe that it delivered that extra flavor that made our pulled pork delicious in all of the meals we made.  This pulled pork is versatile and if you are in need of some ideas check out 5 Easy Pulled Pork Dinner Ideas

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Easy Southwest Pulled Pork Recipe Yum

This recipe can used in different ways and is enough pulled pork for a week's worth of meals. The chile sauce is optional, but really adds robust flavor with a little spice.

Course

Main Dish, Meat, Sandwich

Cuisine

American, BBQ, Mexican

Passive Time

8 hours

Servings

meals

Ingredients

Pulled Pork

• 3 lb pork shoulder
• 1 tbsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• 1 tbsp ancho chili powder
• 1 tbsp paprika
• 3/4 cup pasilla chile sauce

Pasilla chile sauce (optional but very worth it)

• 6-7 dried pasilla chiles
• 3 garlic cloves smashed
• 1/2 yellow (spanish) onion
• chicken stock enough to cover the chiles in pot
• 1/2 lime (juiced)

Course Main Dish, Meat, Sandwich Cuisine American, BBQ, Mexican Passive Time 8 hours Servings meals Ingredients Pulled Pork 3 lb pork shoulder 1 tbsp sea salt 1 tbsp garlic powder 1 tbsp ancho chili powder 1 tbsp paprika 3/4 cup pasilla chile sauce Pasilla chile sauce (optional but very worth it) 6-7 dried pasilla chiles 3 garlic cloves smashed 1/2 yellow (spanish) onion chicken stock enough to cover the chiles in pot 1/2 lime (juiced)

Instructions

Pasilla Chile Paste (optional)

1. Split pasilla chiles and remove the seeds
2. Place chiles in a small sauce pan and add chicken stock until the chiles are barely covered with chicken stock
3. Turn heat to high and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 30 minutes
4. While the chiles are hydrating, cook the garlic and onion in a pan over medium heat until lightly browned
5. Once the 30 minutes have passed and the chiles are hydrated add all ingredients to blender and blend

Pulled Pork

1. The night before season the pork shoulder liberally with sea salt, garlic powder, ancho chili powder, paprika.
2. Then cover the pork should with pasilla chili sauce and let sit over night.
3. Next day in the morning place into a crock pot and cook on low for 8 - 9 hours.
4. Remove from crock pot and remove twine.
5. Shred meat on a baking sheet, removing any chunks of fat.
6. Spread out meat and spoon some of the juices that are left over int he crock pot.
7. Turn on broiler to high in oven. Set rack near the heat source.
8. Once broiler is hot (after 2-3 minutes) place the baking sheet on top rack. Keep an eye on the meat and rotate the baking sheet every 2-3 minutes until all of the meat is browned.

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