Grammy's Kitchen · Pulled Pork · Carolina Pulled Pork Sandwiches
One of 176 pulled pork recipes we measured
6 cooks on www.southernliving.com rate it 4.3★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 176.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 19% | 0% |
| fat | 1% | 0% |
| aromatics | 0% | 0% |
| acid | 16% | 0% |
| sweetener | 13% | 6% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 299 g | 1 1/4 cups apple cider vinegar |
| 204 g | 3/4 cup ketchup |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard |
| 1814 g | 1 (4-lb.) bone-in pork shoulder |
| 1 tablespoon hot pimenton | |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar |
| 11 g | 1 tablespoon kosher salt |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon dry mustard |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon onion powder |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon celery salt |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon black pepper |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon canola oil |
| 340 g | 1 (12-oz.) pilsner-style beer (such as Dos Equis) |
| 416 g | 8 hamburger buns or bakery rolls, split |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.southernliving.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I don't recall East Carolina pulled pork adding k beer. Pimentons are hot crushed pepper, you probably have it in your spice rack or pantry. My husband makes the same, no bee. He uses a bottle of George's Original BBQ sauce and a bottle of George's Hot BBQ sau” — a cook, 4★
“This recipe makes the most authentic tasting Carolina style pulled pork. I made it for a neighborhood potluck and even my picky foodie neighbors loved it.” — a cook, 5★