Grammy's Kitchen · Pulled Pork · Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork
One of 50 pulled pork recipes we measured
3 cooks on spicysouthernkitchen.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 50.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 0% | 1% |
| fat | 6% | 0% |
| aromatics | 26% | 0% |
| acid | 9% | 1% |
| sweetener | 32% | 10% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 1361 g | 3 pound boneless pork shoulder (ok to use one with bone but should be about 5 pounds) |
| salt and pepper | |
| 53 g | 1/4 cup dark brown sugar |
| 5 g | 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper |
| 150 g | 1 large onion (sliced into 1/4-inch thick rounds) |
| 340 g | 1 (12-ounce) can Dr. Pepper |
| 57 g | 4 tablespoons butter |
| 9 g | 3 garlic cloves (minced) |
| 150 g | 1 large onion (finely diced) |
| 272 g | 1 cup ketchup |
| 120 g | 1/2 cup cider vinegar |
| 106 g | 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar |
| 85 g | 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce |
| 49 g | 3 tablespoons tomato paste |
| 5 g | 2 teaspoons ancho chili powder |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ground white pepper |
| 340 g | 1 (12-ounce) can Dr. Pepper |
Method: 6 steps, published by spicysouthernkitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Could Diet Dr. Pepper br subbed for the regular Dr. Pepper. I/m a diabetic.” — a cook, 4.0★
“I'm crazy about the idea of using Dr. Pepper with pulled pork. It's genius.” — a cook, 5.0★