Slow Roasted Pork

Da butt. Yup, Pork butt. For those not familiar, the pork butt is actually a shoulder. It needs to be cooked low and slow to bring out its intoxicating and addicting natural aromas and flavors. All of the fat in the meat needs to melt through muscle tissue and permeate it with it's goodness, to fully enjoy everything about the pig. Below is a recipe that takes a while, but it's basic and very versatile. You can use it for sandwiches, throw some spices on it and do some pulled pork for BBQ (like with my watermelon BBQ or any other of the sauces you've seen/will see from me), or use it for tacos. I'll post some more recipes throughout the months using this as a base.

Way slow cooked pork shoulder.

1 5 lb. Pork butt, cut into 10-12 oz pieces
1 tbsp ea Salt and pepper
4 tbsp Paprika
2 tbsp Garlic powder
1 tbsp dried oregano
1 tbsp dried thyme
1 tbsp chili powder
2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil

1. Combine the oil and all of the spices into a bowl. Roll each piece of pork in the bowl until it's well coated with spices.

2. Place the meat in a piece of foil and wrap the foil around it so you have kind of a meat pouch.

3. Cook the pork at 325 for 3-4 hours or until it's super tender.

By itself this pork is delicious, and very versatile. You'll see me refer to this recipe a lot when doing recipes with pulled or roasted pork.