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Monday, July 30, 2012

BBQ Pork Sandwiches

OK so I know its been forever since I have been on here, But what do you expect from a stay at home dad with 6 kids? :) Just kidding I'm seriously just slacking. But all joking aside I came across this recipe that was incredible the only problem was I only had 2 of the ingredients that it was calling for . . . Sooooo as usual I took what I could and made something out of it!!! Are you ready for the best BBQ shredded pork ever? Oh and the rolls were fresh baked as well no bread machine or mixing bowl. That's right I had to knead it by hand. Crazy right? But extremely rewarding!!!
Well lets get started.
 Here are the ingredients and recipe for the pork.
1). Pork whatever you have. I used 1 pork roast that was about 1 pound and about 7 pork chops that desperately needed to be used.
2). 2 fresh onions large
3). 2 cans of Dr Pepper
4). 2 bottles of BBQ sauce whatever you have on hand
5). 2 Tablespoons of red chile powder
6). Some salt and pepper
7). 1 Crock pot

OK lets get Started. First things first get your crock pot or slow cooker ready. Take the onions cut them from root to top so long ways into quarters and spread them evenly along the bottom of the crock pot.
Have your pork ready season with salt and pepper a couple teaspoons I would say but everyone is different so as needed and place in your crock pot.
Empty 1 entire bottle of BBQ sauce over the top of your pork followed with both cans of Dr Pepper and then your 2 tablespoons of red chile powder.
Set your crock pot for 6 to 8 hours the longer the better in my opinion. You want the meet to fall apart with little to no effort.
While everything is cooking you will want to turn the meat over every couple hours making sure that the flavor gets all over it.
When the pork is done cooking you will want to scoop about 3/4 of the juice out and add the other bottle of BBQ sauce. Now at this point I added some of the juice back giving it more flavor but that is entirely up to you . . . don't add to much though it will make the BBQ to runny.
Ready just in time for dinner.

While your BBQ pork is cooking you will want to get the bread ready. Now in my opinion bread is quite simple to make just remember 2 things take your time and give yourself plenty of space to work cuz you are about to make a mess :).
For BBQ I prefer a sweeter bread, if you don't like that then cut your sugar to 1/8 cup or less. Here is what you are going to need:
1). 2 packages of dry yeast or 41/2 teaspoons
2). 1 cup sugar or honey
3). 6 cups of lukewarm water
Mix these 3 ingredients together and let stand for 30 minutes.
Now you will want to add:
4). 1/2 cup oil
5). 14 cups more or less of flour. I ended up using almost 16 cups by the time it was all said and done.
You are going to need a pretty strong spoon to stir this or a mixer if you have one. Remember I am also cooking for 8 so if you need to cut ingredients in half or more it is as simple as that. OK next you want to find a good flat surface so you can knead your bread. I started with with about 13 1/2 cups of flour then after I placed the dough on my table I used another cup and a half or so while I was kneading to keep the dough from sticking. I used flour on the table to prevent it from sticking also on the dough and my hands kneading vigorously until it feels right. It will get a stretchy elastic feel to it. 
At this point oil the inside of a large bowl place your dough inside and oil the top of the dough.
Place a towel over the top and let rise for about45 minutes or until doubled in size. When the dough has doubled in size punch it down and begin cutting the dough into loaves I ended up cutting it into about eighths I made enough rolls for everyone and made loaves out of the rest.
Now you can set your oven to 300 degrees let your loaves and rolls set until they are almost double in size again then place in the oven for about an hour. there is nothing better than hot bread and butter.
 Combine the bread and pork and you have an amazing shredded BBQ pork sandwich YUM!!!

                ENJOY!!!!!!!!!

3 comments:

  1. Seriously the best pulled pork I have ever had! The bread, as always, was absolutely delicious! :)

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  2. thats crazy awesome!! <3 can't wait to try it!!! i think I am going to have to cut it in half two or 3 times!! LOL

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    1. yeah you probably will have to cut it way back :). When you try it let me know what you think

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