North Carolina Style Pork Barbecue

Pat T   posted 04-07-98

  North Carolina Style Pork Barbecue

  1 (4 to 5 lb.) Boston butt pork roast, trimmed of fat 
  1 large onion, chopped 
  1 and 1/2 cups water 
  1 cup vinegar 
  1/2 cup ketchup 
  1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce 
  3 Tblsp. brown sugar 
  2 Tblsp. dry mustard 
  1 tsp. salt 
  1/4 tsp. ground red pepper 
  1/4 tsp. black pepper 

   
Preheat oven to 325° F. Place roast in roasting pan after trimming fat and discarding.   

Combine remaining ingredients in a medium bowl; stir well. Pour mixture over roast.  Cover and bake at 325 degrees F. for 5 to 6 hours or until meat is very tender. Remove from oven; let cool.  

Remove roast from sauce.  Place sauce in refrigerator until fat congeals. 
Skim fat and discard. Remove meat from bone, and chop meat.  Return chopped meat to sauce in pan, and stir well.

Cover and bake at 325 degrees F. for 15 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Serve on buns. 

Yield: 8 servings. 

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