Easy North Carolina Barbeque

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 540 min
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Description

'Slow and low' is the secret to good barbecue. Slow-roasted pork is simmered in a sauce featuring white vinegar, butter, sugar, and crushed red pepper makes a North Carolina-style barbecue that will have your friends asking how you did it.

Ingredients

1 (5 pound) pork butt roast
2 cups white vinegar
1 cup butter, melted
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon hot sauce
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons white sugar

Directions

1 Trim the fat from the roast; place in slow cooker and cook on Low overnight, at least 8 hours.
2 To make the sauce, whisk together the vinegar, melted butter, salt, lemon juice, crushed red pepper, hot sauce, black pepper, and sugar in a bowl.
3 Carefully remove the roast to a cutting board. Pull the meat from the bone with a fork. Return the pork to the slow cooker. Pour the sauce over the pulled pork. Simmer for 1 hour more.