Chef Aaron McCargo Jr's Pulled Pork

OK, I LOVE me some Chef Aaron McCargo, Jr. For those of you unfamiliar with Chef McCargo, he has a show on Food Network called Big Daddy's House. He has also made appearances on Bar Rescue

I grabbed his new cookbook that came out a couple of years ago and found this recipe for Pulled Pork. Now, I know if it is this man cooking it that it is killer and this recipe did not disappoint! It takes a bit of time to prepare, but it is really simple to make.  We ended up getting 8 sandwiches out of this that were gone within 12 hours.
 

 














So, here we go!:

Ingredients:

1.5 T. KOSHER Salt (original recipe was for 3 T. but we really don't like salty stuff.)
2 T. Coarsely ground black pepper
2 T. smoked paprika
1 T. Granulated garlic powder
3 T. Canola or grape seed oil
3lb boness pork shoulder (mine had a bone in it and it worked fine)
1 medium onion, chopped
6 garlic cloves chopped or 3 t. jarred garlic
2 jalapeno peppers, chopped
2 T. tomato paste
2 cups beef broth
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees

2) In a small bowl mix salt, pepper, paprika and garlic powder.  Rub over roast thoroughly and let it sit for 20 minutes. In the meantime, heat oil in a dutch oven.

3) Sear the pork shoulder until crusty and nicely browned. Remove from the pan and set aside.

4) Add the veggies and brown for 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste stirring for 2 minutes. Add broth and Worcestershire sauce. Let simmer for 5 minutes.

5) Add the meat back into the pan and place in oven. Bake for 4 to 5 hours or until the meat is falling off the bone and is fork tender/falling apart.

6) Shred the meat. Add drippings/sauce to the shredded meat. Stir well until covered.

7) Serve on hamburger buns or kaiser rolls. Serve with chips.