- 1 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce
- 4 lb Pork Butt
Day 2 at home and man is it good to be back. This Sunday was jam packed like so many of them are but I find that with a little planning my productivity goes way up. Yesterday I got my big haul from Whole Foods so I was set to cook a bunch today and have it ready to go for the week. Steve is gone three days this week and cooking a good, healthy meal while your 1 and 5 year old run circles around you is not my idea of a good time. Whenever possible I’ll plan for these occassions and cook ahead.
Today right after breakfast I tossed a 4.25 lb pork butt in the crock pot with a cup of barbeque sauce, set it on low and let it go for the day. I know, I said toss, that implies just chucking something without much care- that’s pretty much how it went…. I cared that I had good quality pork, I cared the the pork butt made it in to the crock pot, but other than that the 2 minutes I spent pulling y crockpot out, TOSSING the pork in, the dumping the sauce on were pretty effortless. Call it easy Paleo…. Sure it cooked all day but I didn’t have to do anything…
Sometimes I make my own sauce, sometimes I don’t. Today I did not. I relied on my old faithful “Bone Suckin Sauce” which is advertised as all natural and gluten free. Reading the ingredients it looks to me about as paleo as processed gets- yes there is Xanthan Gum which isn’t a naturally occuring substance and evidently some people have problems with it. I don’t and today I didn’t want to mess with making bbq sauce so I decided not to be paleo perfect. The sauce also has molasses so if you’re avoiding added sweeteners keep this in mind. For more about molasses read here.
So after I tossed my pork in we went about our day and found ourselves out and about at 3 with a little guy who desperately needed a nap and we knew we would never make it home before sleep set in. What did this result in…. a drive. Yesterday I posted I was looking to buy a hog and was immediately directed to Eddy Farm in Newington. We headed down and are SOOOOOO glad we did. We are on a waiting list for a pig share, stocked up on some great produce and met the nicest young farmers. That’s all I will say here about that- just read my Eddy Farm post…
Finally we came home, I resumed my “planning and productivity”. I put together a big chicken stir fry, cured our bacon for my “Bacon Experiment”, cleaned the kitchen and pulled and put away the pork.
The fridge is now stocked with a few meals, the sink is clean(Major accomplishment) and I’m about to move my desk to my new office space so I can work tomorrow without a toddler climbing in my lap the entire time… Oh the possibilities!!!
Paleo(ish) Pulled Pork
I say Paleo(ish) pulled pork because the paleo part will come down to your choice of barbecue sauce…
- Plug in your crock pot
- Toss in you pork butt
- Dump in your sauce
- Slow cook 4-5 hours on high or 8-10 on low
- Pull the pork in the crock allowing it to sit in the sauce until cooled and put away (The meat will fall apart with a simple stab of the fork)
How did it come out? I love Bone Sucking Sauce!
Daniel Gasparino, it came out awesome!!! So darn easy and so awesome!!! I ate dinner before putting it away and I still ate a ton….
Cool! I need to make it. I love pulled pork!!
make sure you just “toss” it in:)
Where did u get your pork?
this butt was from the WF meat counter Saturday morning after they got their delivery from a “local” farm. I’m on a wait list for a pig share this fall if you’re interested in part of it…
I still have beef. Haha. Thanks!!
I knew you were going to say that. Tell me what you have and I’ll give you some good cooking suggestions. I’ve worked through almost all of ours…
Nice!! I’ll have to take a walk to the freezer. I used to walk by it everyday when I lived in South Windsor. Now I rarely see the freezer at moms. Speaking of which I should probably move it to my condo soon.
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