Boston Butt Pork Roast Recipes

BOSTON BUTT PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Place a roasting pan in the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Season one side of the pork roast with salt and pepper. Place, seasoned side down, in the preheated roasting pan. Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Season the top of the roast with salt and pepper and turn roast over. Lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Return the roast to the oven and cook for 2 1/2 hours at 325 degrees F. Turn roast over again and add the potatoes to the pan. Top the potatoes with the carrots and apple. Add enough hot water to fill the bottom of the roasting pan to about 1-inch. Cover the pan with foil and return to the oven. Bake for 1 hour (or longer) until the vegetables are done and the meat falls apart easily. Add more water to the pan as needed.

FALL APART BOSTON BUTT PORK ROAST RECIPE

Steps:

• *** After a generous rub all over the entire roast, cover with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge to marinate overnight! ***
• Variations: You can rub olive oil over your roast before adding spices to give it a bit more moisture, or use liquid smoke!
• Put a wire rack at the bottom of your large roasting pan, then place the Boston Butt Roast FAT SIDE UP on the rack, in the pan, and set on the counter.
• Preheat oven to 450° f, and let the roast come up to room temperature while the oven is preheating. Place roast UNCOVERED into your high temperature oven, and roast for a half hour. Then, turn it down to a 250° f oven temperature for the rest of the day.
• Turn the heat down to 250°f and let it roast uncovered till the exterior develops a "bark" or becomes dry and crispy, about 8 hours for a medium sized roast (about 6 pounds). Make sure the outside is good and CRUSTY... Most people think the "bark" or exterior of the roast is the best part, because that's where are the spices are!
• Then carefully remove roast from oven and completely wrap it in 2 layers of heavy duty aluminum foil.
• Return Boston Butt to the oven and roast at 250° till the internal temperature (at the deepest part of roast) reaches 200° f.

LOW AND SLOW BOSTON BUTT PORK BBQ ( OVEN METHOD )

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• In a small bowl mix together all dry ingredients,( at this time, taste and see if seasonings need to be adjusted ) set aside.
• Line a small roasting pan with foil ( makes clean up easier ).
• Rub roast all over with brown sugar mixture, then place roast,onto another piece of foil, and wrap tightly.if needed use another piece of foil to make sure no liquids come out.
• Bake for 4 or 5 hours, then remove foil from top of roast to drain excess liquid.
• Turn temp up to 350 degrees.
• Top with BBQ Sauce and bake for another 1 1/2 hours if roast is getting too dark cover with foil and continue baking.

PORK BOSTON BUTT ROAST WITH GRAVY

Steps:

• Cut small slits in the roast all over, then stuff with garlic clove halves (as many as you wish).
• Place in a shallow glass pan cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 8-24 hours to allow garlic to infuse in the meat.
• Remove from the fridge and allow to sit for 1-1/2 hours or just until the meat is almost room temperature (this might take more than 1-1/2 hours).
• Set oven to 375 degrees.
• Place the roast in a small or medium-size oval roasting pan with a fitted lid.
• In a small cup or bowl mix together 4 tablespoons flour with 1-1-/2 tablespoons salt, 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning, garlic powder and 1 teaspoon black pepper.
• Sprinkle the flour/seasoning mix all over the roast.
• Pour 2 cups water and the vinegar into the bottom of the roasting pan.
• Add in the onion and whole garlic cloves.
• Drizzle the pork evenly with hot sauce.
• Cover with the lid and cook for 3-1/2 hours or until very tender.
• Remove pork from the roasting pan and wrap tightly in foil.
• Pour 1 cup pan drippings into a 2-cup pyrex measuring cup; let stand 10 minutes, then skim off the fat from the top of the glass.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high; whisk in the remaining 2 tablespoons flour, the pan drippings, broth, red wine and 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning; bring to a boil, whisking constantly, then reduce heat to medium and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Season gravy with black pepper.
• Serve the gravy with the roast.

PORK BUTT ROAST WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat a large frying pan over medium high heat. Sprinkle pork on all sides with salt, pepper and garlic powder; rub into meat. Sear the meat on all sides until lightly brown. Transfer to a roasting pan.
• Place onion slices over meat and in the roasting pan. Fill the pan 2/3 full of water. Cover and place in preheated oven for 3 hours. Add the potatoes and carrots; cover and cook 45 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook another 15 minutes. Remove and let stand at least 10 minutes before serving.