Ultimate Cheater Pulled Chicken Recipes

ULTIMATE CHEATER PULLED PORK

Steps:

• 1. 1. If you like, cut the pork butt into medium (2 to 3-inch) chunks (the ribs don't need to be cut up). 2. Put the whole butt or the pieces in a large bowl or directly into a large slow cooker (at least 5 quarts). Sprinkle the meat with the rub, turning the butt to coat evenly. Add the bottled smoke. 3. Cover and cook on high 5 to 6 hours or on low for 10 to 12 hours until the meat is pull-apart tender and reaches an internal temperature of 190° F. 4. Using tongs and a slotted spoon, transfer the meat to a rimmed platter or baking sheet. Let rest until cool enough to handle. 5. Pull the meat into strands. It should shred very easily. Serve the barbecue piled on buns with your favorite barbecue sauce. 6. To serve the barbecue later, cover and refrigerate the meat when it has cooled. Pour the meat juice into a separate container and refrigerate. Before reheating the juice, skim and discard the congealed fat layer on the top.
• 2. Big Oven Butt A big pork butt cooks to pull-apart tenderness as well in an oven as in a slow cooker. It's up to you so choose your weapon. Heat the oven to 300° F. Place the pork butt in a large roasting pan. Coat the outsides generously with the dry rub. Pour in the bottled smoke. Cover the pan with heavy duty aluminum foil. Roast 5 to 8 hours, until the meat is pull-apart tender and reaches an internal temperature of 190° F.

ULTIMATE CHEATER PULLED PORK

Steps:

• Cut the pork butt into medium (2- to 3-inch) chunks (the ribs don't need to be cut up).
• Put the pieces in a large slow cooker (at least 5 quarts); sprinkle the meat with the rub, turning the pieces to coat evenly.
• Add in the liquid smoke.
• Cover and cook on low for 10-12 hours (high for 5-6 hours), until the meat is pull-apart tender and reaches an internal temperature of 190°.
• Using tongs and a slotted spoon, transfer the meat to a rimmed platter or baking sheet; let rest until cool enough to handle.
• Pull the meat into strands; it should shred very easily; serve the barbecue piled on buns with your favorite barbecue sauce.
• *Big Oven Butt--heat oven to 300°; place pork butt in a large roasting pan; coat the outsides generously with the dry rub.
• Pour in the bottled smoke; cover the pan with heavy-duty foil.
• Roast for 5-8 hours, until the meat is pull-apart tender and reaches an internal temperature of 190°.

ULTIMATE CHEATER PULLED PORK

Steps:

• CUT the pork butt into medium (2- to 3-inch) chunks (the ribs don't need to be cut up).
• PUT the pieces in a large slow cooker (at least 5 quarts). Sprinkle the meat with the rub, turning the pieces to coat evenly. Add the bottled smoke.
• COVER and cook on high for 5 to 6 hours or on low for 10 to 12 hours, until the meat is pull-apart tender and reaches an internal temperature of 190°F.
• Using tongs and a slotted spoon, Transfer the meat to a rimmed platter or baking sheet. Let rest until cool enough to handle.
• PULL the meat into strands. It should shred very easily. Serve the barbecue piled on buns with your favorite barbecue sauce.
• To serve the barbecue later, cover and Refrigerate the meat when it has cooled. Pour the meat juice into a separate container and refrigerate. Before reheating the juice, skim and discard the congealed fat layer on the top.
• To reheat the barbecue, Place it in a saucepan moistened with some of the reserved juice. Gently heat the meat on medium-low, stirring occasionally. Or, place it in a covered casserole with some of the reserved juice and heat in a 350°F oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
• While the meat warms, Combine the barbecue sauce and some of the additional reserved meat juice in a saucepan. Heat through and serve with the barbecue.
• Heat the oven to 300°F. Place the pork butt in a large roasting pan. Coat the outsides generously with the dry rub. Pour in the bottled smoke. Cover the pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Roast for 5 to 8 hours, until the meat is pull-apart tender and reaches an internal temperature of 190°F.
• Country-style pork ribs aren't ribs in the traditional sense of a long bone wrapped in meat. They're more meat than bone (if they have any bone at all), and they're best with a knife and fork, a little sauce, and some corn bread. Done in a slow cooker, these ribs melt into short-strand pulled-pork barbecue in less time than a Boston butt shoulder because the ribs come already cut. Country-style ribs give off less meat juice and less fat than the shoulder, too.

ULTIMATE CHEATER PULLED CHICKEN

Steps:

• To brine the chicken, Place it in an extra-large 2-gallon sealable plastic bag set in a large bowl.
• POUR the salt and sugar into a 1-quart plastic bottle with a tight-fitting lid. Add 3 cups of cold water. Cover tightly and shake vigourously to dissolve the salt and sugar.
• POUR the brine over the chicken. Seal the bag and blend by gently massaging the bag. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Just before cooking, Drain the chicken, discarding the brine. Rinse the chicken under cold water and pat dry. Place in a large slow cooker (at least 5 quarts), sprinkle with the dry rub, and add the bottled smoke. Cover and cook on high for 4 to 6 hours or on low for 8 to 10 hours.
• REMOVE the chicken. When cool enough to handle, remove the bones and skin. Shred the meat with your fingers. Use in your favorite Two-Timing Cheater chicken recipes (see chapter 8).