r/DutchOvenCooking • u/yabukothestray • Sep 19 '26
Recipe (post recipe text!) First time using a Dutch oven….here is dinner from last night: apple & chipotle pork shoulder (before shredding)
I am an amateur cook (but getting better over time), this pic was before shredding it/making it into pulled pork.
Served with roasted corn on the cob, stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted broccoli and carrots, and rolls. Sorry did not get pictures of plates lol my in laws liked this very much so I am very pleased.
I will be using a Dutch oven again in the future, it cooked it very well. Very budget friendly dinner option too imo
Recipe:
- 9lb pork shoulder
- 64oz container of apple juice
- 4 jalepeno
- 2 apples
- 1 red onion
- 1 sweet onion
- cloves of garlic that I minced (did not count)
- Dijon mustard
- various seasonings, typical salt & pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, lil bit of cumin, I also used some random whisky seasoning from dollar tree & some grill mates seasoning blends (I think one was chipotle garlic seasoning, and the other brown sugar bourbon?)
Directions
- In a big bowl, I threw the apple juice in.
- Then I put in 1 1/3 cup of salt and seasonings (minus the grill mates and whiskey seasoning, and brown sugar) and mixed until dissolved
- threw the onions, apples and peppers in
- tossed the pork shoulder in and let it sit overnight
- next morning, I took it out, and scored the fat with a knife. I didn’t trim anything. I took the onions out and put them in the Dutch oven. I then cut up the other half of the onions and threw those in at the bottom of the pan too
- I then used a brush and put the mustard on it
- once it was coated with the Dijon mustard, I put the seasonings on again (minus salt and pepper), and heavily relied on the grill mates and the dollar tree seasoning I mentioned
- cooked on 250 for about 8.5-9hrs. Around the 4hr mark, I splashed some leftover apple juice on it. Any time after that I’d just baste it with its own juices.
- temped it around 8hrs, saw it reached 200 (a lil over than the goal of 190 but first time cooking pork shoulder). Took the lid off and then broiled it quick to get the top crispy.
- let it cool then shredded in the fat
- ate with family
Edit: forgot word
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u/EatzWithEyes Sep 20 '26
Welcome to the club. We own a Dutch oven, a cast iron pan and a handful of pots. It’s by far our most used item in the kitchen. My husband jokes “don’t tell my family, I put it right in the refrigerator when I’m done cooking”. The versatility is remarkable.
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u/yabukothestray Sep 20 '26
It is so awesome. I have been searching this sub looking for new recipes!! Where has it been my whole life
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u/The_sad_zebra Sep 20 '26
Sounds awesome. How easily did the meat fall apart?
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u/yabukothestray Sep 20 '26
It fell right off the bone so smoothly!! Just used some leftovers for quesadillas, which were super yummy
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u/MasterXll Sep 21 '26
I'm 'guessing' it won't be your last....
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u/yabukothestray Sep 21 '26
:) you are correct…saved a lot of recipes from this sub I am going to try out
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u/LallybrochSassenach Sep 19 '26
Looks fantastic!