Bear’s Pulled Pork Finishing Sauce (AKA Liquid Gold)
OK, People often ask me if I use a Finishing Sauce.
Well I never really called it a “Finishing Sauce” before, but I’ll show you what I like to do.
Probably a lot of you guys know about this & have been doing it, but for those who haven’t, I’ll show how I do it.
When I Smoke a Pork Butt, I do it in a Foil Pan, on a Wire Cooling Rack.
It gets plenty of Smoke, all the way around, as long as it’s sitting on a wire cooling rack, and even though I cover it at about 165°, it gets an Awesome Bark!! (Pics below)
I Foil over my Pan & Pork Butt at approximately 165° IT.
So before I cover the Meat, I pour Heated Apple Juice over it (about 1 ounce per pound of Butt).
Then when it’s completely finished, I drain the liquid out of the Pan & into a Round sided plastic or glass container.
I put that container in the Fridge overnight.
The next day I remove the container from the Fridge, and run a knife around the perimeter of the Sheet of Fat on the Top.
Then I can usually lift the whole slab of Fat off in one piece to get rid of it. If not you can take it out in pieces. This Slab of Fat is usually about 1/4” to 3/4” thick, depending on the diameter of the container.
The Jelly that is left in the container, that was under the Fat, I call “Liquid Gold”, as it is composed of Meat Juices from the Pork, Apple Juice, and some seasonings that were in the Rub that was on the Pork the whole time it was Smoking & forming a Bark.
Since it’s usually just Me & Mrs Bear, I keep this “Liquid Gold” in that container in the fridge, until I freeze the leftover Pork.
Then each time I heat (Nuke) some Pulled Pork up for a Sammy, I add a couple teaspoons on top of the Meat.
Then I Smoosh it around after I heat it, and after I put the Meat in the Sammy, I pour the juice left in the bottom of the bowl I heated it in.
Then when I Freeze my leftovers, I freeze it in packs of enough meat for 3 Sammies (Two for Me & One for Her).
I also Freeze the leftover Liquid Gold in little containers, after heating it enough to turn the Jelly into liquid.
I used to use Ice Cube Trays, but I found it to be a PITA. These little plastic containers work better, and I get them FREE from Steak Sammy joints with side orders like Hot Peppers, Sauce, Tartar Sauce, etc, etc.
So I freeze the juice in the little containers. Then once they’re frozen I put them in a Zip-lock bag, so I can remove one or more at a time, to use them.
I get the Juice-Ice out of the freezer at the same time as when I get the bag of meat out, and let them both thaw in the Fridge.
Then I can just pour how much juice I want on each Sammy.
This is Awesome Stuff!!!
The Pics will explain it better (Below).
Bear
Here's the Butt. The juice I want is under the Butt, in the Pan:
After pouring the juices in this bowl, and leaving it in the fridge overnight:
Since every bit of the Fat rose to the top & solidified, it's easy to cut along the perimeter & lift the whole slab of fat off:
This is the "Gold"---The flavorful mixture of Meat Juices, Apple Juice, and Seasonings from the Butt Rub:
Here you can see I put 2 tsp of the Jelly on top of the Pulled Pork before Nuking:
After I put the Pulled Pork on the Roll, I pour that leftover Juice in the bowl, on top of the Meat:
Nice & Juicy Pulled Pork Sammy. BTW: That's not Ketchup, it's Mrs Bear's Sauce Mix:
Oh Yeah!! I'm Ready!!
After eating Pulled Pork Sammies for a couple days, I filled these containers & into the Freezer.
After frozen, I put them in a Zip-lock, and back in the Freezer with the leftover Pulled Pork:
OK, People often ask me if I use a Finishing Sauce.
Well I never really called it a “Finishing Sauce” before, but I’ll show you what I like to do.
Probably a lot of you guys know about this & have been doing it, but for those who haven’t, I’ll show how I do it.
When I Smoke a Pork Butt, I do it in a Foil Pan, on a Wire Cooling Rack.
It gets plenty of Smoke, all the way around, as long as it’s sitting on a wire cooling rack, and even though I cover it at about 165°, it gets an Awesome Bark!! (Pics below)
I Foil over my Pan & Pork Butt at approximately 165° IT.
So before I cover the Meat, I pour Heated Apple Juice over it (about 1 ounce per pound of Butt).
Then when it’s completely finished, I drain the liquid out of the Pan & into a Round sided plastic or glass container.
I put that container in the Fridge overnight.
The next day I remove the container from the Fridge, and run a knife around the perimeter of the Sheet of Fat on the Top.
Then I can usually lift the whole slab of Fat off in one piece to get rid of it. If not you can take it out in pieces. This Slab of Fat is usually about 1/4” to 3/4” thick, depending on the diameter of the container.
The Jelly that is left in the container, that was under the Fat, I call “Liquid Gold”, as it is composed of Meat Juices from the Pork, Apple Juice, and some seasonings that were in the Rub that was on the Pork the whole time it was Smoking & forming a Bark.
Since it’s usually just Me & Mrs Bear, I keep this “Liquid Gold” in that container in the fridge, until I freeze the leftover Pork.
Then each time I heat (Nuke) some Pulled Pork up for a Sammy, I add a couple teaspoons on top of the Meat.
Then I Smoosh it around after I heat it, and after I put the Meat in the Sammy, I pour the juice left in the bottom of the bowl I heated it in.
Then when I Freeze my leftovers, I freeze it in packs of enough meat for 3 Sammies (Two for Me & One for Her).
I also Freeze the leftover Liquid Gold in little containers, after heating it enough to turn the Jelly into liquid.
I used to use Ice Cube Trays, but I found it to be a PITA. These little plastic containers work better, and I get them FREE from Steak Sammy joints with side orders like Hot Peppers, Sauce, Tartar Sauce, etc, etc.
So I freeze the juice in the little containers. Then once they’re frozen I put them in a Zip-lock bag, so I can remove one or more at a time, to use them.
I get the Juice-Ice out of the freezer at the same time as when I get the bag of meat out, and let them both thaw in the Fridge.
Then I can just pour how much juice I want on each Sammy.
This is Awesome Stuff!!!
The Pics will explain it better (Below).
Bear
Here's the Butt. The juice I want is under the Butt, in the Pan:
After pouring the juices in this bowl, and leaving it in the fridge overnight:
Since every bit of the Fat rose to the top & solidified, it's easy to cut along the perimeter & lift the whole slab of fat off:
This is the "Gold"---The flavorful mixture of Meat Juices, Apple Juice, and Seasonings from the Butt Rub:
Here you can see I put 2 tsp of the Jelly on top of the Pulled Pork before Nuking:
After I put the Pulled Pork on the Roll, I pour that leftover Juice in the bowl, on top of the Meat:
Nice & Juicy Pulled Pork Sammy. BTW: That's not Ketchup, it's Mrs Bear's Sauce Mix:
Oh Yeah!! I'm Ready!!
After eating Pulled Pork Sammies for a couple days, I filled these containers & into the Freezer.
After frozen, I put them in a Zip-lock, and back in the Freezer with the leftover Pulled Pork: