Best Table Top Roasted Pork Butt Roast Recipes

PORK ROAST WITH CRISPY PORK CRACKLING

Steps:

• Dry skin: Pat the skin dry with paper towels. If time permits, leave in the fridge uncovered overnight (even 1 hr helps). If not, pat extra well.
• Preheat oven to 220°C/430°F (200°C fan).
• Season flesh: Sprinkle pork flesh with 1 1/2 tsp salt, all the pepper and all fennel seeds and 1 tbsp olive oil. Rub into flesh, right into all the crevices and cracks.
• Salt skin: Flip pork, drizzle skin with 1 tsp oil, then rub all over with fingers. Sprinkle all over with remaining 1 1/2 tsp salt, taking care to get even coverage. Un-salted patches will not become bubbly crackling, it will be a hard flat sheet.
• Garlic & onion bed: Place halved garlic bulbs and onion in roasting pan. Place pork skin side up on top of them.
• Wine: Carefully pour wine into the pan, being sure not to wet the skin. Transfer to oven.
• Lower oven: Immediately turn oven down to 160°C/320°F (140°C fan).
• Slow roast: Roast for 2 1/2 hours.
• Level at 1 1/2 hours: Check pork after 1 1/2 hours to see if the pork is warped and the skin's overall surface is significantly unlevelled. If so, adjust to make the skin surface as level as possible using balls of foil and moving large dislodged pork pieces to the side (key tip for crispy crackling, Note 3). Then return to oven for the remaining 1 hour.
• Check pan & salt on skin: If pan is drying out, add some water. If there are bald patches on the skin without salt (eg it fell off), spray lightly with oil spray (or brush lightly with oil) then sprinkle with salt. (Remember, salt = bubbly skin!)
• Increase heat: Turn oven up to 250°C/485°F (all oven types), or as high as it will go if your oven won't go this high.
• Make skin crisp: Return pork to oven for 30 minutes, rotating pan as needed, until skin is crisp and bubbly all over. If needed, use foil patches, secured with water soaked toothpicks, to cover parts that are done and keep crisping up remaining patches.
• Rest: Transfer pork to serving platter, tent loosely with foil (don't worry, crackling stays super-crisp) and rest for 20 minutes (stays warm up to 1 hour). Then slice using a serrated knife.
• Serve with gravy. Don't pour gravy over crackling - pour it off to the side! See note for reheating.

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.

TABLE TOP ROASTED PORK BUTT ROAST

Steps:

• 1. Wash the roast & pat dry with paper towels. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN COOK THIS ROAST IN THE OVEN OR EVEN ON THE GRILL IF DESIRED.
• 2. Then using a sharp knife, make deep gashes into the roast on the fat side, this allows the spices to penetrate the roast. Stuff slivers of garlic cloves into the roast for added flavor if desired. The fat prevents the roast from drying out during it's long cooking time in the oven.
• 3. Combine the spices and season the roast liberally on all sides.MAY NOT USE ALL OF THE SPICES. Store roast in a 2 gallon reclosable bag & refrigerate overnight. Marinate overnight if possible. Or at least an hour or two to allow spices to penetrate the meat. Bring roast to room temperature on the counter top before placing in roaster. This helps to start cooking at an even temperature.
• 4. Preheat roaster oven to 350 degrees. Or follow directions for your roaster oven. Slice fruits and onions into thick slices.
• 5. Using a meat rack add a variety of the slices of fruit, onion and garlic cloves on the bottom of the rack. Then top with the seasoned roast BE SURE THE FAT SIDE IS ON TOP(UP).THIS WAY THE FAT PENETRATES THE MEAT AS IT COOKS. Add the remaining fruit slices, throw in the bay leaves, and pour in the beef or chicken broth along the perimeter of the roaster. Cover the roast with a lid and continue to cook until meat is fork tender, and bone can be pulled away from the meat with your fingers.
• 6. NOTE COOKING TIME VARIES, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE ROAST. i COOKED 2 AT ONE TIME FOR A TOTAL OF JUST OVER 20 POUNDS, AND REQUIRED A TOTAL COOKING TIME OF 9 HOURS & 40 MINUTES.
• 7. Once roast is fully cooked, allow to cool, remove the bone. I was able to remove the bone by pulling it from the roast, with very little resistance after the 9 hours and 40 minutes cooking time.
• 8. Now shred with 2 forks, or slice with an electric knife. I chose to slice with an electric knife. I gave one of the roasts to my neighbor and her family.
• 9. Serve roast on Hamburger Buns with your favorite sauce, or favorite chili sauce with added accompainments as desired.

ROASTED PORK BUTT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Season all sides of the pork with salt and pepper. Combine the Creole seasoning and olive oil in a small bowl to make a paste. Rub the paste all over the pork. Place the pork, fat side up on a rack in a roasting pan. Roast the pork for 30 minutes. Reduce the heat to 250 degrees F and continue to cook for 6 1/2 hours. Remove from the oven and cool completely. Remove the meat from the pan and using two forks, shred all of the meat.

FALL-APART-TENDER SLOW-ROAST PORK BUTT

Steps:

• Make small slits all over the roast then insert a whole garlic clove into each slit (this is only optional).
• Place the roast in a greased casserole dish with a lid.
• Sprinkle the roast on all sides with Worcestershire sauce.
• Let sit at room temperature for 1-1/2 hours.
• After 1-1/2 hours spoon any Worcestershire sauce (if any) back on the roast that has accumulated on the bottom of the casserole.
• Using hands press the brown sugar well into the meat on all sides making certain to adhear the sugar to the meat.
• Pour the apple juice into the bottom of the casserole.
• Cover tightly.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F for 15 minutes.
• Place the roast in the oven and immediately reduce the temperature down to 200 degrees F.
• Roast for about 4 hours or until the meat is falling-apart tender (cooking time will vary depending on the size of the roast).
• Stir the salt and black pepper into the juice (do not omit the salt!).
• Slice meat as desired.

SIX-HOUR PORK ROAST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275°F.
• Blend together sage, rosemary, garlic, fennel seeds, salt, and pepper in a food processor until a thick paste forms. With motor running, add wine and oil and blend until combined well.
• If necessary, trim fat from top of pork, to leave a 1/8-inch-thick layer of fat. Make 3 small incisions, each about 1 inch long and 1 inch deep, in each side of pork with a small sharp knife, and fill each with about 1 teaspoon herb paste. Spread remaining herb paste over pork, concentrating on boned side, and tie roast with kitchen string at 2-inch intervals.
• Put pork, fat side up, in a roasting pan and roast in middle of oven 6 hours. Transfer roast to cutting board and let stand 15 minutes.
• Discard string and cut pork roast (with an electric knife if you have one) into thick slices.