Boston Butt Pork Roast

Boston Butt Pork Roast

A Boston Butt Pork Roast is a new (for us) recipe at Cajun Cooking TV.

(This is our first time making one, but it won’t be our last time!)

We’ve mastered making pork roasts or beef roasts in the oven like my mom and my Maw Maw used to make.

The “secret“:  low oven temp + long number of hours = tasty tender meat. 

Boston Butt Pork Roast
Boston Butt Pork Roast

A Boston Butt Pork Roast can be used for a variety of different meals:  oven roasted, slow cooked in a crock pot, smoked on a grill, and BBQ pulled pork.

For this Boston Butt pork roast recipe, we made a dry rub of several seasoning ingredients and applied to all sides of the roast.

The dry rub we used today contains: Chili Powder, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Salt, Ground Bay Leaves, Dry Mustard, Cayenne Pepper or Tony’s Creole Seasoning, and sugar (we used raw cane sugar).

Boston Butt Pork Roast
Boston Butt Pork Roast

Feel free to use any dry rub you like, or purchase, or just whatever seasonings you may have in your cupboard.

For the Oven Roasted Pork Roast we suggest to thicken the liquid made in the pan with 2 tablespoons flour and 2 tablespoons softened butter to make a hearty gravy.

Pour over rice or try our Mashed Potatoes recipe.

(I make the best mashed potatoes, if I do say so myself.) 

Recipes from the Cajun Recipes at Cajun Cooking TV are easy and simple cooking.

Prep:  30 minutes
Cooking Time: 4-5 hours total
Serves: 6 servings

Boston Butt Pork Roast Ingredients

Boston Butt Pork Roast
Fresh Boston Butt Pork Roast

5 pound Boston Butt Pork Roast
1/2 cup Dry Rub (see above)
1-2 cups water or stock
4 tablespoons canola oil or olive oil
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons softened butter

Boston Butt Pork Roast Cooking Essentials

=> Roasting Pan with cover if possible
or a disposable Aluminum pan and heavy
duty aluminum foil.

=> Meat Thermometer

For this Oven Roasted Boston Butt Pork Roast recipe, begin by placing the olive oil on bottom of a roasting pan or aluminum pan.

We lined the pan with heavy duty aluminum foil for easy clean-up. 

 

Boston Butt Pork Roast
Just Out the Oven!

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Place the roast on a platter and season well on all sides with the dry seasoning mixture.

Place the roast in the oiled pan with the fat side down.

Bake uncovered for 1 hour.  Meat will brown.

Then, remove from oven and add 1-2 cups water or pork stock (about 1 inch).

Lower oven temperature to 300 degrees F.

Cover tightly with roasting pan cover or heavy duty foil.

Bake for 3-4 more hours.

Remove from oven and carefully open the foil.

Check the temperature with a meat thermometer.

Insert the thermometer into the middle of the Boston Butt Pork Roast.

The temperature should be a least 160 degrees F.

Gravy Makings
This will make a wonderful gravy!

To serve, pull meat apart with a serving fork.

For a thick gravy, mix 2 tablespoons flour and 2 tablespoons softened butter in a small bowl.

Add to the hot meat juices and stir well until melted and well blended.

Serve meat with gravy poured over it and rice or mashed potatoes.

We had baked potatoes on this particular night.

Options: add sliced sweet onions, whole garlic pods, baby carrots and chopped celery to the pan.

Tasty stuff in a thickened gravy.

Beryl Stokes
Beryl Stokes
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10 thoughts on “Boston Butt Pork Roast

  1. i had no idea how to cook this roast . thank you so much! Tender and delicious . I can’t wait to try more of your recipes.

  2. I have cooked roast before but none came out as good as the one i cooked using your recipe. I cooked it the night before Thanksgiving due to the many hours it would need, boy was that a mistake in a “good way”. My family and I nibbled on it the minute we could, and proceeded to eat half the roast that night. The next day for Thanksgiving dinner we were so disappointed that we didnt have another one to eat.. but other than that I really loved the recipe.. Thanks

  3. Wow! This is the best pork roast I have ever made! It is also my first roast cooked in an oven vs. a crockpot, and it came out way more flavorful and tender. Thank you for the recipe! My intention was to make BBQ pulled pork, but it doesn’t even need the BBQ sauce! AWESOME!! Thank you again!

  4. This recipe was the best. It turned out very tender. Also it was easy to prepare. Will make it again. Thank you.

  5. You are the best love the family as well, you deserve your own tv show it would be a home run!

  6. This was a great recipe!! My first time ever making this
    It was so tender and delicious!! Thank you for sharing!!

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