Dinner for 12

Sweet Barbacoa Pork

Name: Sweet Barbacoa Pork
Total time: 370 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 7 1/2 lb boneless pork butt or shoulder; 4 cups root beer; 5 cans (8 oz) tomato sauce; 4 tbsp molasses or honey; 3 tsp minced garlic; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 1/2 cups brown sugar; pepper to taste (optional); 4 tsp cumin

Pork shoulder slowly cooks in root beer, tomato sauce, brown sugar, molasses, garlic, and cumin until tender enough to shred.

Typical price

$10.07for 4 servings

$2.52 per serving$10.07 for 4

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370 minstart to table
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12servings as written
$$typical cost tier

Mexican Dairy-free Budget Family Dinners

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
Pork roast, shoulder or loin$2.49/lb typical	7.5 lb	$18.68Typical price
Juice, soda and mixers$0.04/oz typical	33 oz	$1.33Typical price
Tomato paste and sauce$0.10/oz typical	40 oz	$4.00Typical price
Garlic$0.75 each typical	a little	$0.08Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$30.22

Pantry staples you likely have

Syrups, molasses, powdered sugarSalt and pepperDried spices (cumin, paprika, chili powder, oregano)

Not included in the cost.

Ingredients

7 1/2 lb boneless pork butt or shoulder
4 cups root beer
5 cans (8 oz) tomato sauce
4 tbsp molasses or honey
3 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups brown sugar
pepper to taste (optional)
4 tsp cumin

Steps

Heat the oven to 300 F and place the pork in a covered roasting pan.
Whisk the root beer, tomato sauce, molasses, brown sugar, garlic, salt, pepper, and cumin together.
Pour the sauce over the pork and cover the pan tightly.
Bake the pork for 5 hours 45 minutes, until tender and at least 145 F inside.
Shred the pork in the pan and stir it into the sauce.
Rest the pork for 15 minutes before serving.