Easy Dutch Oven Pulled Honey Chipotle Pork Recipe

An Easy Dutch Oven Pulled Honey Chipotle Pork recipe, this spicy, tangy and fall-apart tender pork is a delicious pulled pork to add to your rotation for tacos, burrito bowls, and more!

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An Easy and Flavorful Dutch Oven Honey Chipotle Pork Recipe

This Dutch Oven Honey Chipotle Pork is one of those easy meals you can make with minimal fuss, for the perfect Taco Tuesday, Sunday dinner, or even for meal prep for burrito bowls for lunch during the week!

With a spicy and tangy sauce made from fresh citrus, chilis in adobo sauce, spices and aromatics, this tender, fall-apart pork is a great recipe that's sure to be in your regular dinner rotation! 

Ingredients

• Neutral oil, such as canola oil, for browning the pork on all sides.
• 2 lbs boneless pork butt roast. The butt portion pork roast (aka shoulder) is perfect for this recipe, and shreds tender and juicy every time. I would not recommend a leaner cut such as pork tenderloin for this recipe.
• Coarse kosher salt, and freshly ground black pepper, for seasoning the pork before browning.
• 8 garlic cloves, peeled. No need to minced or slice, this cooks down low and slow in the Dutch oven!
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced.
• Ground coriander and smoked paprika, and bay leaves.
• The Adobo sauce from a can of chilis in adobo sauce. You can usually find these cans in the Spanish/Mexican section of the grocery store.
• Chipotle chilies from the can of chilis in adobo sauce, finely chopped. The chipotle peppers add a good amount of heat, so if you prefer a less spicy pork, I recommend trying 2 instead of 3.
• Honey, to balance all the spice from the chilis and adobo sauce.
• Fresh squeezed orange juice.
• Fresh squeezed lime juice.
• A can or bottle of lager-style beer, or chicken broth.

How to make this Chipotle Pork Recipe

This easy Chipotle Pulled Pork comes together with little effort, as most of the work is done in the Dutch oven on low heat! Here's how to make this juicy and spicy pulled pork: 

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
2. Dry pork butt well with paper towels, and season on all sides with salt and pepper. 
3. In a large dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. 
4. Brown pork on all sides  (5-6 minutes a side). Once pork is well browned, set aside on a plate or tray. 
5. Add onions and garlic to pot, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, and scraping up toe fond/browned bits. Stir in coriander and smoked paprika, and cook until just fragrant, 30 seconds. 
6. Add chopped chipotle chiles, adobo sauce, honey, orange juice, lime juice, beer, and bay leaves. Stir to combine, and scrape up any remaining fond from the bottom of the pot. 
7. Add pork back to pot. 
8. Cover with Dutch oven lid, and transfer to preheated oven for 3 hours. 
9. After 3 hours, carefully remove pork and bay leaves from the pot. Discard bay leaves. 
10. Shred pork with 2 forks, discarding any large pieces of fat. 
11. Add shredded meat back to pot liquid/ chipotle sauce, and toss to combine. 
12. Optional: Spread the pork over a foil-lined baking sheet, and place under your oven’s broiler on high 3-5 minutes to crisp up the pulled pork before serving. (see recipe card below for full directions and ingredients).

Crock Pot

This recipe easily translates to a slow cooker meal with a bit of prep beforehand!  If you want to make this recipe in the crock pot, you would follow steps 1-6, then finish the remaining steps in the crockpot, and cook on low for 8-10 hours. 

Instant Pot

If you want to make this recipe in the Instant Pot, you could do steps 1-6 using the saute function on your pressure cooker (but with the pork cut into 2" pieces), then cook on high pressure for 40 minutes. After 40 minutes, turn Instant Pot off, and allow to natural release for 10 minutes, then release manually. Then shred pork and add back to the liquid.

Serving the Chipotle Pork

This easy Chipotle Shredded Pork makes great tacos served in corn tortillas with all the fixins, in burrito bowls with black beans, sour cream, fresh cilantro, red onions and sweet potatoes, or even to make burritos! The juicy spicy pork also makes a great pulled pork sandwich, and the leftovers are great for a quick pulled pork pizza, too! This delicious pork can be enjoyed in many different ways! The tender meat would also make a great tamale or cornbread casserole! 

Storing leftovers from the Chipotle Pork Recipe

Store leftover pork in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. This pork also freezes well in resealable freezer bags for up to 2 months!

Substitutions and Additions

• If you can't find a boneless pork butt roast, you could use a similar sized bone-in pork shoulder roast or picnic roast.
• Not a fan of cooking with alcohol? Use chicken broth instead!
• Substitute an equal part of brown sugar for the honey.

More easy pork recipes

If you love this Easy Dutch Oven Pulled Honey Chipotle Pork Recipe, you'll love these easy pork recipes, too!

• Slow Cooker Cuban Pork
• Crockpot Carnitas
• South Philly Slow Cooker Pork
• Instant Pot Pork Roast

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