The Best Braised Pork

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Heat a 7qt cast iron or other oven safe dutch oven on the stove until hot. Add the pork and brown on all sides, about 5 minutes a side.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients to the pot and bring to a boil.
3. Cover the dutch oven with a heavy lid and place it in the oven. Cook for 5 hours, turning once about half way through.
4. Remove the pork from the oven and pull meat out of the liquid and place on a heat safe cutting board. Allow to cool long enough so it can be handled without burning you, and then tear the meat apart and place into a bowl, discarding any chunks of fat as you go.
5. Move all of the braising liquid to a sauce pan and bring to a simmer (do this because reducing in the cast iron can make it a major pain to clean out). Simmer liquid until reduced by half.
6. Strain braising liquid into a fat separator through a fine mesh strainer. Pour reduced liquid over the pulled meat and stir so the meat is evenly coated. Serve and feast!