Whole Hog Roasted Recipe

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Whole Hog Roasted
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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
76
Calories
Total time
540
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 lb salt
  • 1 gallon vinegar
  • 3/4 cup salt
  • 2 tbsp red peppers
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar or 1/2 cup molasses

Directions:

  1. Split backbone to allow pig to lay flat, being careful not to pierce skin.
  2. Trim and discard any excess fat. sprinkle salt inside cavity. set pig aside.
  3. Place 2O lbs charcoal in pork cooker. pour 1 quart charcoal lighter fluid.
  4. Over top, and ignite. Let burn until charcoal has turned ash-grey.
  5. Place heavy gauge wire, about the size of pig, over pork cooker. 13 from coals.Place pig flat, skin side up, on wire surface. Close lid of cooker; cook at 225 deg. for 6 hours, adding additional lighted coals as needed to.
  6. Maintain temperature in cooker.
  7. Place a second piece of wire over pig, sandwiching pig between the 2.
  8. Layers of wire. Turn pig over; remove wire from top. Insert meat thermometer.
  9. In thigh; do not touch bone.
  10. Baste meat with BBQ sauce; pour sauce in rib cavity t o measure 1 inch.close pork cooker lid; cook at 225 for 2 hours or until meat thermometer registers 17O deg. and no pink meat is visible when hams and shoulders are cut.
  11. Slice and chop meat or allow guests to pull (pick) meat from bones.
  12. Serve with BBQ sauce.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 76.37 Kcal (320 kJ)
Calories from fat 12.24 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.36g 2%
Sodium 2470.05mg 103%
Potassium 7.18mg 0%
Total Carbs 3.31g 1%
Sugars 3.08g 12%
Dietary Fiber 0.01g 0%
Protein 10.31g 21%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 1%
Calcium 7.4mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 90.86 Kcal (380 kJ)
Calories from fat 14.57 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.62g 2%
Sodium 2938.87mg 103%
Potassium 8.54mg 0%
Total Carbs 3.94g 1%
Sugars 3.66g 12%
Dietary Fiber 0.02g 0%
Protein 12.26g 21%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 8.9mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 1.6
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • cholesterol free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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