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Pork cut: where it is, price, recipes

Pork shoulder

A tangle of muscle, fat and connective tissue, cheap and full of flavor. In France it makes weeknight roasts, stews and stuffings; give it a long, low cook and it pulls apart in strands, which is exactly what pulled pork asks of it.

  • Roasted
  • Braised
  • Stewed
  • Ground
Gaston in profile, with the Pork shoulder outlined$5/ lb
Gaston · Shoulder
In French
Épaule
US side
Picnic shoulder
Around the world
Secreto (Spain), Espaldilla (Mexico)
Where it sits
Shoulder. The Boston butt has nothing to do with the rear: it is the top of the shoulder, named after a barrel.
Tenderness
2/5
Flavor
4/5
Marbling
3/5
Price
$5 / lb ·
Actual size
~35 cm

Recipes that name the Pork shoulder

Smoked pulled pork shoulderTraditional Xi’an Roujiamo with Braised PorkPâté en croûtePernil (Puerto Rican roasted pork shoulder)Leitão da Bairrada (crispy Portuguese suckling pig)LocroPork and scallion jiaoziShengjianbaoXiaolongbaoBreakfast baoziYa cai fried riceDry-fried green beans