Miso Ginger Braised Pork Shoulder

The timing above does not include the optional dry brine. If you plan ahead, do that the evening before you cook. Use a Dutch oven or slow cooker, depending on your time.

The weather has barely turned cool enough to wear a sweatshirt in the morning, so it is time for a shreddy meat. We also have a couple nights where I love the dinner to just be made, and people eat when they can. Before soccer, after biking around, on either end of a workout—you pick. The rice sits in the rice cooker, the cabbage holds for hours, and this is an easy one.

For reheating, a layer of fat will collect on top once the cooking liquid chills. Peel it away and discard it, then use the cooking liquid as sauce.