Basic Pork Stock/Shredded Cooked Pork

This simple stock can be used for some of the same purposes as Basic Chicken Stock, but the flavor is more distinctive and does not blend into other dishes as flexibly. The recipe can easily be doubled and any surplus stock frozen.

If you have no need for the cooked pork butt, you can use pork bones instead. I suggest a combination of pork neck bones and meaty spareribs, in about a 2:1 ratio. For a stock with more body, add 1 or 2 fresh pork hocks as well.