Slow-Cooker Pulled Pork

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This Slow- Cooker Pulled Pork is SUPER easy to make and it can feed a family of 3 (like mine) or feed a party of 12 or more! I freeze the extras or I’ll take some to my parents when we visit. There are many things to do with leftover pulled pork. Hmm, Maybe I’ll do a whole section on pulled pork repurposed! This pork can be kept on low or warm in your slow cooker for hours. I make it all the time and it’s a dish that children and adults both enjoy. It’s fun to eat on the little slider buns too for a large crowd. Sometimes we put it on regular sized buns too. Do whatever YOU think is Delish!

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  • Slow-cooker
  • baster

Ingredients:

  • 6-7 lb Pork Butt/ Shoulder
  • 1 medium onion- chopped
  • 2 tsp of chili powder
  • 2 tsp of garlic powder
  • 2 tsp of onion powder
  • 2 tsp of herb seasoning.
  • 2 tsp of salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1- 12 oz beer
  • 1 8 oz can of beef broth
  • 1 bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce
  • sweet buns (Hawaiian)

Recipe: 

Lay your onions in the bottom of your slow-cooker. Sprinkle and rub all the herbs and spices onto your pork shoulder. Place in Slow-cooker fat side up (if your shoulder has that) on top of the onions. Pour in the beer and the beef broth around the Pork. The liquid should reach up halfway up the sides of the pork. If it doesn’t, then add a little water. I like to cook the pork on low for 8-10 hours.  Remove the pork to a platter and remove all but a cup of the liquid from the slow cooker.  Pull your pork with two sturdy forks into bite sized pieces. Return to the slow-cooker.  Squeeze BBQ sauce onto the meat and broth and stir until combined. It depends upon YOUR taste as to how much BBQ sauce you want to add to your pulled pork. Pile pork onto buns,  add a bit of cole slaw* and CHOW DOWN!! Delish!!

 

DELISH TIP 1: When you put a fork into the pork and it turns easily through the meat then the pork is done. If there are big fatty pieces remove those before you pull the meat.

DELISH TIP 2: You cannot rush pulled pork. If you can’t cook the pork for at least 8 hours then start it the night before. I’ve started this pork before I go to bed if I want it for a summer party or beach potluck that’s in the early afternoon.