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Pulled Pork Crockpot Recipes
Recipe: The Best Pulled Pork Crockpot Recipes
Pulled pork is made by cooking pork over a long period of time, using a low heat. The cut you should get is shoulder cut (which is also known as Boston butt) but you can use mixed cuts of pork if you wish. The meat gets really tender because of the long, slow cooking, and the weakened connective tissue allows it to be pulled apart, hence the name.
Pulled pork is found in many different countries, in different forms. In the United States it is usually slow-cooked over a charcoal barbecue, although you can use a regular oven or a crockpot to make it. In Tennessee it is usually made from a combination of the arm shoulder meat and the blade shoulder meat, and served with a tomato BBQ sauce. In North Carolina it is common to use a whole hog or mixed cuts of a whole hog, and the pork is served without sauce or in a vinegar-based sauce.
The best pulled pork crockpot recipes are often served simply; the pork is served by itself in a sandwich or bun. The following recipe is suitable for a three or four quart crockpot. If you have a bigger one, you can double all the ingredients except the BBQ sauce. Increase the amount of the BBQ sauce to twenty one ounces. The coleslaw is optional but it is a wonderful side dish for pulled pork crockpot recipes. You can make it in advance if you like, but keep the vegetables and dressing separate until you are ready to serve it, and then toss everything together. You can add some chopped green onion to the coleslaw recipe if you want.
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Pulled pork crockpot recipes are easy to make since you just have to add the meat to your slow cooker and let it cook slowly to perfection. Adding BBQ sauce gives the pork a rich, succulent flavor and texture, and you can serve it in a sliced hamburger bun or a hard roll. Homemade coleslaw goes very nicely with pulled pork crockpot recipes, so you might like to make your own batch. Alternatively you can make a simple tossed salad or even serve something like corn on the cob with potato salad, or another family favorite side dish.
Pulled Pork Crockpot Recipes
BBQ Pulled Pork with Homemade Coleslaw
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 chopped yellow onion
- 14 oz BBQ sauce
- 2 ½ lbs pork shoulder roast
- 8 hamburger buns
For the Coleslaw:
- 2 ¼ cups finely shredded red cabbage
- 2 ¼ cups finely shredded green cabbage
- 1 thinly sliced red bell pepper
- 1 peeled, grated carrot
- ⅔ cup mayonnaise
- 3 teaspoons white sugar
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- Salt, to taste
Instructions
- Put the meat in the crockpot. Cover and cook for 10 to 12 hours on low or 5 to 6 hours on high.
- Take the pork out of the crockpot and discard the cooking liquid.
- Shred it with a pair of forks and put it back into the crockpot.
- Add the lemon juice, onion, brown sugar, and BBQ sauce.
- Cover and cook for 2 hours on low or 1 hour on high.
- Meanwhile, make the coleslaw.
- Stir the mayonnaise with the sugar, salt and white vinegar.
- Toss the cabbage, bell pepper, and carrot with this dressing.
- Serve the shredded pork on the hamburger buns with the coleslaw on the side.
- Serves 8
Number of servings (yield): 8
