Pulled Pork with BBQ Sauce - easy slow cooker recipe

• servings: 12 servings
• total time: 10 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

3.5-4.5kg/ 5-7lb pork butt / pork shoulder (, bone in, fat cap on, Note 1)

1 cup beer (, apple cider or apple juice, Note 2)

3 tbsp brown sugar

1 tbsp paprika powder

1 tbsp garlic powder

2 tsp onion powder

2 tsp mustard powder

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tbsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

1 cup apple cider vinegar (Note 3)

3 cups tomato ketchup (or Aussie tomato sauce)

1 cup water (or use remaining beer!)

3 tbsp molasses (, orginal, not blackstrap, Note 4)

2/3 cup brown sugar

4 tsp mustard powder

3 tsp garlic powder

4 tsp Worcestershire sauce

2 tsp salt

2 tsp black pepper

2 tsp Tabasco (or cayenne pepper, optional, for spiciness)

Directions

Mix the Rub together, then rub all over the pork.

Place in a slow cooker, pour over beer. Slow cook on low for 10 hours. Pork should be tender enough to easily shred.

Browning in oven (optional, recommended):

Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F.

Transfer from slow cooker into a roasting pan (reserve liquid).

Scoop fat off surface of juices in slow cooker and drizzle over pork (about 1/3 cup), then roast pork for 20 minutes.

Remove from oven, cut thick layer of fat off top and discard. Spoon over 1/4 cup fat from slow cooker juices, then roast 15 minutes.

Shredding:

Shred pork using 2 forks. Pour over BBQ sauce, toss gently.

Serve stuffed in sliders with Coleslaw, or make a Southern dinner plate with Coleslaw, Mac and Cheese, Corn bread, steamed corn & green beans tossed in butter, with Margaritas to quench your thirst!

Barbecue Sauce:

Place all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes or until thickened.

Add 3/4 - 1 cup of juices from slow cooker until sauce is syrup consistency.

Adjust to taste: sweetness with brown sugar / honey, salt and sour with vinegar. Use per recipe.

Nutrition

• Calories: 416.01 kcal
• Total Fat: 11.34 g
• Saturated Fat: 3.84 g
• Cholesterol: 113.4 mg
• Sodium: 1666.14 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 37.65 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.61 g
• Total Sugars: 31.94 g
• Protein: 36.87 g