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Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork

Juicy, flavorful pulled pork made in the slow cooker with a homemade BBQ sauce. Big-batch recipe; freezes well; great for entertaining.

Recipe via recipetineats.com

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Prep15 min

Cook10 hr

Total10 hr 15 min

Serves12

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Ingredients

3 ½ kgpork butt / pork shoulder5-7 lb, bone-in, fat cap on

1 cupbeerapple cider or apple juice

3 tbspbrown sugar

1 tbsppaprika

1 tbspgarlic powder

2 tsponion powder

2 tspmustard powder

1 tspground cumin

1 tbspsalt

1 tspblack pepper

1 cupapple cider vinegar(Note 3

3 cuptomato ketchup(or Aussie tomato sauce

1 cupwateror use remaining beer

3 tbspmolassesoriginal (not blackstrap)

¾ cupbrown sugar

4 tspmustard powder

3 tspgarlic powder

4 tspWorcestershire sauce

2 tspsalt

2 tspblack pepper

2 tspTabascoor cayenne pepper (optional, for spiciness)

Instructions

1
Mix the Rub together, then rub all over the pork.
2
Place in a slow cooker, pour over beer. Slow cook on low for 10 hours. Pork should be tender enough to easily shred.
3
Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F.
4
Transfer from slow cooker into a roasting pan (reserve liquid).
5
Scoop fat off surface of juices in slow cooker and drizzle over pork (about 1/3 cup), then roast pork for 20 minutes.
6
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.
7
Shred pork using 2 forks. Pour over BBQ sauce, toss gently.
8
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!
9
Place all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes or until thickened.
10
Add 3/4 - 1 cup of juices from slow cooker until sauce is syrup consistency.
11
Adjust to taste: sweetness with brown sugar / honey, salt and sour with vinegar. Use per recipe.

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