Perfect Slow Cooker Pulled Pork
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 pork shoulder 4 lb
- 1 cup barbecue sauce see recipe for A Very Popular BBQ Sauce
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp American yellow mustard
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp chilli powder
- 1 extra large onion chopped
- 2 large cloves garlic crushed
- 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 8 burger baps split
- 2 tbsp butter or as neede
Instructions
- Pour the oil into the bottom of a slow cooker. Place the pork shoulder into the slow cooker; pour in the barbecue sauce, apple cider vinegar and chicken stock. Stir in the brown sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, chilli powder, onion, garlic and thyme. Cover and cook on High until the pork shreds easily with a fork, 5 to 6 hours.
- Remove the pork from the slow cooker and shred the pork using two forks. Return the shredded pork to the slow cooker and stir well.
- Spread the inside of both halves of the burger baps with butter. Toast the baps, butter side down, in a pan over medium heat until golder brown. Spoon pork into the toasted baps.
Notes
See recipe for A Very Popular BBQ Sauce.