Gradual Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork

Make tender, smoky BBQ pulled pork with this straightforward gradual cooker recipe. Cooking the pork low and gradual all day is the way in which to go, belief me. This recipe makes use of a pork butt roast that virtually melts in your mouth as soon as it’s completed. High with our candy and tangy do-it-yourself barbecue sauce.

For extra scrumptious BBQ taste, strive our straightforward BBQ Deviled Eggs.

With only a few fundamental components, you’ll be able to whip up a young and juicy pulled pork that’s good as a sandwich, in a taco or burrito, or perhaps a salad. We love this recipe as a result of it’s the proper dump and go dinner you can throw collectively in simply 10 minutes earlier than work after which come dwelling and it’s able to go. It’s additionally nice for the hotter, summer season months since you’re not standing over a sizzling range all day. We assure that your family and friends will probably be coming again for seconds—and thirds!

Ingredient Notes

• Pork Butt Roast: Bone-in or boneless pork butts work finest for this recipe. You can even use a picnic or shoulder roast.
• Hickory Liquid Smoke: That is what mimics the standard pit-smoked technique utilized in Hawaiian cooking. Non-negotiable.
• Ketchup: Offers an ideal base taste to the barbecue sauce.
• Brown Sugar:  Both mild or darkish brown sugar will work right here, however darkish brown sugar will give a deeper, extra caramelized taste.
• Worcestershire Sauce: Provides a number of taste. You’ll be able to substitute with soy sauce and only a contact of vinegar.
• Purple Pepper Flakes: Provides a bit warmth to the candy and tangy sauce.

Liquid Smoke

In most grocery shops, you’ll discover liquid smoke within the condiment aisle, sometimes close to the BBQ sauces. There are generally two sorts accessible: hickory and mesquite. Hickory liquid smoke has a powerful strong smokiness, whereas mesquite presents a barely sweeter and extra refined smoky taste. Each can be utilized on this recipe relying in your style choice, however we advocate hickory for its sturdy taste.

Flip Your Pork into Extra Meals

Quesadillas: Use the shredded pork because the filling for quesadillas. Add cheese, onions, and peppers for additional taste. Serve with salsa and bitter cream for dipping.

Pork Salad: Make a restaurant-style shredded pork salad with combined greens, shredded cheese, and a few tortilla chips (or strips) for a bit crunch. High with our cilantro-lime ranch dressing.

Pulled Pork Sliders: Serve on Hawaiian rolls with coleslaw and a drizzle of BBQ sauce.

Breakfast Burritos: Wrap in a flour tortilla with scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese, and diced potatoes.

Pork Fried Rice: Sauté leftover pork with rice, peas, carrots, onions, and eggs for a fast and simple fried rice dish.

Loaded Baked Potatoes: Bake some potatoes or candy potatoes, then stuff them with the shredded pork. High with inexperienced onion, a sprinkle of cheese, and broil till the cheese melts.