Gradual Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork

Make tender, smoky BBQ pulled pork with this simple 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 achieved. Prime with our candy and tangy home made barbecue sauce.

For extra scrumptious BBQ taste, attempt our simple BBQ Deviled Eggs.

With only a few fundamental elements, you’ll be able to whip up a young and juicy pulled pork that’s excellent 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 that you could throw collectively in simply 10 minutes earlier than work after which come house and it’s able to go. It’s additionally nice for the hotter, summer time months since you’re not standing over a sizzling range all day. We assure that your family and friends shall be coming again for seconds—and thirds!

Ingredient Notes

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

Liquid Smoke

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

Flip Your Pork into Extra Meals

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

Pork Salad: Make a restaurant-style shredded pork salad with blended greens, shredded cheese, and a few tortilla chips (or strips) for somewhat crunch. Prime 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. Prime with inexperienced onion, a sprinkle of cheese, and broil till the cheese melts.