Not only is it Sangria season – It’s BARBECUE SEASON! This recipe was adapted from something I found at Recipezaar.com. 2 things about this pulled pork recipe: 1 – it is soooooo simple to make and 2 – it takes 18 hours to cook. But at least it’s in a crock pot. It’s practically foolproof. You can’t burn it if you accidentally leave it on for a few more hours. And if you time it out just right, you can cook most of it overnight, then wake up and do 5 minutes of prep work on it, go to work, come home, and dinner’s already done!
Pulled pork is pork cooked for a long period of time on very low heat, until the meat starts falling apart, making it ideal for a barbecue dish. The cheapest cuts of meat work the best for this kind of cooking, with lots of fat that melts away and flavors the meat.
Another tip when you look through the meat section of your grocery store for this recipe: Pork ‘shoulder’ and pork ‘butt’ are the same thing. The name ‘butt’ is still the shoulder of the pig, not the actual butt of the pig as what it sounds like. Does that clear up some stuff for you? A few years ago I looked EVERYWHERE for pork shoulder and couldn’t find it because it was named pork butt. Ack!
Pulled Pork in a Crock Pot (serves 10)
Ingredients:
- 4 lbs. pork shoulder (or pork butt)
- 2 large onions, chopped
- 1 cup ginger ale
- 18 oz. bottle of barbecue sauce (I used Dinosaur BBQ sauce)
- extra BBQ sauce for serving (optional)
Directions:
Chop 2 onions. Place 1 chopped onion on the bottom of the crock pot, followed by the pork shoulder.
Top the pork with remainder of chopped onions. Pour a cup of ginger ale on top of that.
Cover with lid and cook on LOW heat for 12 hours.
Good morning! Well, it’s morning for me, and what a deliciously smelling morning it is. This is what the delicious smell is coming from:
Beautiful. I wanted to dig in with a fork right that instant.
Take the meat out onto a cutting board to shred with forks. It will already be falling apart, and doesn’t take much effort to shred.
Discard the bone and juices. Place the shredded pork (and remnants of onions) back into the crock pot.
Douse with a bottle of barbecue sauce. Cover with lid and cook on LOW for another 6 hours.
There you have it. Soooo simple and soooo delicious. Serve with hamburger rolls. Use additional barbecue sauce if you prefer.
This was so tender and flavorful, that you don’t really need additional barbecue sauce.
To freeze the leftovers, place in tupperware and freeze.
To reheat, defrost and cook in microwave, or dump into a pot, cover with lid and heat on medium until ready.
Mmm… pulled pork sandwich sounds perfect right now!
Hi Natasha! Don’t you just love summer foods? :)
OMG, I’m going to have to make this for JB. You know how he LOVES his Dinosaur BBQ. Maybe if I make this, he’ll stop trying to put it on everything (and I mean everything – he eats it with hotdogs now. Ew.)
I drenched my sandwich in Dinosaur BBQ even though it didn’t need it. I just needed a vehicle for dinosaur sauce. And you guys have enough jars of that stuff, right?? Do you need more? We’ll send some more cases down if you need more!!!
Dinosaur sauce with hot dogs? Ewww. I only like mayonnaise and mustard on mine. What a weirdo! :P
candy love t make this as its soo simple to prep.. looking yumm and perfect.. lurve the pics as usual :)
This looks amazing!
I don’t have a crock pot but I am going to give it a try by oven braising.
Nora – I think as more people have a harder time cooking dinner because of work, we should have more crock pot recipes! So easy and tastes like you slaved over the stove :)
Reginald – Good luck with the oven braising! Let me know how it turns out!
yup! think ur right. we shud have more crock pot yummies :D
Thanks for the step-by-step! My husband and I received a crock pot as a wedding gift (almost a year ago) and we’re still trying to get the hang of it. :-)
I wish I have a crock pot or at least one of my friend should have one. Once I manage to find one, I’ll try this for sure.
Heather – We received our crock pot as a wedding gift also! Of course, it took us half a year to break it open and give it a shot. But we were hooked on using it ever since!
Victor – Let me know how it turns out! :)
I have got to try this. I’ve got some homemade bbq sauce leftover from the weekend and now I know what to do with it.
Linda – let me know how it turns out!
That pulled pork looks so good and it sounds so easy to make!
The Irish Pirate made this for me today! It was excellent, I wish I could eat more, but I’ll have to wait a few hours, then I’ll eat more! Hahaha!
Superstud – First of all, glad you guys liked the recipe! Good way to use up all that dino bbq sauce.
Second, do I Really have to refer to you as superstud??
Naw, Megastud works just fine too!
Yea glad you’re making me way less uncomfortable with that one! :P
This is the best pulled pork I ever had, and the easiest! Thank you!!
You’re welcome Diane! I’m so glad you liked it!!
This looks so yummy, I have a recipe for pulled pork that uses root beer, but I’ve never tried it with Ginger Ale, Now I know what to make for the crew for Football Sunday next week thanks!!!
Sharon – Root beer sounds interesting too! Who would’ve thought to use carbonated beverages to slow cook meats? :P