Sweet Shredded Porkcrock Pot Recipes

SWEET SHREDDED PORK(CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Put roast in crock pot half full of water and cook 12 hours on low.
• Pour off liquid and strain fat.( OPTIONAL:reserve liquid for later use: gravy ect.)
• Mix coke, red taco sauce, cumin, and brown sugar in a bowl.
• Add to crock pot with roast and cook 4 more hours on low.
• Shred pork and stir into coke/taco sauce mixture in crock pot.
• Add 1 (10 oz) can green chile sauce, onion flakes, garlic and salt.
• Cook additional 2 hours on low.
• After the 2 hours taste test and adjust to your liking.(more spices, sauces, ect.).
• Serve with the other can of green chile sauce.(Burritos, Enchilada style, Tacos, Whatever -- ).

SWEET BABY RAY'S AWESOME TEN-HOUR PULLED PORK

Steps:

• 1. Chef's Note: The roast that you get will really make this thing rock. I use a pork shoulder with the bone in, because the ten-hour slow cooking gives it a chance to draw out the entire flavor from the bone, and flavor the pork. However, you could experiment with other cuts of pork, and see what happens.
• 2. Gather and prep all your ingredients. The work of a chef is never done.
• 3. Thoroughly combine all the spice rub ingredients together.
• 4. Chef's Note: I'm using a mild paprika, and a mild chili powder; however, there are HOT versions of both these spices, as I'm sure you're well aware. If you are using a hotter paprika and/or chili powder, then watch how much cayenne you put in the rub. But then, this is all about what YOU want. Make it as hot or mild as you desire.
• 5. Rub the dry spice ingredients into the pork roast.
• 6. Chef's Tip: To help the spices penetrate the pork, use a small pairing knife and cut slits into the pork. Make them about an inch in depth.
• 7. Chef's Note: Take your time here, and give it a thorough rubdown. Rub, Rub, Rub-a-Dub.
• 8. Wrap the roast in cling wrap, or cling foil (double layer), and place into the fridge overnight.
• 9. Chef's Tip: Give those spices a good chance to know the pork. In my opinion: from an absolute minimum of 8 hours, up to 2 days. I leave mine in the fridge for the full two days (just don't forget it's in there).
• 10. Chef's Note: Once you've placed the roast in the fridge there is nothing left to do but wait. Tick, Toc, Tick Toc.
• 11. After the prescribed waiting time, place the roast into your slow cooker... along with the beer (or water), and allow to slow cook for ten hours. Don't forget to remove the cling wrap...
• 12. Chef's Note: At the end of this process, the pork roast will be fall-off-the-bone tender.
• 13. Chef's Tip: If you're going for a bigger roast; say 7 or 8 pounds, you'll probably have to add an additional 1 to 1.5 hours to the cooking time, in order to get it fork tender.
• 14. Remove the roast from the slow cooker, and shred.
• 15. Chef's Note: They actually do make pork shredders (they look like something out of a horror movie: (Think) Nightmare on Elm Street), but the easiest way is just use two forks, and have at it. Or, you could always use your hands.
• 16. Chef's Note: Remove the remaining liquid from the slow cooker, and pour down the sink. Or, if you used beer, you might try to drink it... or not.
• 17. Return all the shredded pork back into the slow cooker, add 1.5 cups of Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, combine with the pork, and cook on low for an additional hour.
• 18. Chef's Note: I use Sweet Baby Ray's classic BBQ sauce; however, you could use any BBQ sauce that you like.
• 19. Take a nice sturdy bun (like a Kaiser), and slice it open... Don't slice your hand.
• 20. Lay a generous amount of BBQ pork on the bottom, half. OH YEAH!
• 21. Add some additional Sweet Baby Ray's to the top, or put it in a side bowl for dipping... up to you (I prefer on the side).
• 22. Add some coleslaw.
• 23. Chef's Note: The coleslaw is optional; however, I consider a good pulled-pork sandwich without coleslaw a sacrilege.
• 24. Cover with the top, and serve with some tomatoes, and freshly made dill slices. Enjoy.
• 25. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

SWEET AND SAVORY SLOW COOKER PULLED PORK

Steps:

• Place the pork shoulder roast into a large plastic bag, pour 1 cup of root beer over the meat, and squeeze out all the air from the bag. Seal the bag closed, and refrigerate 6 hours to overnight.
• The next day, mix together the light brown sugar, kosher salt, black pepper, paprika, dry mustard, onion powder, garlic salt, celery salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in a bowl.
• Remove the meat from the marinade, and shake off the excess. Rub the meat all over with the spice mixture, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 2 hours.
• Mix together the balsamic vinegar, 1 1/2 cups of root beer, whiskey, and brown sugar in a bowl, and stir until the sugar dissolves.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat, and sear the meat on all sides until the meat develops a brown crust, about 3 minutes per side. Place the seared meat into a slow cooker. Pour the balsamic vinegar-root beer mixture over the meat, set the slow cooker to High, and cook for 6 to 8 hours.
• Remove the roast from the slow cooker, and shred with 2 forks. Discard the bones and all but 1 cup of the liquid in the slow cooker. Return the shredded meat to the cooker, mix in the barbecue sauce, and let sit on Low until ready to serve. Serve piled on buns.