Crockpot Pulled Pork

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Hubby and I have made 3 or 4 pulled pork recipes in the last year or so. Each one was good but nothing amazing – we’ve had some that are too BBQ-saucey, tried the root beer based recipes, and a couple others. Until now. This pulled pork is going to be our recipe from here on out. It has great flavor and a little kick to it. It’s not overly BBQ-saucey either.

As an aside, Happy 250th Post to Me!

I rubbed the meat 2 days prior to cooking it and it cooked on low in the crockpot for about 10 hours. When we took it out to pull apart, it was very tender and flavorful. We were tempted to eat it then, but we stuck to the recipe and added the BBQ sauce and threw it back in for another 45 minutes or so.

Pulled Pork – from The Way The Cookie Crumbles – originally from Cooks Illustrated – serves 6

Printable RecipeSpice Rub:
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1-2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons ground cumin
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon dried oregano
4 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons table salt
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 tablespoon ground white pepper – I used black pepper

1 (6-8 pound) bone-in pork shoulder
½ teaspoon liquid smoke (optional) – I omitted
2 cups barbecue sauce

Mix all spice rub ingredients in small bowl.

Massage spice rub into meat (I recommend doing this on a jelly roll pan or large cookie sheet with sides). Wrap tightly in double layer of plastic wrap; refrigerate for at least 3 hours. For stronger flavor, the roast can be refrigerated for up to 3 days. (I refrigerated ours for 2 days).

Unwrap roast and place it in slow cooker liner. Add liquid smoke, if using, and 1/4 cup water. Turn slow cooker to low and cook for 8-10 hours, until meat is fork-tender.

Transfer roast to cutting board (again, I used a large cookie sheet with sides. This helped to contain the mess); discard liquid in liner. Pull by tearing meat into thin shreds with two forks or your fingers. Discard fat.

Place shredded meat back in slow cooker liner; toss with 1 cup barbecue sauce, and heat on low for 30-60 minutes, until hot. Serve with additional barbecue sauce.

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MamaPez — May 20, 2013 at 7:24 am

Wow, that sounds amazing. I’m a fan of snickerdoodles, not a huge fan of ice cream (I can take it or leave it) but this one sounds right up my alley!
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Eva @ Eva Bakes — May 20, 2013 at 8:01 am
I had a feeling you’d be making ice cream with the leftover cookies! Can you please send some my way? 🙂
- beantownbaker — May 20th, 2013 @ 8:17 am
  
  Ha! Sorry for being so predictable 😉 Believe me, I wish there was still some leftover in our freezer right now. I might just have to cave and make this again for my sister this weekend…
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Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie — May 20, 2013 at 11:55 am

Might be the best use of leftover frozen cookies I’ve ever seen. Yum!
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tracy {pale yellow} — May 20, 2013 at 7:28 pm

I’ve been loving snickerdoodles lately! Snickerdoodles in ice cream sound fantastic!
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Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) — May 21, 2013 at 2:25 pm

I seriously need this ice cream this summer. I am so addicted to snickerdoodles so adding it to ice cream is so genius, I can’t even stand it!
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Shannon — May 22, 2013 at 12:22 pm

sounds like you’re going to be baking more snickerdoodles this weekend 🙂 i’m definitely going to try this one, too!
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Nutmeg Nanny — May 24, 2013 at 11:01 am

Oh wow, I love this! I bet this tastes like heaven 🙂
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Dina — May 25, 2013 at 8:20 pm

sounds delish! i love snickerdoodles and cookie pieces in ice cream!
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Nicki — June 16, 2013 at 12:22 pm
how much icecream does this recipe make?
- beantownbaker — June 16th, 2013 @ 1:00 pm
  
  ~3 cups if I remember correctly.
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Kelly — January 27, 2014 at 7:25 pm
HI, I’ve never used coconut milk, but want to be prepared when I go shopping tomorrow….2 cans…how many ounces is that? Recipe sounds delish, can’t wait to try it!!
- beantownbaker — January 28th, 2014 @ 8:54 am
  
  The cans I buy are 13.5 oz each.