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Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich Recipe
These Gradual Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches are loaded with juicy flavour packed pulled pork smothered in a selfmade BBQ Sauce, piled excessive onto buns and topped with coleslaw.
Give it to me! I’m a giant fan of soppy buns piled excessive with juicy fillings, from Sloppy Joes to huge Pastrami sandwiches, and large juicy burgers!
Pulled Pork Sandwich
Steak Sandwich on Monday. Pulled pork as we speak.
It looks as if it’s sandwich week. Nobody instructed you? Don’t fear. Nobody instructed me both! 😂
Really, I may have shuffled the posting schedule round. However I don’t wish to. I’ve been busting to share this recipe for ages, and at last it’s right here and I’m not holding it again any longer!!!
Get an eyeful of this….each meat lovers’ dream come true…juicy pulled pork smothered in selfmade BBQ sauce.
Knees. Weak. Each. Single. Time.
This sort of meals is all me. The “get caught into it, get it throughout your arms/mouth” sort of meals. The sort that’s all about gatherings, meals that’s meant to be shared, meals that’s meant to be eaten in casual settings.
And in addition meals that tastes one million bucks and but is so easy to make. This recipe is all about two issues:
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That pork. That pork, that pork. Generously seasoned with a flavour packed rub, cooked till tremendous tender however not mushy. It solely wants an hour of marinating time as a result of there’s a lot flavour infusion throughout the gradual cooking. Both within the gradual cooker or oven. However if you happen to’re pressed for time, you possibly can completely use a strain cooker – works a deal with!
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The BBQ Sauce! Make it from scratch as I do, or use retailer purchased and gown it up by mixing it with the pork juices. Both means, the addition of the pork juices actually takes the sauce to the subsequent degree. My desire is to make the sauce individually utilizing some, however not all, the pork juices. I’ve made a “self saucing” model earlier than by placing all of the BBQ Sauce elements in with the pork however discovered that the sauce tastes too porky.
A fast traditional Coleslaw*, some golden buns, then lay all of it out on the desk and let everybody assist themselves.
Celebration time! Australia Day, Tremendous Bowl Sunday…or simply any day!! – Johnsat x
* In case you or your hips are anti-mayo, do that No Mayo Coleslaw (it’s very, excellent!) or a creamy Yogurt Coleslaw dressing (additionally very, excellent!)
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Nando’s Peri Peri Chicken Burger – chicken marinated in a selfmade flavour bomb Peri Peri sauce
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Cubanos – The well-known Cuban roast pork sandwich from The Chef film
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Pastrami Sandwiches – Rye bread piled excessive with selfmade pastrami. EPIC!
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Veggie Burger – Meatless made superb. Places these doughy bricks on the outlets to disgrace!
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Ingredients
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp paprika powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- 3/4 tsp mustard powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1.5 – 2.2 kg/ 3 – 4.5 lb pork shoulder or butt , skinless and boneless (Note 1)
- 3/4 cup apple cider or apple juice (Note 2)
- 1 quantity Coleslaw
- 6 – 8 bread rolls
- 1 cup pork juices from slow cooker, once cooked
- 2 1/2 cups ketchup
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp each black pepper, onion (or garlic powder), mustard powder
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Mix together Rub then rub all over the pork. Optional: Marinate for 1 hour.
- Place in the slow cooker and pour over apple cider. Slow cook for 8 hours on low or pressure cook for 1 hr 30 minutes on high. (Note 3)
- Remove pork from liquid into a roasting pan. Reserve liquid.
- OPTIONAL: Roast pork for 20 – 30 minutes at 180C/350F until browned (Note 4). Meanwhile, make BBQ Sauce.
- Shred pork with forks – it should be fall apart tender (see video).
- Toss in BBQ sauce – use as much as you like, the recipe makes enough to coat the pork well but not dripping in sauce, plus a bit extra on the side.
- To make Pulled Pork Sandwiches, pile pork on warmed rolls and top with Coleslaw. I like to lay everything out for people to make their own.
- Place all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat and whisk. Bring to simmer, then turn down the heat so it simmers gently. Cook for 1 hour. Remove from stove and use per recipe.
Notes
1. For larger pork sizes, scale up the Rub and Sauce. A 3 – 4 kg / 6 – 8lb pork will take 10 hours in the slow cooker. Also don’t forget to scale up the Coleslaw recipe as one batch makes enough Coleslaw for 6 – 8 sandwiches (i.e. this recipe as is).
This recipe is also fantastic made with beef.
2. You can’t really taste the cider, it’s more for adding liquid into the slow cooker as well as a bit of flavour into the liquid in which the pork is cooked and also then used for the sauce. I used dry alcoholic apple cider. Sweet is also fine, and non alcoholic cider and apple juice work great too.
3. To make in the OVEN: Add 1 cup of water into the roasting pan. Place in 325F/160C oven for 3 hours, covered, then roast for a further 30 minutes uncovered until browned. Add more water if the liquid dries out too much. You should end up with about 2 cups of liquid when it finishes cooking.
4. I really like having some nice brown bits in the pulled pork which is why I do this step. Plus the caramelisation adds flavour.
5. To make this with store bought BBQ sauce, you will need 650ml / 22 oz barbecue sauce of choice. Add 1 cup of pork juices per recipe, then simmer on medium high for 30 minutes or until thickened, stirring regularly.
6. 1.5 kg / 3 lb pork shoulder makes enough for 6 large or 8 normal sized sandwiches. I typically allow for 250g / 0.5 lb pork per serving (raw pork weight) which is generous / safe.
7. Make Ahead: Fantastic for making ahead because it keeps so well. Cool shredded pork then refrigerate covered, keeping the sauce separate. To serve, add sauce and reheat pork in microwave (or oven), then toss (hard to toss when cold). To freeze, cool pork and BBQ Sauce then freeze for up to 3 months (keep separate). To reheat, defrost then reheat per above instructions.
8. The BBQ Sauce is a jacked up version ofthis wildly popular one from Food Network by the Neely’s. The Pork recipe is my own.
9. The nutrition is very difficult to calculate because so much pork fat is discarded after the pork is cooked so this is a guide only assuming 8 servings, and that it is served on a normal bread roll.
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